1990 Annual Report of Vital Statistics Department of Health, City of New Haven
 

Diseases of the Heart

RANK: 1
Total Deaths: 426
% of Total: 34.8%
Crude Death Rate: 326.5/100,000
ICD Codes(s): (390-398, 402, 404, 410-429)

A total of 426 resident deaths were due to diseases of the heart in 1990. This total was a decrease of 29 residents from the 1989 total of 455. At least one death due to diseases of the heart occurred in all the age categories from "25-29 years" through "85 and over". The majority of deaths due to this cause were in the higher age brackets. Residents who died of heart disease who were 65 years old and older accounted for 82% of all deaths attributed to this cause.

The death rate for white residents decreased from 435.4/100,000 in 1989 to 326.5/100,000 in 1990. For nonwhite residents the death rate decreased sharply from 226.7/100,000 in 1989 to 157.8/100,000 in 1990.

Disease of the Heart
New Haven Resident Deaths (1986-1990)

    1990 1989 1988 1987 1986
Total 426 455 485 494 496
  White 331 341 376 385 396
  Nonwhite 95 114 109 109 100
Male 196 208 239 234 260
  White 196 149 173 175 193
  Nonwhite 50 59 66 59 67
Female 230 247 246 260 236
  White 185 192 203 210 203
  Nonwhite 45 55 43 50 33

 
This document was digitized on April 28, 1999 by Andrew Swan as part of the New Haven Health Project.
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