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Community Health
Leading Causes of Death in Erie County
| 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause Of Death* | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate | Number | Rate |
| TOTAL DEATHS | 9749 | 1041.2 | 9661 | 1031.8 | 9987 | 1061.0 | 10010 | 1059.2 | 10035 | 1060.1 |
| DISEASES OF THE HEART | ||||||||||
| I00-I09,I11,I13, I20-I51 | 2749 | 293.6 | 2679 | 286.1 | 3107 | 330.1 | 3245 | 343.4 | 3271 | 345.5 |
| MALIGNANT NEOPLASM | ||||||||||
| C00-C97 | 2269 | 242.3 | 2260 | 241.4 | 2283 | 242.5 | 2308 | 244.2 | 2359 | 249.2 |
| CEREBROVASCULAR | ||||||||||
| I60-I69 | 616 | 65.8 | 593 | 63.3 | 663 | 70.4 | 655 | 69.3 | 681 | 71.9 |
| AIDS | ||||||||||
| B20-B24 | 21 | 2.2 | 38 | 4.1 | 29 | 3.1 | 20 | 2.1 | 40 | 4.2 |
| PNEUMONIA | ||||||||||
| J12-J18 | 260 | 27.8 | 281 | 30.0 | 287 | 30.5 | 312 | 33.0 | 244 | 25.8 |
| CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASE | ||||||||||
| J40-J47 | 476 | 50.8 | 445 | 47.5 | 437 | 46.4 | 497 | 52.6 | 448 | 47.3 |
| TOTAL ACCIDENTS | ||||||||||
| V01-X59, Y85-Y86 | 206 | 22.0 | 202 | 21.6 | 239 | 25.4 | 200 | 21.2 | 223 | 23.6 |
| DIABETES MELLITUS | ||||||||||
| E10-E14 | 251 | 26.8 | 275 | 29.4 | 226 | 24.0 | 249 | 26.3 | 232 | 24.5 |
| HOMICIDE & LEGAL INTERVENTION | ||||||||||
| X85-Y09, Y35, Y87.1, Y89.0 | 62 | 6.6 | 53 | 5.7 | 61 | 6.5 | 49 | 5.2 | 68 | 7.2 |
| CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER | ||||||||||
| K70, K73-K74 | 79 | 8.4 | 85 | 9.1 | 110 | 11.7 | 104 | 11.0 | 112 | 11.8 |
| SUICIDE | ||||||||||
| X60-X84, Y87.0 | 61 | 6.5 | 68 | 7.3 | 68 | 7.2 | 72 | 7.6 | 60 | 6.3 |
| ESTIMATED POPULATION | 930703 | 936318 | 941293 | 945049 | 946625 | |||||
Rate per 100,000 population.
*Classified according to the 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases Adopted by New York State in 1999
Estimated U.S. Census Population
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