Ohio County
Selected Causes of Deaths, 1989 - 1998
Number of Deaths

Selected Causes of Death	1989-98 Number of Deaths	1989-98 County Crude Rate	1989-98 County Adjusted Rate**	1994 U.S. Adjusted Rate**	Percent Differnce from U.S	SI*	County Rank
Total Deaths, All Causes	6,642	1,335.9	989.7	918.7	7.7	*	25
Diseases of the Heart	2,298	462.2	336.0	299.2	12.3	*	34
Malignant Neoplasms	1,600	321.8	236.0	213.0	10.8	*	11
Lung	437	87.9	63.7	59.0	7.9		40
Colon	167	33.6	24.0	19.6	22.3	*	8
Breast	136	51.2	40.0	34.3	16.6		4
Prostate	95	41.0	29.0	28.8	0.8		13
All Other Malignant Neoplasms	765	153.9	113.5	102.8	10.4	*	7
Diabetes	200	40.2	29.9	22.7	31.7	*	22
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)	490	98.6	70.7	63.1	12.1	*	6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	375	75.4	53.2	40.5	31.3	*	23
Pneumonia and Influenza	236	47.5	34.9	33.8	3.2		23
Unintentional Injuries	177	35.6	31.3	35.6	-12.1		49
Motor Vehicle	70	14.1	13.8	16.3	-15.2		48
Non-Motor Vehicle	107	21.5	17.5	19.3	-9.5		43
Intentional Injuries	74	14.9	15.5	21.3	-27.2	*	43
Suicide	52	10.5	10.6	12.0	-11.3		48
Homicide and Legal     Intervention	22	4.4	4.9	9.3	-47.8	*	30
All Other Causes of Death	1,192	239.7	182.3	189.4	-3.8		26
Selected Causes of Death	1989-98 Number of Deaths	1989-98 County Crude Rate	1989-98 County Adjusted Rate**	1994 U.S. Adjusted Rate**	Percent Differnce from U.S	SI*	County Rank

* Significance Indicator. An asterick (*) indicates a statistically significant difference from the U.S. rate.
** Adjusted rates are adjusted by age to the 2000 U.S. standard million.
TS Number is too small for a valid comparison.
Note: All rates are per 100,000 population.


See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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