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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 3, 2002
Table 43

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 22 6.3
Total Deaths, All Causes 3,397 12.0
---Deaths under 1 Year 28 8.0
---Deaths under 28 Days 12 3.4
Tuberculosis 2 0.7
Septicemia 46 16.2
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 6 2.1
Malignant Neoplasms 793 279.3
---of Digestive Organs 177 62.3
------Colon 74 26.1
------Pancreas 33 11.6
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 264 93.0
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 255 89.8
---of Breast 45 15.8
---of Genitourinary Organs 109 38.4
------Cervix Uteri 5 1.8
------Ovary 18 6.3
------Prostate 34 12.0
------Bladder 12 4.2
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 198 69.7
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 16 5.6
Diabetes Mellitus 138 48.6
Alzheimer's Disease 83 29.2
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,197 421.6
---Diseases of the Heart 933 328.6
------Ischemic Heart Disease 620 218.4
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 32 11.3
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 187 65.9
---Atherosclerosis 13 4.6
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 32 11.3
Influenza and Pneumonia 59 20.8
---Influenza 2 0.7
---Pneumonia 57 20.1
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 198 69.7
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 23 8.1
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 8 2.8
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 34 12.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 79 27.8
Congenital Anomalies 11 3.9
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 29 10.2
Accidents 147 51.8
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 57 20.1
---Falls 16 5.6
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 4 1.4
---Drownings 3 1.1
---Poisonings 29 10.2
---Other Accidents 38 13.4
Intentional Self-Harm 58 20.4
Assault 13 4.6
All Other Causes (Residual) 465 163.8
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 May 19, 2004.


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