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TABLE C-17  (REVISED 8/06/01)
1999 VERMONT RESIDENT DEATHS
                               ASSIGNMENT OF 113 SELECTED CAUSES AS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH OR AS A
                               MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH AND THE RATIO OF MULTIPLE TO UNDERLYING CAUSES
                                                 DEATHS WHERE DISEASE IS:
                    
                                                        ASSIGNED AS THE          MENTIONED AS A
                                                   UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH   MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH              RATIO
SELECTED CAUSE*                                       NO.    % OF ALL DEATHS     NO.    % OF ALL DEATHS     (MENTION TO UNDERLYING)
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SALMONELLA INFECTIONS                                    0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
SHIGELLOSIS AND AMEBIASIS                                0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
CERTAIN OTHER INTESTINAL INFECTIONS                      2           0.0           4         0.1                         2.00
TUBERCULOSIS                                             1           0.0           4         0.1                         4.00
  RESPIRATORY TUBERCULOSIS                               0           0.0           3         0.1                         ----
  OTHER TUBERCULOSIS                                     1           0.0           1         0.0                         1.00
WHOOPING COUGH                                           0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
SCARLET FEVER AND ERYSIPELAS                             0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION                                  1           0.0           1         0.0                         1.00
SEPTICEMIA                                              41           0.8         228         4.6                         5.56
SYPHILIS                                                 0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS                                      0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS                       0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
MEASLES                                                  0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
VIRAL HEPATITIS                                          5           0.1          11         0.2                         2.20
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) DISEASE              12           0.2          14         0.3                         1.17
MALARIA                                                  0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC
 DISEASES AND THEIR SEQUELAE                            24           0.5          49         1.0                         2.04
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS                                   1252          25.1        1441        28.9                         1.15
  OF LIP, ORAL CAVITY AND PHARYNX                       11           0.2          17         0.3                         1.55
  OF ESOPHAGUS                                          28           0.6          33         0.7                         1.18
  OF STOMACH                                            21           0.4          23         0.5                         1.10
  OF COLON, RECTUM AND ANUS                            136           2.7         175         3.5                         1.29
  OF LIVER AND INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCTS                  20           0.4          22         0.4                         1.10
  OF PANCREAS                                           80           1.6          84         1.7                         1.05
  OF LARYNX                                             11           0.2          20         0.4                         1.82
  OF TRACHEA, BRONCHUS AND LUNG                        338           6.8         366         7.3                         1.08
  OF SKIN                                               19           0.4          20         0.4                         1.05
  OF BREAST                                             91           1.8         131         2.6                         1.44
  OF CERVIX UTERI                                        8           0.2          13         0.3                         1.63
  OF CORPUS UTERI AND UTERUS, PART UNSPECIFIED           9           0.2          16         0.3                         1.78
  OF OVARY                                              24           0.5          28         0.6                         1.17
  OF PROSTATE                                           78           1.6         122         2.4                         1.56
  OF KIDNEY AND RENAL PELVIS                            25           0.5          31         0.6                         1.24
  OF BLADDER                                            34           0.7          51         1.0                         1.50
  OF MENINGES, BRAIN AND OTHER PARTS
   OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM                            23           0.5          24         0.5                         1.04
  OF LYMPHOID, HEMATOPOIETIC AND RELATED TISSUE        140           2.8         168         3.4                         1.20
    HODGKIN'S DISEASE                                    2           0.0           5         0.1                         2.50
    NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA                              71           1.4          78         1.6                         1.10
    LEUKEMIA                                            44           0.9          60         1.2                         1.36
    MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND IMMUNOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS  23           0.5          28         0.6                         1.22
    OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS OF
     LYMPHOID, HEMATOPOIETIC AND RELATED TISSUE          0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
  ALL OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS        156           3.1         286         5.7                         1.83
IN SITU NEOPLASMS, BENIGN NEOPLASMS AND
 NEOPLASMS OF UNCERTAIN OR UNKNOWN BEHAVIOR             32           0.6          66         1.3                         2.06
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TABLE C-17 (CONT)  (REVISED 8/06/01)
1999 VERMONT RESIDENT DEATHS
                               ASSIGNMENT OF 113 SELECTED CAUSES AS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH OR AS A
                               MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH AND THE RATIO OF MULTIPLE TO UNDERLYING CAUSES
                                                 DEATHS WHERE DISEASE IS:
                    
