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1998 VERMONT RESIDENT DEATHS
                                   DEATHS AND CRUDE DEATH RATES BY SEX BY 72 SELECTED CAUSES
                    
                                                                                 RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION
                                            NUMBER OF EVENTS    COLUMN PERCENTS    AGE-ADJUSTED RATES   CRUDE
                                                                                                        DEATH
CAUSE OF DEATH *                            MALE  FEMALE TOTAL   MALE  FEMALE TOTAL     MALE  FEMALE    RATES
-----------------------------------------  -------------------  -------------------    -----------------------
SHIGELLOSIS AND AMEBIASIS                     0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0   0.0        0.0
CERTAIN OTHER INTESTINAL INFECTIONS           1      2      3    0.0    0.1    0.1       0.3   0.6        0.5
TUBERCULOSIS                                  1      1      2    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.3   0.3        0.3
 TUBERCULOSIS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM           1      1      2    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.3   0.3        0.3
 OTHER TUBERCULOSIS                           0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0   0.0        0.0
WHOOPING COUGH                                0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0   0.0        0.0
STREPTOCOCCAL SORE THROAT & SCARLATINA        0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0   0.0        0.0
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION                       0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0   0.0        0.0
SEPTICEMIA                                   15     12     27    0.6    0.5    0.5       6.6   3.2        4.6
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS                           0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0   0.0        0.0
MEASLES                                       0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0   0.0        0.0
VIRAL HEPATITIS                               3      2      5    0.1    0.1    0.1       1.1   0.6        0.8
SYPHILIS                                      0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0   0.0        0.0
ALL OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES  18      8     26    0.7    0.3    0.5       7.5   2.4        4.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS                         618    591   1209   25.4   23.7   24.5     249.9 174.5      204.6
 OF LIP, ORAL CAVITY AND PHARYNX             11      8     19    0.5    0.3    0.4       4.5   2.5        3.2
 OF DIGESTIVE ORGANS AND PERITONEUM         161    129    290    6.6    5.2    5.9      65.0  36.7       49.1
 OF RESPIRATORY AND INTRATHORACIC ORGANS    202    145    347    8.3    5.8    7.0      78.9  44.1       58.7
 OF BREAST                                    1     93     94    0.0    3.7    1.9       0.4  28.0       15.9
 OF GENITAL ORGANS                           58     63    121    2.4    2.5    2.5      26.1  18.8       20.5
 OF URINARY ORGANS                           37     21     58    1.5    0.8    1.2      16.5   6.0        9.8
 OF OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED SITES              85     81    166    3.5    3.2    3.4      32.9  23.8       28.1
 LEUKEMIA                                    26     15     41    1.1    0.6    0.8      10.6   4.3        6.9
 OF OTHER LYMPHATIC/HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUES    37     36     73    1.5    1.4    1.5      15.0  10.4       12.4
BENIGN NEOPLASMS                              9     15     24    0.4    0.6    0.5       4.3   4.2        4.1
DIABETES MELLITUS                            66     67    133    2.7    2.7    2.7      27.3  18.7       22.5
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES                      2     11     13    0.1    0.4    0.3       0.7   2.9        2.2
ANEMIAS                                       2      2      4    0.1    0.1    0.1       0.9   0.6        0.7
MENINGITIS                                    2      1      3    0.1    0.0    0.1       0.7   0.3        0.5
MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES               880    995   1875   36.1   39.8   38.0     390.8 263.4      317.3
 DISEASES OF HEART                          684    748   1432   28.1   30.0   29.0     303.2 197.2      242.3
  RHEUMATIC FEVER AND HEART DISEASE           6      7     13    0.2    0.3    0.3       2.6   1.9        2.2
  HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE                 20     28     48    0.8    1.1    1.0       8.4   7.3        8.1
  HYPERTENSIVE HEART AND RENAL DISEASE        3      0      3    0.1    0.0    0.1       1.4   0.0        0.5
  ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE                    448    374    822   18.4   15.0   16.7     195.2 100.5      139.1
   ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION              181    160    341    7.4    6.4    6.9      75.1  43.6       57.7
   OTHER ACUTE AND SUBACUTE FORMS             0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0   0.0        0.0
   ANGINA PECTORIS                            0      3      3    0.0    0.1    0.1       0.0   0.8        0.5
   CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE           267    211    478   11.0    8.5    9.7     120.1  56.1       80.9
  OTHER DISEASES OF ENDOCARDIUM              21     35     56    0.9    1.4    1.1      11.2   8.7        9.5
  ALL OTHER FORMS OF HEART DISEASE          186    304    490    7.6   12.2    9.9      84.4  78.7       82.9
 HYPERTENSION                                13     11      4    0.5    0.4    0.5       5.4   2.9        4.1
 CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE                    130    201    331    5.3    8.0    6.7      59.0  53.9       56.0
  INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE                    30     35     65    1.2    1.4    1.3      12.5  10.1       11.0
  CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS AND OCCLUSION          20     22     42    0.8    0.9    0.9       9.5   5.7        7.1
  CEREBRAL EMBOLISM                           2      0      2    0.1    0.0    0.0       1.0   0.0        0.3
  OTHER CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES             78    144    222    3.2    5.8    4.5      36.0  38.1       37.6
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TABLE C-11 (CONT)
1998 VERMONT RESIDENT DEATHS
                                   DEATHS AND CRUDE DEATH RATES BY SEX BY 72 SELECTED CAUSES

