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Wood 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 34,374 4,618.7 4,693.1 4,846.6 -3.2 * 47
Malignant Neoplasms 6,456 867.5 838.5 800.8 4.7 * 47
Diseases of the Heart 5,117 687.6 667.3 612.2 9.0 * 50
Motor Vehicle Injuries 4,127 554.5 568.5 442.6 28.5 * 44
Non-Motor Vehicle Injuries 2,360 317.1 331.7 318.0 4.3 * 35
Suicide 1,980 266.0 271.4 267.3 1.5 45
Congenital Anomalies 2,558 343.7 377.5 202.2 86.7 * 16
Homicide and Legal Intervention 784 105.3 111.2 312.1 -64.4 * 36
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 1,225 164.7 182.4 91.8 98.7 * 14
Cerebrovascular Disease 926 124.4 124.7 106.1 17.5 * 15
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 629 84.5 84.1 94.4 -10.9 * 21
Diabetes Mellitus 970 130.3 128.6 72.0 78.7 * 8
Prematurity 709 95.3 105.6 131.5 -19.7 * 36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 459 61.7 60.3 62.8 -4.0 36
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 795 106.8 110.4 403.8 -72.7 * 13
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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