Barbour County
Selected Causes of Deaths, 1989 - 1998
Number of Deaths

Selected Causes of Death	1989-98 Number of Deaths	1989-98 County Crude Rate	1989-98 County Adjusted Rate**	1994 U.S. Adjusted Rate**	Percent Differnce from U.S	SI*	County Rank
Total Deaths, All Causes	1,849	1,140.9	960.6	918.7	4.6		34
Diseases of the Heart	635	391.8	322.4	299.2	7.8		43
Malignant Neoplasms	401	247.4	212.9	213.0	-0.1		38
Lung	123	75.9	66.0	59.0	11.9		34
Colon	48	29.6	24.6	19.6	25.4		6
Breast	31	36.8	33.9	34.3	-1.1		14
Prostate	23	29.5	24.0	28.8	-16.8		36
All Other Malignant Neoplasms	176	108.6	93.2	102.8	-9.4		47
Diabetes	61	37.6	32.1	22.7	41.5	*	13
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)	115	71.0	58.2	63.1	-7.8		31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	107	66.0	53.6	40.5	32.3	*	22
Pneumonia and Influenza	87	53.7	43.3	33.8	28.2		5
Unintentional Injuries	76	46.9	44.6	35.6	25.3		31
Motor Vehicle	34	21.0	20.8	16.3	27.8		38
Non-Motor Vehicle	42	25.9	23.8	19.3	23.2		23
Intentional Injuries	29	17.9	17.6	21.3	-17.4		33
Suicide	26	16.0	15.7	12.0	30.5		17
Homicide and Legal     Intervention	3	1.9	1.9	9.3	TS	TS	50
All Other Causes of Death	338	208.6	175.9	189.4	-7.1		32
Selected Causes of Death	1989-98 Number of Deaths	1989-98 County Crude Rate	1989-98 County Adjusted Rate**	1994 U.S. Adjusted Rate**	Percent Differnce from U.S	SI*	County Rank

* Significance Indicator. An asterick (*) indicates a statistically significant difference from the U.S. rate.
** Adjusted rates are adjusted by age to the 2000 U.S. standard million.
TS Number is too small for a valid comparison.
Note: All rates are per 100,000 population.


See Introduction for explanation of tables.

Last updated March 7, 2001.

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