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Roane 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 12,586 8,790.0 8,750.8 4,846.6 80.6 * 32
Malignant Neoplasms 2,652 1,852.2 1,714.1 800.8 114.1 * 12
Diseases of the Heart 2,496 1,743.3 1,608.4 612.2 162.7 * 9
Motor Vehicle Injuries 1,462 1,021.1 1,073.2 442.6 142.5 * 18
Non Motor Vehicle Injuries 723 505.0 542.1 318.0 70.5 * 22
Suicide 610 426.0 430.2 267.3 61.0 * 31
Congenital Anomalies 369 257.7 298.8 202.2 47.8 * 33
Homicide and Legal Intervention 231 161.3 172.0 312.1 -44.9 * 30
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 149 104.1 125.3 91.8 36.5 * 27
Cerebrovascular Disease 205 143.2 143.5 106.1 35.3 * 36
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 364 254.2 235.4 94.4 149.4 * 4
Diabetes Mellitus 226 157.8 137.1 72.0 90.4 * 41
Prematurity 149 104.1 125.3 131.5 -4.7 28
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 309 215.8 195.0 62.8 210.5 * 14
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 215 150.2 160.1 403.8 -60.3 * 5
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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