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Summers 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 13,250 10,851.4 11,710.6 4,846.6 141.6 * 13
Malignant Neoplasms 2,110 1,728.1 1,625.7 800.8 103.0 * 22
Diseases of the Heart 2,141 1,753.5 1,602.3 612.2 161.7 * 10
Motor Vehicle Injuries 1,552 1,271.1 1,464.5 442.6 230.9 * 4
Non Motor Vehicle Injuries 697 570.8 624.6 318.0 96.4 * 13
Suicide 668 547.1 590.9 267.3 121.1 * 7
Congenital Anomalies 265 216.6 375.3 202.2 85.6 * 18
Homicide and Legal Intervention 553 452.9 508.0 312.1 62.8 * 4
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 298 244.1 450.1 91.8 390.3 * 3
Cerebrovascular Disease 114 93.4 86.1 106.1 -18.9 * 54
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 374 306.3 314.6 94.4 233.2 * 1
Diabetes Mellitus 330 270.3 253.8 72.0 252.4 * 7
Prematurity 224 183.0 337.8 131.5 156.9 * 4
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 232 190.0 156.3 62.8 149.0 * 27
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 88 72.1 81.1 403.8 -79.9 * 22
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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