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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 3, 2003
Table 43

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 29 8.2
Total Deaths, All Causes 3,370 11.8
---Deaths under 1 Year 21 6.0
---Deaths under 28 Days 12 3.4
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 37 13.0
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 4 1.4
Malignant Neoplasms 735 258.3
---of Digestive Organs 139 48.8
------Colon 57 20.0
------Pancreas 25 8.8
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 261 91.7
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 250 87.8
---of Breast 44 15.5
---of Genitourinary Organs 94 33.0
------Cervix Uteri 7 2.5
------Ovary 19 6.7
------Prostate 33 11.6
------Bladder 8 2.8
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 197 69.2
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 23 8.1
Diabetes Mellitus 132 46.4
Alzheimer's Disease 98 34.4
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,197 420.6
---Diseases of the Heart 928 326.1
------Ischemic Heart Disease 670 235.4
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 27 9.5
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 194 68.2
---Atherosclerosis 10 3.5
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 38 13.4
Influenza and Pneumonia 66 23.2
---Influenza 8 2.8
---Pneumonia 58 20.4
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 207 72.7
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 34 11.9
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 6 2.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 43 15.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 81 28.5
Congenital Anomalies 12 4.2
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 29 10.2
Accidents 166 58.3
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 63 22.1
---Falls 25 8.8
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 4 1.4
---Drownings 1 0.4
---Poisonings 41 14.4
---Other Accidents 32 11.2
Intentional Self-Harm 36 12.6
Assault 25 8.8
All Other Causes (Residual) 445 156.4
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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