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Barbour County
Selected Causes of Deaths, 1992 - 2001
Number of Deaths

Selected
Causes of Death
1992-2001
Number of Deaths
1992-2001
County Crude Rate
1992-2001
County Adjusted Rate**
1997
U.S. Adjusted Rate**
Percent Difference
from U.S
SI* County
Rank
Total Deaths, All Causes 1,911 1,224.4 1,023.3 882.2 16.0 * 17
Diseases of the Heart 613 392.7 321.0 279.0 15.1 * 38
Malignant Neoplasms 424 271.7 229.2 203.9 12.4 * 19
    Lung 132 84.6 71.8 57.6 24.7 * 29
    Colon 46 29.5 24.3 18.3 32.8 9
    Breast 30 37.5 32.8 28.2 16.2 19
    Prostate 21 27.6 22.6 33.9 -33.3 * 37
   All Other Malignant Neoplasms 195 124.9 105.3 99.6 5.8 22
Diabetes 72 46.1 38.9 23.8 63.3 * 9
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) 119 76.2 62.1 61.6 0.9 21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 115 73.7 59.9 41.4 44.6 * 15
Pneumonia and Influenza 84 53.8 43.1 33.5 28.6 5
Unintentional Injuries 68 43.6 41.4 35.6 16.3 35
    Motor Vehicle 35 22.4 22.4 15.9 40.9 32
    Non Motor Vehicle 33 21.1 19.0 19.6 -3.0 37
Intentional Injuries 30 19.2 18.1 18.4 -1.4 34
    Suicide 27 17.3 16.3 11.3 44.5 13
    Homicide and Legal
    Intervention
3 1.9 1.8 7.2 TS TS 50
All Other Causes of Death 386 247.3 209.5 185.1 13.2 * 24
Selected
Causes of Death
1992-2001
Number of Deaths
1992-2001
County Crude Rate
1992-2001
County Adjusted Rate**
1997
U.S. Adjusted Rate**
Percent Difference
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 31, 2004.

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