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    What's on this page…
  Learning about this Table
  Creating a Death Rates Table
  Sorting the Data on the Table
 

Modifying the Table

  Copying a Death Rates Table into another Program
  Exporting Data from the Table
  Interpreting the Table
  Printing the Table

Learning about this Table

  If you would like to read about this table, what it contains, and where the data comes from, click on the About this Table link to the right of the table.
     

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Creating a Death Rates Table
To create a Death Rates Table, follow the steps below…

  1. Select the data you want to display in the drop down boxes at the top of the window.
  2. After you've made all of the selections you want, click on the Generate Table button located under the drop down lists. The new Table containing the data you just selected will appear below the data selection boxes.
     
     

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Sorting the data on the Table
You can sort the data on a Death Rates table by state name, death rate, deaths per year, or percent. To sort by one of these columns, click on the white button with the triangle on it under the column name. To sort a column in reverse order, click on the button a second time.
     
     
     
    Note: The column that the table is currently sorted by is indicated by a light blue background on the column and a black triangle the sort button.

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Modifying the Table

  You modify a Death Rates Table by creating a new Table. Following the procedures under Creating a Death Rates Table.
     

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Copying a Death Rates Table into another Program
Use the following procedure to put a copy of the Death Rates Table into another program…

  1. Put your cursor near the top of the table to the left of the title.
2. Hold the left mouse button down and drag the mouse to the bottom of the table. Be care not to go too far or the entire page will be selected.
3. Release the left mouse button, point to part of the highlighted area, and click with the right mouse button
4. Select Copy from the pop-up menu.
5. Open the destination program (e.g., PowerPoint, Word, Word Perfect).
6. Select Paste from the File menu, press Ctrl-V, or right click and select Paste from the pop-up menu.
   

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Exporting Data from the Table
To export the data on a table to be used in Excel, SAS, or another program, click on the Export Data button located to the right of the table and follow the instructions on screen.

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Interpreting the Table
A text description has been provided to assist in understanding the Death Rates Table. Use the following procedure to access this text description.

     
  1. Click on the Interpret link located to the left of the Table.
  2. The text description will appear in a new browser window.
     

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Printing the Table
If you select Print within your browser or press the print button, the entire screen is printing including all controls. Use the following procedures to print only the Death Rates Table…

  1. Click on the Printable View link located to the left of the Table. A new browser window will appear containing only the Table you have created.
  2. Select Print within your browser or press the print button.
     

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