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FIFTEEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
ARKANSAS, 1999
ARKANSAS
CAUSE OF DEATH RANK NUMBER RATE PCT
TOTAL DEATHS, ALL CAUSES 27,934 1094.9 100.0
DISEASES OF HEART ..........................I00-I09,I10,I13,I20-I51 1 8,190 321.0 29.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS.........................................C00-C97 2 6,061 237.6 21.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES ...................................I60-I69 3 2,248 88.1 8.0
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES .........................J40-J47 4 1,341 52.6 4.8
ACCIDENTS ..........................................V01-X59,Y85-Y86 5 1,276 50.0 4.6
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS .................................V01-V99,Y85 722 28.3 2.6
NONTRANSPORT ACCIDENTS ..............................W00-X59,Y86 554 21.7 2.0
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA ....................................J10-J18 6 763 29.9 2.7
DIABETES MELLITUS ..........................................E10-E14 7 668 26.2 2.4
SEPTICEMIA .................................................A40-A41 8 475 18.6 1.7
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND NEPHROSIS N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27 9 448 17.6 1.6
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ............................................G30 10 422 16.5 1.5
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) ......................X60-X84,Y87.0 11 341 13.4 1.2
CHRONIC LIVER DIS AND CIRRHOSIS ........................K70,K73-K74 12 216 8.5 0.8
AORTIC ANEURYSM AND DISSECTION .................................I71 13 183 7.2 0.7
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) ...................................X85-Y09,Y87.1 14 181 7.1 0.6
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS ..........................J69 15 163 6.4 0.6
ALL OTHER CAUSES .................................................. 4,958 194.3 17.7
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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