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Fayette County
Selected Causes of Deaths, 1992 - 2001
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) Before Age 75

Selected
Causes of Death


1992-2001
YPLL
1992-2001
County Crude Rate
1992-2001
County Adjusted Rate***
1997
U.S. Adjusted Rate***
Percent
Difference
From U.S
SI* County
Rank
Total Deaths, All Causes 39,443 8,956.6 9,148.5 4,846.6 88.8 * 28
Malignant Neoplasms 7,340 1,666.7 1,602.8 800.8 100.2 * 23
Diseases of the Heart 7,716 1,752.0 1,706.9 612.2 178.8 * 6
Motor Vehicle Injuries 4,346 986.9 1,032.0 442.6 133.2 * 20
Non Motor Vehicle Injuries 3,192 724.8 772.7 318.0 143.0 * 7
Suicide 1,999 453.9 464.8 267.3 73.9 * 25
Congenital Anomalies 895 203.2 256.0 202.2 26.6 * 41
Homicide and Legal Intervention 1,304 296.0 316.8 312.1 1.5 12
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 298 67.7 91.9 91.8 0.1 37
Cerebrovascular Disease 762 173.0 173.7 106.1 63.7 * 26
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,007 228.7 227.3 94.4 140.8 * 5
Diabetes Mellitus 794 180.3 172.8 72.0 140.1 * 26
Prematurity 224 50.8 69.1 131.5 -47.5 * 45
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 1,233 279.9 262.1 62.8 317.4 * 5
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 473 107.4 115.0 403.8 -71.5 * 13
Selected
Causes of Death


1992-2001
YPLL
1992-2001
County Crude Rate
1992-2001
County Adjusted Rate***
1997
U.S. Adjusted Rate***
Percent
Difference
From U.S
SI* County
Rank


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

See Introduction for explanation of tables



Last updated March 31, 2004.

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