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Nashville/Davidson County Mortality
Data 2002
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Leading Causes of Death: Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates* per 100,000
Population by Race and Gender, Davidson County, 2002 |
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All |
White |
Black |
Male |
Female |
White Male |
White Female |
Black Male |
Black Female |
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Heart Disease |
265.8 |
253.6 |
323.2 |
357.7 |
209.5 |
347.2 |
195.8 |
408.0 |
269.9 |
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Cancer |
216.0 |
203.0 |
286.2 |
274.8 |
180.7 |
259.5 |
170.2 |
363.1 |
236.8 |
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Stroke |
68.3 |
66.6 |
73.0 |
66.1 |
67.7 |
60.5 |
67.6 |
90.5 |
65.8 |
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Chronic Lower Respiratory Infections |
48.7 |
51.9 |
35.7 |
59.6 |
42.2 |
61.2 |
46.4 |
52.8 |
26.0 |
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Accidents |
41.7 |
42.3 |
37.6 |
56.1 |
29.5 |
54.0 |
32.3 |
59.6 |
20.2 |
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Diabetes Mellitus |
30.2 |
21.8 |
67.6 |
35.7 |
26.8 |
27.2 |
18.8 |
76.5 |
62.5 |
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Influenza and Pneumonia |
25.1 |
22.8 |
33.3 |
34.1 |
19.9 |
29.5 |
18.5 |
54.7 |
23.7 |
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Alzheimer's Disease |
22.9 |
23.8 |
16.2 |
21.5 |
23.5 |
21.7 |
24.8 |
18.4 |
15.7 |
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Suicide |
14.5 |
16.7 |
6.3 |
26.1 |
4.4 |
29.2 |
5.7 |
12.5 |
0.9 |
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Nephritis |
13.7 |
10.8 |
28.0 |
14.5 |
13.2 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
33.9 |
25.6 |
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All Causes |
971.3 |
915.8 |
1213.3 |
1218.6 |
807.2 |
1145.7 |
765.1 |
1543.7 |
999.6 |
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Infant Mortality Rate** |
10.3 |
7.3 |
17.9 |
11.3 |
9.2 |
8.1 |
6.5 |
19.8 |
16.0 |
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* Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates were calculated using the US 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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