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FIFTEEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
ARKANSAS, 2001
ARKANSAS
CAUSE OF DEATH RANK NUMBER RATE PCT
TOTAL DEATHS, ALL CAUSES 27,703 1028.1 100.0
DISEASES OF HEART ..........................I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51 1 8,244 305.9 29.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS.........................................C00-C97 2 6,081 225.7 22.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES ...................................I60-I69 3 2,252 83.6 8.1
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES .........................J40-J47 4 1,366 50.7 4.9
ACCIDENTS (UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES)..................V01-X59,Y85-Y86 5 1,268 47.1 4.6
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS .................................V01-V99,Y85 686 25.5 2.5
NONTRANSPORT ACCIDENTS ..............................W00-X59,Y86 582 21.6 2.1
DIABETES MELLITUS ..........................................E10-E14 6 755 28.0 2.7
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA ....................................J10-J18 7 734 27.2 2.6
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND NEPHROSIS N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27 8 520 19.3 1.9
SEPTICEMIA .................................................A40-A41 9 502 18.6 1.8
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ............................................G30 10 450 16.7 1.6
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) ..................U03,X60-X84,Y87.0 11 378 14.0 1.4
CHRONIC LIVER DIS AND CIRRHOSIS ........................K70,K73-K74 12 231 8.6 0.8
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) ...........................U01-U02,X85-Y09,Y87.1 13 185 6.9 0.7
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION .................................I71 14 174 6.5 0.6
PARKINSON'S DISEASE ........................................G20-G21 15 173 6.4 0.6
ALL OTHER CAUSES .................................................. 4,390 162.9 15.8
NOTE: REFER TO PAGE IV FOR CHANGES IN CAUSE OF DEATH CLASSIFICATION
*NOT IN THE TOP FIFTEEN
RATES ARE PER 100,000 POPULATION
SOURCE OF ARKANSAS DATA: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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