Wood 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	9,264	1,054.6	924.0	918.7	0.6		47
Diseases of the Heart	3,211	365.5	317.0	299.2	6.0	*	46
Malignant Neoplasms	2,167	246.7	214.3	213.0	0.6		33
Lung	754	85.8	74.1	59.0	25.6	*	21
Colon	196	22.3	19.3	19.6	-1.5		36
Breast	131	28.4	25.2	34.3	-26.7	*	44
Prostate	120	28.7	24.6	28.8	-14.7		33
All Other Malignant Neoplasms	966	110.0	96.0	102.8	-6.6	*	41
Diabetes	294	33.5	29.2	22.7	28.6	*	23
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)	576	65.6	57.1	63.1	-9.4	*	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	404	46.0	39.5	40.5	-2.6		45
Pneumonia and Influenza	337	38.4	33.4	33.8	-1.3		30
Unintentional Injuries	296	33.7	32.4	35.6	-9.1		48
Motor Vehicle	157	17.9	17.5	16.3	7.2		44
Non-Motor Vehicle	139	15.8	14.9	19.3	-22.9	*	53
Intentional Injuries	119	13.5	13.3	21.3	-37.8	*	51
Suicide	93	10.6	10.3	12.0	-14.3		50
Homicide and Legal     Intervention	26	3.0	3.0	9.3	-68.1	*	40
All Other Causes of Death	1,860	211.7	187.8	189.4	-0.8		20
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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