1989 Annual Report of Vital Statistics Department of Health, City of New Haven
 

Unknown Causes of Morbidity and Mortality

RANK: 7
Total Deaths: 34
% of Total: 2.5%
Crude Death Rate: 27.0/100,000
ICD Codes(s): (799)

There were 34 deaths attributed to Other and Unknown Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in 1989, including five infant deaths. Nonwhite residents had a high death rate of 31.8/100,000 than white residents of 22.9/100,000. Males had a greater incident of deaths (25) than females (9) while white female deaths were 6 compared to only 3 nonwhite female deaths. This is the second year this cause of death occurred in the ten leading causes of death.

Other Unknown Causes of Morbidity and Mortality
New Haven Resident Deaths (1988-1989)

    1989 1988
Total 34 39
  White 18 18
  Nonwhite 16 21
Male 25 25
  White 12 15
  Nonwhite 13 10
Female 9 14
  White 6 3
  Nonwhite 3 11

 
This document was digitized on March 15, 1999 by Andrew Swan as part of the New Haven Health Project.
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