Causes of death
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Congenitalmalformations, deformations and
chromosomal abnormalities
1.4
1.6
1.6
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.2
of respiratory system
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
**
**
0.1
**
0.1
**
of brain, spinal cordor nervous system
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
Short gestation and lowbirthweight
0.9
0.9
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.1
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
Maternal complications
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.3
Sudden infant death syndrome
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
Intrauterinehypoxia or birth asphyxia
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
**
**
0.1
**
0.1
Assault (homicide)
0.1
**
0.1
0.1
0.1
**
**
0.1
0.1
**
**
Respiratory distress syndrome
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
**
**
**
Influenza andpneumonia
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
**
**
0.1
**
**
**
**
Total, all causes
6.5
6.7
6.8
6.3
6.8
6.3
5.9
6.0
5.9
5.8
5.3
TABLE2C-6
INFANTMORTALITYRATES
a
FORSELECTED LEADINGCAUSESOFDEATHBYYEAR, ARIZONA, 2003-2013
Notes: ** Cell suppressed due to rate/ratio/percent based on non-zero count less than 6;
a
Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births; 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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