 CDC Home  National Vital Statistics System   Death Rates for 72
Selected Causes, United States, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
and 1998    Worktable 250 lists death rates per 100,000
population for NCHS' mortality tabulation list of 72 selected
causes of death. Death rates are tabulated for 10-year age group
and for the race categories black and white. Selected causes
include such major conditions as heart disease, cancers, stroke,
chronic lung diseases other than cancer, pneumonia and
influenza, diabetes, accidents, kidney conditions,
atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), septicemia
(infection of the bloodstream), birth defects (conditions
originating in the perinatal period), complications related to
pregnancy and childbirth, homicide, suicide, anemia, chronic
liver disease and cirrhosis, hypertension, and other major
causes of death. Separate tables are available for HIV and
Alzheimer's disease.     National Vital Statistics System logo
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