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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by City
City of Huntington, 1999
Table 45

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Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 5 8.0
Total Deaths, All Causes 830 15.1
---Deaths under 1 Year 6 9.6
---Deaths under 28 Days 5 8.0
Tuberculosis 2 3.6
Septicemia 12 21.9
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 4 7.3
Malignant Neoplasms 193 352.2
---of Digestive Organs 38 69.3
------Colon 17 31.0
------Pancreas 5 9.1
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 71 129.6
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 67 122.3
---of Breast 13 23.7
---of Genitourinary Organs 32 58.4
------Cervix Uteri 1 1.8
------Ovary 5 9.1
------Prostate 13 23.7
------Bladder 5 9.1
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 39 71.2
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 5 9.1
Diabetes Mellitus 34 62.0
Major Cardiovascular Disease 316 576.6
---Diseases of the Heart 240 438.0
------Ischemic Heart Disease 168 306.6
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 3 5.5
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 61 111.3
---Atherosclerosis 2 3.6
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 10 18.2
Pneumonia and Influenza 12 21.9
---Pneumonia 12 21.9
---Influenza 0 0.0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 42 76.6
---Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Asthma 2 3.6
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 1 1.8
---Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis 0 0.0
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 9 16.4
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 20 36.5
Congenital Anomalies 5 9.1
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 2 3.6
Accidents 18 32.8
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 7 12.8
---Falls 5 9.1
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 0 0.0
---Drownings 0 0.0
---Other Accidents 6 10.9
Intentional Self-Harm 3 5.5
Assault 5 9.1
All Other Causes (Residual) 147 268.2
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate


Last updated March 28, 2001.

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