Causes of death
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Congenitalmalformations, deformations and
chromosomal abnormalities
126 152 149 142 159 145 122 114 107 118 101
of respiratory system
10
14
15
9
9
*
*
9
*
6
*
of brain, spinal cordor nervous system
23
20
19
28
20
24
15
21
13
19
13
Short gestation and lowbirthweight
85
84
79
93
95
91 101
64
60
62
56
Maternal complications
31
36
47
42
30
53
31
27
33
46
28
Sudden infant death syndrome
28
25
32
37
43
21
42
34
25
13
14
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
23
19
24
17
30
19
18
18
23
16
14
Intrauterinehypoxia or birth asphyxia
10
14
12
7
11
11
*
*
11
*
6
Assault (homicide)
11
*
8
11
12
*
*
6
6
*
*
Respiratory distress syndrome
8
8
12
12
8
11
8
7
*
*
*
Influenza andpneumonia
21
17
19
13
*
*
10
*
*
*
*
Total, all causes
586 622 653 642 701 625 547 519 504 495 447
TABLE2C-5
NUMBEROFDEATHS FORSELECTED LEADINGCAUSESOF INFANTMORTALITY
a
BYYEAR, ARIZONA, 2003-2013
Notes: * Cell suppressed due to count less than 6; ? Sum rounded to nearest tens unit due to addend less than 6;
a
Leading causes of infant mortality are based on the list of 130
causes of infant death according to the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).
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Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
