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Wood 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 54,328 6,672.2 6,674.0 4,846.6 37.7 * 53
Malignant Neoplasms 13,277 1,630.6 1,508.1 800.8 88.3 * 40
Diseases of the Heart 10,265 1,260.6 1,183.0 612.2 93.2 * 45
Motor Vehicle Injuries 3,940 483.8 509.6 442.6 15.1 * 49
Non Motor Vehicle Injuries 2,749 337.6 360.4 318.0 13.3 * 40
Suicide 2,472 303.6 313.1 267.3 17.1 * 50
Congenital Anomalies 2,878 353.5 432.1 202.2 113.7 * 15
Homicide and Legal Intervention 1,173 144.1 153.5 312.1 -50.8 * 33
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 1,118 137.2 174.0 91.8 89.6 * 15
Cerebrovascular Disease 1,514 185.9 176.1 106.1 66.0 * 23
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,241 152.4 148.4 94.4 57.2 * 24
Diabetes Mellitus 1,822 223.8 213.0 72.0 195.8 * 15
Prematurity 745 91.5 116.0 131.5 -11.8 * 31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 1,036 127.2 113.4 62.8 80.5 * 38
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 835 102.5 104.6 403.8 -74.1 * 16
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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