1994 Annual Report of Vital Statistics Department of Health, City of New Haven
 

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

RANK: 3
Total Deaths: 105
% of Total: 8.3%
Crude Death Rate: 80.5/100,000
ICD Code(s): (042-044)

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was ranked as the third leading cause of death. This is the ninth year AIDS ranked in the ten leading causes of death and the fifth year AIDS ranked in the first five leading causes of death. There was a total of 105 resident deaths in which AIDS was listed as the primary cause of death. Nonwhite residents had a significantly higher death rate of 129.5/100,000 compared to white residents with a crude death rate of 38.4/100,000. Males accounted for 68% and females accounted for only 32% of AIDS deaths in 1994. The percentage of males and females remained the same for the past two years.

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
New Haven Resident Deaths (1990-1994)

1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Total 105 69 58 56 49
     White 27 20 23 15 11
     Nonwhite 78 49 35 41 38
Male 72 47 41 41 32
     White 21 16 17 11 7
     Nonwhite 51 31 24 30 25
Female 33 22 17 15 17
     White 6 4 6 4 4
     Nonwhite 27 18 11 11 13

 
This document was digitized on March 31, 1999 by Andrew Swan as part of the New Haven Health Project.
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