                                                        ASSIGNED AS THE          MENTIONED AS A
                                                   UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH   MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH              RATIO
SELECTED CAUSE*                                       NO.    % OF ALL DEATHS     NO.    % OF ALL DEATHS     (MENTION TO UNDERLYING)
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ANEMIAS                                                  6           0.1         106         2.1                        17.67
DIABETES MELLITUS                                      179           3.6         527        10.6                         2.94
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES                                 9           0.2          53         1.1                         5.89
  MALNUTRITION                                           7           0.1          38         0.8                         5.43
  OTHER NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES                         2           0.0          15         0.3                         7.50
MENINGITIS                                               2           0.0           6         0.1                         3.00
PARKINSON'S DISEASE                                     51           1.0         107         2.1                         2.10
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE                                    127           2.5         223         4.5                         1.76
MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES                         1790          35.9        2823        56.7                         1.58
  DISEASES OF HEART                                   1335          26.8        2347        47.1                         1.76
    ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER AND CHRONIC RHEUMATIC
     HEART DISEASES                                     11           0.2          23         0.5                         2.09
    HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE                          28           0.6          34         0.7                         1.21
    HYPERTENSIVE HEART AND RENAL DISEASE                 4           0.1           6         0.1                         1.50
    ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASES                            998          20.0        1473        29.6                         1.48
      ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION                      369           7.4         471         9.5                         1.28
      OTHER ACUTE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASES                2           0.0          11         0.2                         5.50
      OTHER FORMS OF CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE    627          12.6        1259        25.3                         2.01
        ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE,
         SO DESCRIBED                                  201           4.0         377         7.6                         1.88
        ALL OTHER FORMS OF CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART
         DISEASE                                       426           8.5         907        18.2                         2.13
    OTHER HEART DISEASES                               294           5.9        1606        32.2                         5.46
      ACUTE AND SUBACUTE ENDOCARDITIS                    5           0.1           5         0.1                         1.00
      DISEASES OF PERICARDIUM AND ACUTE MYOCARDITIS      1           0.0          13         0.3                        13.00
      HEART FAILURE                                     88           1.8         595        11.9                         6.76
      ALL OTHER FORMS OF HEART DISEASE                 200           4.0        1201        24.1                         6.01
  ESSENTIAL (PRIMARY) HYPERTENSION
   AND HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DISEASE                       30           0.6         173         3.5                         5.77
  CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES                             344           6.9         601        12.1                         1.75
  ATHEROSCLEROSIS                                       19           0.4         117         2.3                         6.16
  OTHER DISEASES OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM                  62           1.2         136         2.7                         2.19
    AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION                      43           0.9          61         1.2                         1.42
    OTHER DISEASES OF ARTERIES, ARTERIOLES AND
     CAPILLARIES                                        19           0.4          78         1.6                         4.11
OTHER DISORDERS OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM                   12           0.2          80         1.6                         6.67
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA                                131           2.6         544        10.9                         4.15
  INFLUENZA                                             14           0.3          16         0.3                         1.14
  PNEUMONIA                                            117           2.3         531        10.7                         4.54
OTHER ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS                 2           0.0           7         0.1                         3.50
  ACUTE BRONCHITIS AND BRONCHIOLITIS                     1           0.0           5         0.1                         5.00
  UNSPECIFIED ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTION          1           0.0           2         0.0                         2.00
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES                     300           6.0         682        13.7                         2.27
  BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC AND UNSPECIFIED                    2           0.0           8         0.2                         4.00
  EMPHYSEMA                                             30           0.6          75         1.5                         2.50
  ASTHMA                                                 7           0.1          27         0.5                         3.86
  OTHER CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES             261           5.2         581        11.7                         2.23
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TABLE C-17 (CONT)  (REVISED 8/06/01)
1999 VERMONT RESIDENT DEATHS
                                   ASSIGNMENT OF 113 SELECTED CAUSES AS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH OR AS A
                                     MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH AND THE RATIO OF MULTIPLE TO UNDERLYING CAUSES
                                                           DEATHS WHERE DISEASE IS:
                              
