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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 1, 2003
Table 43

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 16 6.5
Total Deaths, All Causes 2,745 12.5
---Deaths under 1 Year 21 8.6
---Deaths under 28 Days 8 3.3
Tuberculosis 1 0.5
Septicemia 43 19.6
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 7 3.2
Malignant Neoplasms 577 263.5
---of Digestive Organs 115 52.5
------Colon 48 21.9
------Pancreas 27 12.3
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 194 88.6
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 189 86.3
---of Breast 42 19.2
---of Genitourinary Organs 69 31.5
------Cervix Uteri 5 2.3
------Ovary 22 10.0
------Prostate 18 8.2
------Bladder 6 2.7
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 157 71.7
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 24 11.0
Diabetes Mellitus 106 48.4
Alzheimer's Disease 45 20.6
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,020 465.8
---Diseases of the Heart 801 365.8
------Ischemic Heart Disease 516 235.7
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 24 11.0
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 155 70.8
---Atherosclerosis 10 4.6
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 30 13.7
Influenza and Pneumonia 52 23.7
---Influenza 3 1.4
---Pneumonia 49 22.4
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 181 82.7
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 58 26.5
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 38 17.4
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 40 18.3
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 66 30.1
Congenital Anomalies 6 2.7
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 28 12.8
Accidents 144 65.8
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 55 25.1
---Falls 12 5.5
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 6 2.7
---Drownings 3 1.4
---Poisonings 51 23.3
---Other Accidents 17 7.8
Intentional Self-Harm 40 18.3
Assault 17 7.8
All Other Causes (Residual) 290 132.4
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
* All rates are deaths per 100,000 population except fetal deaths, deaths under 1 year, and deaths under 28 days, all of which are per 1,000 live births, and total deaths, which are per 1,000 population.
** Public Health Management Districts

Last updated March 29, 2005.

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