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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 1, 1999
Table 43

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 16 6.5
Total Deaths, All Causes 2,801 12.4
---Deaths under 1 Year 26 10.5
---Deaths under 28 Days 13 5.3
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 53 23.4
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 4 1.8
Malignant Neoplasms 607 268.0
---of Digestive Organs 113 49.9
------Colon 36 15.9
------Pancreas 25 11.0
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 226 99.8
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 214 94.5
---of Breast 43 19.0
---of Genitourinary Organs 76 33.6
------Cervix Uteri 7 3.1
------Ovary 8 3.5
------Prostate 27 11.9
------Bladder 11 4.9
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 149 65.8
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 14 6.2
Diabetes Mellitus 94 41.5
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,089 480.8
---Diseases of the Heart 882 389.4
------Ischemic Heart Disease 632 279.0
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 11 4.9
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 156 68.9
---Atherosclerosis 8 3.5
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 32 14.1
Pneumonia and Influenza 38 16.8
---Pneumonia 37 16.3
---Influenza 1 0.4
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 185 81.7
---Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Asthma 13 5.7
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 56 24.7
---Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis 49 21.6
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 34 15.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 51 22.5
Congenital Anomalies 14 6.2
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 17 7.5
Accidents 112 49.4
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 50 22.1
---Falls 16 7.1
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 4 1.8
---Drownings 3 1.3
---Other Accidents 39 17.2
Intentional Self-Harm 50 22.1
Assault 26 11.5
All Other Causes (Residual) 357 157.6
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 28, 2001.

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