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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 7, 1999
Table 43

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 29 7.4
Total Deaths, All Causes 4,087 11.5
---Deaths under 1 Year 35 8.9
---Deaths under 28 Days 26 6.6
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 64 18.0
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 2 0.6
Malignant Neoplasms 916 257.2
---of Digestive Organs 193 54.2
------Colon 91 25.6
------Pancreas 32 9.0
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 287 80.6
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 282 79.2
---of Breast 55 15.4
---of Genitourinary Organs 126 35.4
------Cervix Uteri 2 0.6
------Ovary 22 6.2
------Prostate 50 14.0
------Bladder 16 4.5
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 255 71.6
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 13 3.7
Diabetes Mellitus 147 41.3
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,758 493.7
---Diseases of the Heart 1,397 392.3
------Ischemic Heart Disease 954 267.9
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 24 6.7
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 272 76.4
---Atherosclerosis 23 6.5
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 42 11.8
Pneumonia and Influenza 40 11.2
---Pneumonia 40 11.2
---Influenza 0 0.0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 212 59.5
---Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Asthma 22 6.2
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 20 5.6
---Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis 10 2.8
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 34 9.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 78 21.9
Congenital Anomalies 18 5.1
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 12 3.4
Accidents 141 39.6
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 58 16.3
---Falls 30 8.4
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 3 0.8
---Drownings 6 1.7
---Other Accidents 44 12.4
Intentional Self-Harm 46 12.9
Assault 15 4.2
All Other Causes (Residual) 571 160.3
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
* All rates are deaths per 100,000 population except fetal deaths, deaths under 1 year, and deaths under 28 days, all of which are per 1,000 live births, and total deaths, which are per 1,000 population.
** Public Health Management Districts

Last updated March 28, 2001.

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