2003 Louisiana Vital Statistics Report - Louisiana Department of ...
2003 Louisiana Vital Statistics Report - Louisiana Department of ...
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<strong>2003</strong> LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT DEATHS<br />
Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease<br />
Mortality by Gender and Race<br />
Figure 5.11: Crude Death Rates for the Leading Causes <strong>of</strong> Death by Race<br />
<strong>Louisiana</strong>, <strong>2003</strong><br />
HIV Infection<br />
Suicide<br />
Homicide<br />
Septicemia<br />
Influenza & Pneumonia<br />
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, & Nephrosis<br />
Alzheimer's Disease<br />
Chronic Low er Respiratory Disease<br />
Diabetes Mellitus<br />
Accidents<br />
Cerebrovascular Disease<br />
Malignant Neoplasms<br />
Diseases <strong>of</strong> the Heart<br />
0 50 100 150 200 250 300<br />
Rate per 100,000 race-specific population<br />
Age-adjusted death rates for the five leading causes <strong>of</strong> death in the major race/gender groups make direct comparisons among<br />
the groups possible. For the three leading causes <strong>of</strong> death, as well as nephritis, influenza and pneumonia, and septicemia, ageadjusted<br />
death rates for <strong>2003</strong> were higher in black males than in all other race/gender groups.<br />
<strong>Louisiana</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Public Health, State Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong> Page 73<br />
Black<br />
White