Stanislaus County Health Services Agency

Death Rate

Table 3

Stanislaus County

California 1996-1998

Year 2000 Objective

Deaths

1998 Numbers

1998 Rates

1996-1998 Rates

Overall

3,386

495.8

493.7

425.6

N/E

Age

 

 

 

 

 

1-14 Years

27

25.6

27.5

21.2

28.0

15-24 Years

46

70.9

79.2

80.2

85.0

25-64 Years

798

378.7

387.9

311.8

340.0

65+ Years

2,466

5,331.1

5,133.5

4,592.9

N/E

Gender

 

 

 

 

 

Male

1,672

595.5

600.6

526.2

N/E

Female

1,711

409.8

402.9

338.1

N/E

Race/Ethnicity

 

 

 

 

 

White

2,913

517.2

512.5

441.2

N/E

Latino

309

364.9

363.2

327.5

N/E

Asian

84

342.8

362.6

282.2

N/E

Black

61

782.4

943.7

685.2

N/E

Cause of Death

 

 

 

 

 

Unintentional

161

33.6

35.7

24.2

29.3

Motor Vehicle

66

15.0

18.6

11.4

14.2

Firearms

34

8.3

10.4

11.8

11.6

Homicide

25

6.3

8.2

9.0

7.2

Suicide

42

9.0

9.7

9.4

10.5

All Cancers

669

112.4

119.6

110.3

130.0

Lung Cancer

200

34.8

36.5

30.0

42.0

Breast Cancer*

40

14.0

19.4

18.3

20.6

Heart Disease

957

120.1

114.5

94.0

100.0

Stroke

241

28.7

28.5

25.4

20.0

Drug-Related

53

12.0

9.8

7.5

3.0

Rates are Deaths per 100,000 Resident Population
All Rates are Age-Adjusted except for the Age Group-Specific rates
N/E stands for Not Established
* Deaths per 100,000 women

   
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