Wyoming 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	2,607	927.2	1,059.4	918.7	15.3	*	10
Diseases of the Heart	889	316.2	374.9	299.2	25.3	*	11
Malignant Neoplasms	594	211.3	223.9	213.0	5.1		22
Lung	213	75.8	76.2	59.0	29.1	*	18
Colon	35	12.4	14.0	19.6	-28.6	*	53
Breast	39	27.0	26.8	34.3	-21.9		40
Prostate	30	21.9	26.6	28.8	-7.5		21
All Other Malignant Neoplasms	277	98.5	107.0	102.8	4.1		14
Diabetes	86	30.6	34.3	22.7	51.1	*	11
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)	126	44.8	53.2	63.1	-15.6	*	41
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	171	60.8	69.8	40.5	72.3	*	4
Pneumonia and Influenza	80	28.5	37.4	33.8	10.5		14
Unintentional Injuries	161	57.3	61.1	35.6	71.7	*	9
Motor Vehicle	94	33.4	33.7	16.3	106.8	*	11
Non-Motor Vehicle	67	23.8	27.4	19.3	42.0	*	12
Intentional Injuries	52	18.5	18.0	21.3	-15.5		32
Suicide	35	12.4	11.9	12.0	-0.5		39
Homicide and Legal     Intervention	17	6.0	6.1	9.3	TS	TS	24
All Other Causes of Death	448	159.3	186.8	189.4	-1.4		21
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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