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Raleigh 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 66,285 9,068.3 9,138.9 4,846.6 88.6 * 30
Malignant Neoplasms 12,594 1,723.0 1,629.3 800.8 103.5 * 21
Diseases of the Heart 11,537 1,578.4 1,499.7 612.2 145.0 * 15
Motor Vehicle Injuries 5,152 704.8 728.9 442.6 64.7 * 41
Non Motor Vehicle Injuries 3,947 539.9 554.5 318.0 74.4 * 21
Suicide 4,161 569.3 576.3 267.3 115.6 * 10
Congenital Anomalies 1,916 262.1 335.2 202.2 65.8 * 21
Homicide and Legal Intervention 2,319 317.2 328.7 312.1 5.3 * 9
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 1,192 163.1 217.8 91.8 137.2 * 9
Cerebrovascular Disease 1,271 173.9 163.6 106.1 54.2 * 30
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,581 216.3 212.0 94.4 124.6 * 9
Diabetes Mellitus 1,756 240.2 226.7 72.0 214.8 * 13
Prematurity 373 51.0 68.1 131.5 -48.2 * 46
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 1,740 238.0 219.8 62.8 250.0 * 11
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 1,006 137.6 141.0 403.8 -65.1 * 9
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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