                                                                                 RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION
                                            NUMBER OF EVENTS     COLUMN PERCENTS    AGE-ADJUSTED RATES  CRUDE
                                                                                                        DEATH
CAUSE OF DEATH *                            MALE  FEMALE TOTAL   MALE  FEMALE TOTAL     MALE  FEMALE    RATES
-----------------------------------------  -------------------  -------------------    ----------------------
 ATHEROSCLEROSIS                             11      5     16    0.5    0.2    0.3       5.0     1.3      2.7
 OTHER DISEASES OF ARTERIES                  42     30     72    1.7    1.2    1.5      18.2     8.2     12.2
ACUTE BRONCHITIS                              0      1      1    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0     0.3      0.2
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA                      96    141    237    3.9    5.6    4.8      46.8    36.0     40.1
 PNEUMONIA                                   93    133    226    3.8    5.3    4.6      45.5    34.0     38.2
 INFLUENZA                                    3      8     11    0.1    0.3    0.2       1.4     2.0      1.9
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES      122    127    249    5.0    5.1    5.0      51.3    35.5     42.1
 BRONCHITIS                                   4      3      7    0.2    0.1    0.1       1.8     0.9      1.2
 EMPHYSEMA                                   16      7     23    0.7    0.3    0.5       6.5     2.0      3.9
 ASTHMA                                       3      4      7    0.1    0.2    0.1       1.1     1.2      1.2
 OTHER                                       99    113    212    4.1    4.5    4.3      41.9    31.4     35.9
ULCER OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM                 5      4      9    0.2    0.2    0.2       2.0     1.2      1.5
APPENDICITIS                                  0      1      1    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0     0.3      0.2
HERNIA AND INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION             4     14     18    0.2    0.6    0.4       1.8     3.6      3.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS          29     16     45    1.2    0.6    0.9      10.7     4.9      7.6
GALLBLADDER DISORDERS                         4      0      4    0.2    0.0    0.1       1.7     0.0      0.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND NEPHROSIS  28     12     40    1.1    0.5    0.8      12.1     3.3      6.8
 ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS                     1      1      2    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.6     0.2      0.3
 CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS                   2      1      3    0.1    0.0    0.1       0.8     0.2      0.5
 RENAL FAILURE                               25     10     35    1.0    0.4    0.7      10.7     2.9      5.9
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY                          0      2      2    0.0    0.1    0.0       0.0     0.6      0.3
HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTRATE                      4      0      4    0.2    0.0    0.1       2.1     0.0      0.7
COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH     0      1      1    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0     0.3      0.2
 PREGNANCY WITH ABORTIVE OUTCOME              0      0      0    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0     0.0      0.0
 OTHER COMPLICATIONS                          0      1      1    0.0    0.0    0.0       0.0     0.3      0.2
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES                         15     13     28    0.6    0.5    0.6       5.0     4.2      4.7
CERTAIN PERINATAL CONDITIONS                 11      8     19    0.5    0.3    0.4       3.9     2.8      3.2
 BIRTH TRAUMA                                 1      3      4    0.0    0.1    0.1       0.3     1.0      0.7
 OTHER PERINATAL CONDITIONS                  10      5     15    0.4    0.2    0.3       3.6     1.7      2.5
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS AND ILL-DEFINED CONDITIONS   14     12     26    0.6    0.5    0.5       5.7     3.3      4.4
ALL OTHER DISEASES                          263    353    616   10.8   14.1   12.5     118.4    94.0    104.3
ACCIDENTS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS               144     66    210    5.9    2.6    4.3      53.8    19.3     35.5
 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS                     55     24     79    2.3    1.0    1.6      19.5     7.7     13.4
 ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS                         89     42    131    3.7    1.7    2.7      34.3    11.5     22.2
SUICIDE                                      73     13     86    3.0    0.5    1.7      26.1     4.4     14.6
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL INTERVENTION               6      4     10    0.2    0.2    0.2       2.2     1.3      1.7
ALL OTHER EXTERNAL CAUSES                     1      2      3    0.0    0.1    0.1       0.4     0.7      0.5
                    
ALL CAUSES                                 2436   2497   4933  100.0  100.0  100.0    1034.7   687.8    834.9
                    
                    
* SEE APPENDIX C FOR COMPLETE CAUSE DEFINITIONS AND CODES. 'ALL OTHER DISEASES' INCLUDES ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE DEATHS.
  AS OF 1987, 'ALL OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC' INCLUDES AIDS DEATHS.
 
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