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Nashville/Davidson County Mortality
Data 1999
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Leading Causes of Death: Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates* per 100,000
Population by Race and Gender, Davidson County, 1999 |
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All |
White |
Black |
Male |
Female |
White Male |
White Female |
Black Male |
Black Female |
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Heart Disease |
285.0 |
267.0 |
387.1 |
365.4 |
232.1 |
351.9 |
209.7 |
471.2 |
338.4 |
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Cancer |
221.1 |
205.8 |
313.9 |
296.4 |
177.1 |
265.9 |
171.7 |
479.1 |
217.4 |
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Stroke |
72.5 |
71.5 |
75.7 |
76.7 |
68.1 |
78.1 |
66.3 |
65.5 |
76.9 |
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Accidents |
46.7 |
49.3 |
38.4 |
61.2 |
38.0 |
62.5 |
41.0 |
64.9 |
24.4 |
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Chronic Lower Respiratory Infections |
39.1 |
41.7 |
34.5 |
55.8 |
24.8 |
60.2 |
25.6 |
52.5 |
20.4 |
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Diabetes Mellitus |
29.6 |
20.1 |
75.7 |
32.1 |
28.2 |
25.6 |
16.9 |
69.7 |
77.9 |
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Alzheimer's Disease |
25.4 |
25.2 |
28.3 |
28.6 |
23.7 |
29.1 |
23.3 |
29.6 |
27.4 |
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Influenza and Pneumonia |
18.5 |
21.4 |
5.2 |
18.4 |
18.0 |
21.1 |
20.7 |
5.1 |
6.0 |
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Suicide |
13.0 |
14.4 |
11.4 |
22.0 |
5.4 |
24.6 |
6.0 |
18.2 |
5.4 |
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Homicide |
12.0 |
5.7 |
31.0 |
17.2 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
4.3 |
51.1 |
14.5 |
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All Causes |
969.5 |
914.5 |
1275.7 |
1216.1 |
804.1 |
1155.2 |
751.7 |
1624.4 |
1054.7 |
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Infant Mortality Rate** |
9.3 |
4.9 |
19.6 |
9.4 |
9.1 |
6.4 |
3.3 |
16.4 |
23.1 |
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* Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates were calculated using the US 2000 Standard
Population. |
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**Infant Mortality Rates are per 1,000 Live Births. |
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Data Source: Tennessee Department of Health. Analysis by Division of
Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Metro Public Health Department. |
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