| 1990 Annual Report of Vital Statistics |
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Department of Health, City of New Haven |
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
| RANK: |
7 |
| Total Deaths: |
35 |
| % of Total: |
2.9% |
| Crude Death Rate: |
26.8/100,000 |
| ICD Codes(s): |
(490-496) |
The number of deaths caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was the same as deaths caused by accidents in 1990. Ranked as the seventh leading cause of death with a total of 35 resident deaths. This number increased from the 1989 total of 33 deaths, which occurred as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The percentage of total deaths increased slightly from 2.4% in 1989 to 2.9% in 1990. White residents accounted for 2.5% of deaths and had a crude death rate of 44.1/100,000. Nonwhite residents had considerably lower figures with a total of 4 nonwhite resident deaths and death rate of 6.6/100,000.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
New Haven Resident Deaths (1986-1990)
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1990 |
1989 |
1988 |
1987 |
1986 |
| Total |
35 |
33 |
34 |
28 |
34 |
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White |
31 |
29 |
26 |
21 |
30 |
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Nonwhite |
4 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
| Male |
16 |
26 |
23 |
15 |
22 |
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White |
16 |
22 |
18 |
11 |
19 |
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Nonwhite |
3 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
| Female |
19 |
7 |
11 |
13 |
12 |
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White |
18 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
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Nonwhite |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
This document was digitized on April 28, 1999 by Andrew Swan as part of the New Haven Health Project.
http://www.med.yale.edu/newhavenhealth/