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Jackson 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 26,008 10,134.4 10,306.0 4,846.6 112.6 * 22
Malignant Neoplasms 3,981 1,551.3 1,411.3 800.8 76.2 * 47
Diseases of the Heart 3,398 1,324.1 1,237.5 612.2 102.1 * 42
Motor Vehicle Injuries 2,177 848.3 898.1 442.6 102.9 * 31
Non Motor Vehicle Injuries 753 293.4 311.3 318.0 -2.1 47
Suicide 1,021 397.8 412.5 267.3 54.3 * 37
Congenital Anomalies 750 292.1 334.9 202.2 65.6 * 22
Homicide and Legal Intervention 246 95.9 102.2 312.1 -67.2 * 40
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 373 145.2 169.8 91.8 84.9 * 16
Cerebrovascular Disease 362 141.1 128.6 106.1 21.2 * 43
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 72 28.1 23.8 94.4 -74.8 * 52
Diabetes Mellitus 280 109.1 99.8 72.0 38.6 * 51
Prematurity 298 116.1 136.0 131.5 3.4 25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 319 124.3 105.2 62.8 67.5 * 42
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 72 28.1 30.4 403.8 -92.5 * 44
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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