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Wood County
Selected Causes of Deaths, 1992 - 2001
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) Before Age 75

Selected
Causes of Death

1992-2001
YPLL		 1992-2001
County Crude Rate		 1992-2001
County Adjusted Rate***		 1997
U.S. Adjusted Rate***		 Percent Differnce
From U.S


SI*

County
Rank
Total Deaths, All Causes 63,717 7,825.3 7,605.5 4,846.6 56.9 * 45
Malignant Neoplasms 16,524 2,029.4 1,834.2 800.8 129.0 * 41
Diseases of the Heart 13,356 1,640.2 1,493.0 612.2 143.9 * 48
Motor Vehicle Injuries 4,029 494.8 519.3 442.6 17.3 * 49
Non Motor Vehicle Injuries 2,797 343.5 365.8 318.0 15.0 * 42
Suicide 2,531 310.8 319.5 267.3 19.5 * 50
Congenital Anomalies 2,904 356.7 435.4 202.2 115.3 * 15
Homicide and Legal Intervention 1,176 144.4 154.0 312.1 -50.6 * 33
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 1,118 137.2 174.3 91.8 89.9 * 15
Cerebrovascular Disease 1,893 232.5 214.1 106.1 101.8 * 28
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,361 167.1 160.6 94.4 70.1 * 24
Diabetes Mellitus 2,271 278.9 258.1 72.0 258.5 * 16
Prematurity 745 91.5 116.2 131.5 -11.6 * 31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 1,659 203.7 175.6 62.8 179.7 * 39
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 835 102.5 104.7 403.8 -74.1 * 16
Selected
Causes of Death

1992-2001
YPLL		 1992-2001
County Crude Rate		 1992-2001
County Adjusted Rate***		 1997
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 October 13, 2009.

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