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Nashville/Davidson County Mortality
Data 2000
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Leading Causes of Death: Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates* per 100,000
Population by Race and Gender, Davidson County, 2000 |
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All |
White |
Black |
Male |
Female |
White Male |
White Female |
Black Male |
Black Female |
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Heart Disease |
275.8 |
262.6 |
351.6 |
341.9 |
230.8 |
335.5 |
212.0 |
405.2 |
318.9 |
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Cancer |
219.0 |
203.0 |
309.1 |
281.8 |
181.0 |
255.5 |
171.2 |
434.1 |
238.6 |
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Stroke |
79.8 |
76.5 |
95.7 |
77.7 |
79.4 |
74.0 |
75.9 |
102.1 |
93.5 |
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Accidents |
45.8 |
47.8 |
47.6 |
58.0 |
33.6 |
60.2 |
35.4 |
58.6 |
35.3 |
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Chronic Lower Respiratory Infections |
43.4 |
46.4 |
31.9 |
60.6 |
33.9 |
61.6 |
38.3 |
55.1 |
18.8 |
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Diabetes Mellitus |
31.2 |
22.5 |
71.6 |
29.7 |
30.9 |
19.6 |
23.3 |
78.8 |
65.2 |
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Alzheimer's Disease |
23.3 |
22.4 |
29.8 |
28.9 |
20.5 |
29.4 |
18.5 |
30.4 |
30.0 |
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Influenza and Pneumonia |
17.7 |
19.3 |
10.3 |
23.3 |
14.4 |
26.0 |
15.4 |
10.5 |
9.8 |
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Suicide |
14.3 |
7.4 |
35.4 |
22.6 |
6.4 |
12.0 |
3.0 |
59.9 |
15.0 |
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Homicide |
12.9 |
15.2 |
7.0 |
22.9 |
4.1 |
26.2 |
5.2 |
14.1 |
1.0 |
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All Causes |
970.1 |
914.9 |
1256.6 |
1196.0 |
812.2 |
1133.2 |
760.7 |
1565.6 |
1057.3 |
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Infant Mortality Rate** |
10.0 |
5.6 |
19.9 |
11.8 |
8.1 |
6.3 |
4.8 |
25.0 |
14.6 |
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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, Revised data, April 16, 2002.
Analysis by Division of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Metro Public
Health Department. |
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