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Pleasants County
Selected Causes of Deaths, 1989 - 1998
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) Before Age 65

Selected
Causes of Death


1989-98
YPLL
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 2,904 4,608.1 4,801.7 4,846.6 -0.9 46
Malignant Neoplasms 373 591.8 595.7 800.8 -25.6 * 54
Diseases of the Heart 542 859.9 868.8 612.2 41.9 * 24
Motor Vehicle Injuries 267 423.6 422.0 442.6 -4.7 50
Non-Motor Vehicle Injuries 85 134.9 140.2 318.0 -55.9 * 55
Suicide 224 355.4 352.5 267.3 31.9 * 27
Congenital Anomalies 264 418.8 457.2 202.2 126.1 * 9
Homicide and Legal Intervention 17 27.0 27.2 312.1 ** ** 53
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 64 102.3 121.0 91.8 31.8 * 35
Cerebrovascular Disease 16 25.4 25.3 106.1 ** ** 55
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 21 33.3 36.6 94.4 -61.3 * 46
Diabetes Mellitus 108 171.3 179.9 72.0 149.9 * 3
Prematurity 64 102.3 121.0 131.5 -8.0 31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 36 57.1 56.0 62.8 -10.8 38
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 64 101.5 107.6 403.8 -73.3 * 16
Selected
Causes of Death


1989-98
YPLL
1989-98
County Crude Rate
1989-98
County Adjusted Rate***
1994
U.S. Adjusted Rate***
Percent Differnce
From U.S



SI*


County
Rank


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

See Introduction for explanation of tables



Last updated March 7, 2001.

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