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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 2, 2000
Table 43

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 23 7.3
Total Deaths, All Causes 3,013 11.9
---Deaths under 1 Year 25 8.0
---Deaths under 28 Days 22 7.0
Tuberculosis 1 0.4
Septicemia 45 17.7
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 2 0.8
Malignant Neoplasms 653 257.4
---of Digestive Organs 149 58.7
------Colon 55 21.7
------Pancreas 35 13.8
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 224 88.3
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 219 86.3
---of Breast 43 16.9
---of Genitourinary Organs 99 39.0
------Cervix Uteri 5 2.0
------Ovary 18 7.1
------Prostate 40 15.8
------Bladder 15 5.9
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 138 54.4
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 14 5.5
Diabetes Mellitus 115 45.3
Alzheimer's Disease 55 21.7
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,173 462.3
---Diseases of the Heart 920 362.6
------Ischemic Heart Disease 662 260.9
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 16 6.3
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 190 74.9
---Atherosclerosis 11 4.3
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 36 14.2
Influenza and Pneumonia 51 20.1
---Influenza 4 1.6
---Pneumonia 47 18.5
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 198 78.0
---Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Asthma 21 8.3
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 32 12.6
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 11 4.3
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 32 12.6
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 54 21.3
Congenital Anomalies 9 3.5
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 7 2.8
Accidents 150 59.1
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 71 28.0
---Falls 26 10.2
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 8 3.2
---Drownings 4 1.6
---Other Accidents 41 16.2
Intentional Self-Harm 44 17.3
Assault 10 3.9
All Other Causes (Residual) 368 145.0
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 April 12, 2002.

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