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Nashville/Davidson County Mortality
Data 2001
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Leading Causes of Death: Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates* per 100,000
Population by Race and Gender, Davidson County, 2001 |
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All |
White |
Black |
Male |
Female |
White Male |
White Female |
Black Male |
Black Female |
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Heart Disease |
271.2 |
257.6 |
350.9 |
370.2 |
209.9 |
360.5 |
194.4 |
449.3 |
290.0 |
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Cancer |
225.8 |
210.0 |
317.2 |
277.2 |
198.7 |
250.8 |
189.7 |
439.7 |
249.4 |
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Stroke |
71.1 |
66.3 |
94.5 |
70.9 |
70.0 |
63.6 |
67.7 |
107.4 |
83.0 |
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Accidents |
50.0 |
53.2 |
48.7 |
72.7 |
29.8 |
75.4 |
31.4 |
82.5 |
26.9 |
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Chronic Lower Respiratory Infections |
48.7 |
52.4 |
32.7 |
53.8 |
45.5 |
58.9 |
48.4 |
32.3 |
33.5 |
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Diabetes Mellitus |
32.2 |
25.5 |
65.4 |
36.7 |
29.0 |
32.4 |
21.2 |
58.1 |
66.1 |
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Alzheimer's Disease |
23.1 |
24.3 |
19.0 |
19.8 |
24.2 |
18.6 |
26.5 |
28.5 |
14.4 |
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Influenza and Pneumonia |
20.5 |
21.4 |
18.2 |
28.6 |
16.2 |
29.1 |
17.7 |
29.5 |
11.6 |
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Suicide |
13.2 |
14.6 |
9.7 |
23.5 |
4.8 |
24.9 |
6.5 |
19.3 |
1.5 |
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Homicide |
12.3 |
5.8 |
31.4 |
19.7 |
5.1 |
8.2 |
3.7 |
56.5 |
9.8 |
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All Causes |
994.7 |
947.9 |
1269.7 |
1228.6 |
833.7 |
1169.6 |
796.8 |
1617.1 |
1034.4 |
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Infant Mortality Rate** |
9.0 |
6.5 |
14.8 |
10.2 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
5.3 |
15.7 |
13.9 |
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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, October 30,2002. Analysis by
Division of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Metro Public Health
Department. |
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