                                                           ASSIGNED AS THE          MENTIONED AS A
                                                     UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH   MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH              RATIO
SELECTED CAUSE*                                       NO.    % OF ALL DEATHS     NO.    % OF ALL DEATHS     (MENTION TO UNDERLYING)
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PNEUMOCONIOSES AND CHEMICAL EFFECTS                      1           0.0           5         0.1                         5.00
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS                   29           0.6         137         2.7                         4.72
OTHER DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM                    64           1.3         524        10.5                         8.19
PEPTIC ULCER                                            10           0.2          28         0.6                         2.80
DISEASES OF APPENDIX                                     2           0.0           4         0.1                         2.00
HERNIA                                                   6           0.1          13         0.3                         2.17
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS                     52           1.0          76         1.5                         1.46
  ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE                               22           0.4          22         0.4                         1.00
  OTHER CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS             30           0.6          55         1.1                         1.83
CHOLELITHIASIS AND OTHER DISORDERS OF GALLBLADDER        7           0.1          18         0.4                         2.57
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND NEPHROSIS             61           1.2         340         6.8                         5.57
ACUTE AND RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE NEPHRITIC AND
   NEPHROTIC SYNDROME                                    0           0.0           1         0.0                         ----
CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, NEPHRITIS  AND
NEPHRITIS NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC,
    AND RENAL SCLEROSIS UNSPECIFIED                      1           0.0           5         0.1                         5.00
  RENAL FAILURE                                         60           1.2         335         6.7                         5.58
  OTHER DISORDERS OF KIDNEY                              0           0.0           1         0.0                         ----
INFECTIONS OF KIDNEY                                     1           0.0           3         0.1                         3.00
HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE                                  0           0.0           6         0.1                         ----
INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF FEMALE PELVIC ORGANS            0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND THE PUERPERIUM                 1           0.0           2         0.0                         2.00
  PREGNANCY WITH ABORTIVE OUTCOME                        0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH
   AND THE PUERPERIUM                                    1           0.0           2         0.0                         2.00
CERTAIN CONDITIONS ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL
 PERIOD                                                 14           0.3          21         0.4                         1.50
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS, DEFORMATIONS
 AND CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES                          19           0.4          31         0.6                         1.63
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS AND ABNORMAL CLINICAL
 AND LABORATORY FINDINGS, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED      21           0.4         579        11.6                        27.57
ALL OTHER DISEASES (RESIDUAL)                          413           8.3        1389        27.9                         3.36
ACCIDENTS                                              208           4.2         343         6.9                         1.65
  TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS                                   88           1.8          91         1.8                         1.03
    MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS                             79           1.6          81         1.6                         1.03
    OTHER LAND TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS                       8           0.2           8         0.2                         1.00
     WATER, AIR AND SPACE, AND OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED
     TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS AND THEIR SEQUELAE              1           0.0           2         0.0                         2.00
  NONTRANSPORT ACCIDENTS                               120           2.4         252         5.1                         2.10
    FALLS                                               32           0.6          39         0.8                         1.22
    ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS                     2           0.0           2         0.0                         1.00
    ACCIDENTAL DROWNING AND SUBMERSION                   8           0.2           8         0.2                         1.00
    ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE TO SMOKE, FIRE AND FLAMES        5           0.1           6         0.1                         1.20
    ACCIDENTAL POISONING AND EXPOSURE TO
     NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES                                 14           0.3          21         0.4                         1.50
    OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED NONTRANSPORT ACCIDENTS
     AND THEIR SEQUELAE                                 59           1.2         177         3.6                         3.00
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TABLE C-17 (CONT)  (REVISED 8/06/01)
1999 VERMONT RESIDENT DEATHS
                                              ASSIGNMENT OF 113 SELECTED CAUSES AS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH OR AS A
                                              MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH AND THE RATIO OF MULTIPLE TO UNDERLYING CAUSES
                                                                DEATHS WHERE DISEASE IS:
                                   
                                                            ASSIGNED AS THE          MENTIONED AS A
                                                     UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH   MULTIPLE CAUSE OF DEATH              RATIO
SELECTED CAUSE*                                       NO.    % OF ALL DEATHS     NO.    % OF ALL DEATHS     (MENTION TO UNDERLYING)
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INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE)                         63           1.3          66         1.3                         1.05
  INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) BY DISCHARGE
   OF FIREARMS                                          46           0.9          49         1.0                         1.07
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) BY OTHER AND
   UNSPECIFIED MEANS AND THEIR SEQUELAE                 17           0.3          17         0.3                         1.00
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE)                                      17           0.3          17         0.3                         1.00
  ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) BY DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS            8           0.2           8         0.2                         1.00
  ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) BY OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED
   MEANS AND THEIR SEQUELAE                              9           0.2           9         0.2                         1.00
LEGAL INTERVENTION                                       0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
EVENTS OF UNDETERMINED INTENT                           11           0.2          12         0.2                         1.09
  DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS, UNDETERMINED INTENT             1           0.0           1         0.0                         1.00
      OTHER AND UNSPECIFIED EVENTS OF UNDETERMINED
   INTENT AND THEIR SEQUELAE                            10           0.2          11         0.2                         1.10
OPERATIONS OF WAR AND THEIR SEQUELAE                     0           0.0           0         0.0                         ----
COMPLICATIONS OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE               4           0.1         101         2.0                        25.25
               
ALL CAUSES                                            4983         100.0       14439       100.0                         2.90
                                   
                                   
* SEE APPENDIX C FOR COMPLETE CAUSE DEFINITIONS AND CODES. 
** A GIVEN DEATH MAY BE COUNTED MORE THAN ONCE IN THIS TOTAL
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