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TABLE C-1
1979-2000 VERMONT RESIDENT DEATHS
10 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, BY SEX
CRUDE RATES PER 100,000 POPULATION
2000 1999 1994-96 1989-91 1979-81
CAUSE OF DEATH (a) NUMBER RATE RATE (b) RATE (b) RATE (b) RATE
1. DISEASES OF HEART T 1439 236.4 220.9 257.5 255.1 327.4
10th: I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51 M 696 233.3 217.5 258.4 254.7 352.2
9th: 390-398, 402, 404, 410-429 (0.9858) F 743 239.3 224.2 256.6 255.4 303.7
2. MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (CANCER) T 1239 203.5 207.2 199.5 199.1 188.1
10th: C00-C97 M 620 207.8 223.3 209.2 216.8 202.8
9th: 140-208 (1.0068) F 619 199.4 191.8 190.3 182.1 174.1
OF TRACHEA, BRONCHUS AND LUNG T 334 54.9 55.9 51.4 49.1 44.7
10th: C33-C34 M 191 64.0 70.9 61.9 67.4 67.0
9th: 162 (0.9837) F 143 46.1 41.5 41.4 31.6 23.5
3. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (STROKE) T 344 56.5 56.9 59.7 54.0 69.2
10th: I60-I69 M 128 42.9 42.9 44.1 41.3 57.7
9th: 430-434, 436-438 (1.0588) F 216 69.6 70.4 74.6 66.2 80.1
4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES (COPD) T 310 50.9 49.7 44.3 41.5 33.0
10th: J40-J47 M 158 53.0 45.9 44.2 49.7 48.2
9th: 490-494, 496 (1.0478) F 152 49.0 53.2 44.3 33.6 18.4
5. ACCIDENTS (UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES) T 232 38.1 34.4 31.3 34.4 46.3
10th: V01-X59, Y85-Y86 M 149 49.9 45.3 42.6 46.3 66.5
9th: E800-E869, E880-E929 (1.0305) F 83 26.7 24.0 20.5 23.1 27.1
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
10th: V02-V04,V09.0,V09.2,V12-V14,V19.0- T 74 12.2 13.1 13.7 16.6 24.4
V19.2, V19.4-V19.6,V20-V79,V80.3- M 50 16.8 19.9 19.6 23.6 37.1
V80.5,V81.0-V81.1,V82.0-V82.1,V83- F 24 7.7 6.5 8.0 10.0 12.3
V86,V87.0-V87.8,V88.0-V88.8,V89.0,
V89.2
9th: E810-E825 (0.9754)
6. DIABETES MELLITUS T 164 26.9 29.6 24.7 22.0 13.6
10th: E10-E14 M 75 25.1 29.7 23.7 20.1 11.0
9th: 250 (1.0082) F 89 28.7 29.5 25.6 23.9 16.1
7. INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA T 119 19.5 21.7 20.6 22.3 17.7
10th: J10-J18 M 43 14.4 18.6 17.4 19.7 17.0
9th: 480-487 (0.6982) F 76 24.5 24.7 23.7 24.8 18.5
8. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE T 134 22.0 21.0 15.4 15.4 0.9
10th: G30 M 32 10.7 10.1 8.8 9.8 0.6
9th: 331.0 (1.5536) F 102 32.9 31.5 21.8 20.7 1.2
9. INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) T 77 12.6 10.4 11.3 16.1 16.3
10th: X60-X84, Y87.0 M 68 22.8 16.6 18.8 27.4 25.8
9th: E950-E959 (0.9962) F 9 2.9 4.5 4.2 5.3 7.2
10. NEPHRITIS/NEPHROSIS (KIDNEY DISEASE) T 61 10.0 10.1 9.0 9.6 7.1
10th: N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27 M 25 8.4 8.1 7.7 8.3 8.0
9th: 580-589 (1.2320) F 36 11.6 12.0 10.2 10.9 6.3
(a) CAUSE OF DEATH IS CODED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES. DEATHS IN 1979 TO 1998 WERE CODED ACCORDING TO ICD-9. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1999 DEATHS WERE CODED ACCORDING TO ICD-10. SINCE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE MADE IN ICD-10, THE CODE NUMBERS FOR ICD-9 AND ICD-10 ARE GIVEN IN ADDITION TO COMPARABILITY RATIOS WHICH HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO THE EARLIER RATES TO MAKE THEM COMPARABLE TO THE ICD-10 RATES.
(b) RATES PRESENTED HERE MAY DIFFER FROM THE 1999 VITAL STATISTICS REPORT BECAUSE THE COMPARABILITY RATIOS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO FOUR DECIMAL PLACES, AND THE 1991-1999 POPULATION ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN REVISED BASED ON THE 2000 CENSUS.