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United States Mortality Database, 1988-1992 |
What this map layer shows:
Statistics for the eleven leading causes of death, by Health Service Areas.
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Background Information |
Sample Map
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects information on causes of death in the United States. This information is used to monitor trends, to evaluate the impact of policies and programs, and to support health research. The CDC Atlas of United States Mortality presents the leading causes of death, by race and gender, for Health Service Areas in the United States. A Health Service Area is an aggregation of counties or county equivalents, determined by analysis of where residents aged 65 years and over obtained routine short-term hospital care in 1988. There are 805 Health Service Areas in the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey prepared this map layer with information drawn from the Atlas of U.S. Mortality.
The United States Mortality Database, 1988-1992 map layer shows statistics for the 11 leading causes of death in the United States and also for 8 subset causes. Included are age-adjusted mortality rates by sex and race (white and black), an indication of whether each rate is considered reliable, and an indication of whether the rate for a Health Service Area is significantly different from the corresponding U.S. rate.
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