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

TABLE VIII
Ten Leading Causes of Resident Deaths
by Number, Rate and Percent
New Haven: 1994

Rank Cause Race Number Rates per 100,000 Population Percent of Total Death  
1 Diseases of the Heart TOTAL 414 317.3 32.7  
  (390-398,402,404, WHITE 308 438.3 24.3  
  410-429) NONWHITE 106 176.0 8.4  
2 Malignant Neoplasms TOTAL 258 197.7 20.4  
  (140-209) WHITE 189 268.9 14.9  
    NONWHITE 69 114.6 5.5  
3 Acquired Immune Deficiency TOTAL 105 80.5 8.3  
  Syndrome (AIDS) WHITE 27 38.4 2.1  
  (042-044.9) NONWHITE 78 129.5 6.2  
4 Cerebrovascular Diseases TOTAL 64 49.1 5.1  
  (430-438) WHITE 49 69.7 3.9  
    NONWHITE 15 224.9 1.2  
5 Accidents TOTAL 58 44.5 4.6  
  (E800-E949) WHITE 35 49.8 2.8  
    NONWHITE 23 38.2 1.8  
6 Pneumonia and Influenza TOTAL 36 27.6 2.8  
  (480-487) WHITE 27 38.4 2.1  
    NONWHITE 9 14.9 0.7  
7 Chronic Obstruction TOTAL 31 23.8 2.4  
  Pulmonary Disease WHITE 23 32.7 1.8  
  (490-496) NONWHITE 8 13.2 0.6  
7 Homicide TOTAL 31 23.8 2.4  
  (960-969) WHITE 10 14.2 0.8  
    NONWHITE 21 34.9 1.7  
8 Diabetes Mellitus TOTAL 24 18.4 1.9  
  (250) WHITE 14 19.9 1.1  
    NONWHITE 10 16.6 0.8  
9 Suicide TOTAL 20 15.3 1.6  
  (E950-E959) WHITE 11 15.7 0.9  
    NONWHITE 9 14.9 0.7  
10 Septicemia TOTAL 17 13.0 1.3  
  (38) WHITE 9 12.8 0.7  
    NONWHITE 8 13.2 0.6  

 
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