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

TABLE VII
Leading Cause of Death by Age Categories
New Haven: 1994

Rank Order Age Category
Cause of Death		 Number of Deaths Age-Spec. Death rate*
Infants (less than 1 year)
  All Causes 27 13.5
1 Sudden death, cause unknown 7 3.5
2 Ill-defined conditions originating in the perinatal period 6 3.0
3 Maternal causes of perinatal morbidity anf mortality 3 1.5
1-4 years old
  All Causes 7 71.1
1 Acquired immune deficiency 3 35.5
2 Malignant neoplasms of other and unspecified sites 1 11.8
2 Malignant neoplasms without specifications of sites 1 11.8
2 Other diseases of respiratory system 1 11.8
2 Other congential anomalies of respiratory 1 11.8
5-14 years old
  All Causes 6 36.4
1 Acquired immune deficiency 2 12.1
2 Hereditary hemolytic anemias 1 6.1
2 Infantile cerebral palsy 1 6.1
2 Cardomypathy 1 6.1
2 Other and unspecified congenital anomalies 1 6.1
15-24 years old
  All Causes 32 121.1
1 Assault by firearms 13 49.2
2 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by hanging, strangulation and suffocation 5 18.9
3 Motor vehicle accident involving pedestrian 2 7.5
25-44 years old
  All Causes 189 439.5
1 Acquired immune deficiency 78 181.4
2 Accidental poisoning by other drugs 6 13.9
2 Assault by firearms 6 13.9
45-64 years old
  All Causes 204 1,114.0
1 Malignant neoplasms of trachea, brochus and lung 22 120.1
2 Ill-defined symptoms, complications of heart 20 109.2
3 Acquired immune deficiency 19 103.7
65-84 years old
  All Causes 512 3,630.6
1 Other forms of chronic ischaemic heart disease 57 404.2
2 Acute myocardial infarction 47 333.2
3 Ill-defined symptoms, complications of heart 44 312.0
85 years and older
  All Causes 289 14,707.3
1 Other forms of chronic ischaemic heart disease 58 2,951.6
2 Ill-defined symptoms, complications of heart 36 1,832.0
3 Acute myocardial infarction 29 1,475.8

 
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