% change
from2003
URBAN
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
7.3
6.8
9.2
7.1
6.5
5.4
6.4
6.0
5.7
4.7
5.5
-24.7
Motor vehicle accidents
4.2
3.7
4.2
3.9
3.2
2.0
3.2
2.5
1.7
1.9
2.6
-39.0
Drowning
2.2
2.1
2.3
1.4
1.3
1.8
1.8
1.8
2.2
1.5
1.8
-16.8
Other
0.9
1.0
2.7
1.8
2.0
1.7
1.5
1.7
1.7
1.3
1.1
22.1
Malignant neoplasms
2.8
1.6
2.2
1.5
3.4
2.6
2.6
2.3
2.1
2.6
2.4
-15.0
Congenital malformations
1.6
1.5
1.7
2.4
0.8
1.7
1.3
1.8
1.3
2.1
1.8
14.5
Assault (homicide)
0.9
1.4
1.3
1.1
1.4
1.1
1.3
1.3
1.2
0.9
1.5
62.8
Diseases of heart
0.5
0.8
0.4
1.0
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.3
-45.1
ALL CAUSES
22.4 18.3 21.9 20.9 18.6 18.5 19.4 18.1 16.6 17.7 18.3
-18.2
(Number of all deaths)
(219) (184) (229) (228) (206) (210) (221) (197) (182) (192) (200)
(-8.7)
RURAL
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
18.0 14.6
7.6 12.0 12.0 10.3
8.8 10.8 11.3 10.9 12.6
-30.2
Motor vehicle accidents
11.0
9.2
6.2
5.5
9.0
6.4
5.8
4.3
7.5
7.1
8.7
-20.6
Other
5.5
3.9
0.9
4.5
2.5
1.5
1.9
4.3
3.2
2.2
3.8
-30.5
Drowning
1.5
1.5
0.5
2.0
0.5
2.5
1.0
2.2
0.5
1.6
0.0
-100.0
Malignant neoplasms
2.0
2.9
0.5
0.5
2.0
0.5
1.9
0.5
1.6
2.2
1.6
-18.1
Assault (homicide)
0.5
1.9
1.9
1.5
1.0
1.0
1.5
0.5
0.5
1.6
1.6
227.7
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
1.0
0.5
2.8
2.0
0.5
1.5
0.5
1.1
0.5
1.1
1.6
63.9
Congenital malformations
2.5
1.5
2.4
1.0
2.0
1.5
1.9
0.5
1.6
1.6
0.5
-78.2
ALL CAUSES
33.5 31.1 26.5 25.0 24.9 25.5 23.8 23.2 22.6 28.9 27.9
-16.9
(Number of all deaths)
(67)
(64)
(56)
(50)
(50)
(52)
(49)
(43)
(42)
(53)
(51)
(-23.9)
STATEWIDE
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
9.1
8.1
8.9
7.9
7.3
6.2
6.8
6.7
6.5
5.6
6.6
-27.6
Motor vehicle accidents
5.4
4.6
4.5
4.2
4.1
2.6
3.6
2.8
2.6
2.7
3.5
-34.7
Drowning
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.5
1.1
2.0
1.6
1.9
2.0
1.5
1.6
-21.6
Other
1.7
1.5
2.4
2.2
2.1
1.6
1.6
2.0
2.0
1.4
1.5
-11.8
Malignant neoplasms
2.6
1.8
1.9
1.3
3.2
2.3
2.5
2.0
2.0
2.6
2.3
-12.5
Congenital malformations
1.8
1.5
1.8
2.2
1.0
1.7
1.4
1.6
1.3
2.0
1.6
-8.5
Assault (homicide)
0.8
1.5
1.4
1.2
1.4
1.1
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.5
86.2
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
0.7
0.2
0.9
0.9
0.4
0.6
0.3
0.7
0.9
0.6
0.6
-10.4
ALL CAUSES
24.3 20.4 22.7 21.5 19.5 19.7 20.2 18.9 17.5 19.4 19.8
-18.7
(Number of all deaths)
(286) (248) (285) (278) (256) (262) (271) (240) (224) (247) (252)
(-11.9)
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 children 1-14 years old;
b
The five causes with the greatest number of deaths over the 2003-2013 period;
c
Urban=Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and
Yuma counties; the remaining counties comprise Arizona's rural areas; see
Technical Notes
for more information; records with unknown county of residence are included in the
statewide totals, but are not distributed by urban/rural area; the cause-of-death titles are according to the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10); the
causes of death for 2003-2013 are classified by ICD-10;measures of comparison between ICD-9 and ICD-10 - the "comparability ratios" - for the causes of death shown in this report
are provided in the
Technical Notes
.
TABLE2C-8
MORTALITYRATES
a
FOR THE FIVE LEADINGCAUSES
b
OFDEATHAMONGCHILDREN (1-14YEARS)
INURBANANDRURALAREAS
c
, ARIZONA, 2003-2013
Area/Cause
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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