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

Pneumonia

RANK: 5
Total Deaths: 43
% of Total: 3.5%
Crude Death Rate: 32.9/100,000
ICD Codes(s): (480-487)

Pneumonia deaths decreased slightly in 1990 with a total of 43 deaths. In 1989 there were 52 deaths caused by pneumonia and the death rate was 41.2/100,000. In 1990 the death rate decreased slightly to 32.9/100,000.

January recorded the highest average number of deaths due to pneumonia in the 1986-1990 period, with 5.8 average deaths for the five year period. April and December had the second highest averages with 5.6. In 1990, the month of January had the highest reported number of deaths due to pneumonia.

Pneumonia Deaths by Month
New Haven Resident Deaths (1986-1990)

Month

1990

1989

1988

1987

1986

Averages for the Month

January

12

6

4

4

3

5.8

February

5

6

4

6

5

5.2

March

3

3

5

4

6

4.2

April

2

6

6

8

6

5.6

May

1

5

6

7

4

4.6

June

1

4

4

5

3

3.4

July

6

3

1

2

2

2.8

August

0

2

2

6

5

3.0

September

2

4

7

2

4

3.8

October

3

4

2

4

3

3.2

November

2

1

3

5

1

2.4

December

6

8

6

5

3

5.6

Totals

43

52

50

58

45

 

Average Pneumonia
Deaths per Month

3.6

4.3

4.2

4.8

3.7

 

 
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/