2C.
A
GE
-S
PECIFIC
M
ORTALITY
Six age-specific profiles of mortality are given on the following pages. The six developmental periods in the life span are:
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Infants
less than one year of age
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Children
1 to 14 years old
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Adolescents
or persons 15 to 19 years old
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Young adults
or persons 20 to 44 years old
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Middle-aged adults
or persons 45 to 64 years old
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Elderly
or persons 65 years or older.
For each age group, cause-specificmortality is compared between urban (i.e., Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and Yuma counties)
and rural (all other counties) regions and between genders. Urban and rural regions also are compared in gender-specific
total mortality.
A comparison of age-specificmortality for causes of death is provided in
Table2C-27
. A comparison of age-specific
mortality rates is in
Table2C-28
.
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