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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 2, 2003
Table 43

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 18 6.0
Total Deaths, All Causes 3,107 12.4
---Deaths under 1 Year 23 7.6
---Deaths under 28 Days 14 4.6
Tuberculosis 1 0.4
Septicemia 48 19.2
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 6 2.4
Malignant Neoplasms 676 270.3
---of Digestive Organs 153 61.2
------Colon 70 28.0
------Pancreas 29 11.6
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 222 88.8
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 218 87.2
---of Breast 51 20.4
---of Genitourinary Organs 84 33.6
------Cervix Uteri 6 2.4
------Ovary 16 6.4
------Prostate 26 10.4
------Bladder 11 4.4
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 166 66.4
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 23 9.2
Diabetes Mellitus 119 47.6
Alzheimer's Disease 85 34.0
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,114 445.4
---Diseases of the Heart 842 336.6
------Ischemic Heart Disease 605 241.9
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 35 14.0
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 196 78.4
---Atherosclerosis 8 3.2
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 33 13.2
Influenza and Pneumonia 65 26.0
---Influenza 10 4.0
---Pneumonia 55 22.0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 200 80.0
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 37 14.8
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 18 7.2
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 36 14.4
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 53 21.2
Congenital Anomalies 11 4.4
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 43 17.2
Accidents 177 70.8
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 64 25.6
---Falls 22 8.8
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 1 0.4
---Drownings 5 2.0
---Poisonings 55 22.0
---Other Accidents 30 12.0
Intentional Self-Harm 33 13.2
Assault 8 3.2
All Other Causes (Residual) 372 148.7
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 29, 2005.

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