Deaths from nine chronic diseases - United States, 1986

Article Abstract:

In 1986, 52 percent of all reported deaths in the US were attributable to nine diseases. These 1,103,156 deaths were the result of stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, or cirrhosis. When adjustments were made for age, these diseases accounted for a rate of 457.6 deaths per 100,000 individuals living in the United States. A higher rate of death from these diseases was found in states east of the Mississippi River; the state with the highest death rate was Michigan, while the state with the lowest mortality was Hawaii. It was found that smoking has a large effect upon the rate of death from each of these conditions. It is associated with 33 percent of deaths from these nine conditions; elimination of smoking as a factor would reduce deaths to about 307.5 per 100,000 people in the United States. Other preventable risks are high blood pressure, obesity, high cholesterol, inactivity, heavy alcohol consumption, and avoidance of preventative screening tests such as mammographies and Pap smears. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Mortality, Patient outcomes, Causes of, Chronic diseases, Statistics, Death

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Inconsistencies in coding of race and ethnicity between birth and death in US infants: a new look at infant mortality, 1983 through 1985

Article Abstract:

Data from the National Center for Health Statistics' linked birth/infant-death database from 1983 through 1985 showed the coding of race and ethnic group of infants at birth and death can be inconsistent, especially if the infant was not classified as white or black at birth. Of 117,188 infants who died within a year of birth, 99% of whites and 96% of blacks were correctly registered as such at death, but only 63% of American Indians, 52% of Chinese, and 46% of Japanese infants were correctly registered. Many of these infants were registered as white at death. Infants registered as Hispanic at birth were also more likely to be incorrectly registered at death. Only 80 percent of Mexican-Americans, 52% of Puerto Ricans, and 33% of Cubans were registered as such at death. Consistent registration of race and ethnicity at birth and death would result in lower infant mortality rates for non-Hispanic whites and blacks and higher rates for all other groups.

Evaluation, Demographic aspects, Recording and registration, Registers of births, etc., Registers (Records)

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