1993 Annual Report of Vital Statistics Department of Health, City of New Haven
 

ACCIDENTS

RANK:

6

Total Deaths:

47

% of Total:

3.7%

Crude Death Rate:

36.0/100,000

ICD Code(s):

(E800-E949)

There were a total of 47 accidental deaths to New Haven Residents in 1993, Nonwhite residents had a slightly higher incidence of accidental deaths than white residents in 1993. The accidental death rate was 35.5/100,000 for white reside nts and 36.5/100,000 for nonwhite residents.

New Haven Resident Deaths (1989-1993)
Accidental Deaths

 

1993

1992

1991

1990

1989

Total

47

49

49

35

45

White

25

28

28

25

27

Nonwhite

22

21

21

10

18

Male

35

38

34

19

30

White

19

20

19

11

18

Nonwhite

16

18

15

8

12

Female

12

11

15

16

15

White

6

8

9

14

9

Nonwhite

6

3

6

2

6

Motor Vehicle Accidents (810-819)

A total of 14 deaths to New Haven Residents as a result of motor vehicle accidents were recorded in 1993. Deaths due to motor vehicle accidents decreased from the 1992 total of 18 resident deaths. The death rate for motor vehicle accidents decreased from 13.8/100,000 in in 1992 to 10.7/100,000 in 1993.

 
This document was digitized on February 25, 1999 by Gillian Goldsmith Mayman as part of the New Haven Health Project.
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