% change
from2003
URBAN
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
29.9 37.3 28.9 40.3 30.9 23.7 18.7 17.0 18.4 17.0 15.8
-47.1
Motor vehicle accidents
22.0 27.1 20.5 32.2 21.9 14.8
9.6
9.3 10.8 11.9
9.3
-57.8
Other
7.9 10.2
8.4
8.1
9.0
8.9
9.1
7.7
1.0
5.1
6.5
-17.4
Assault (homicide)
13.6
9.9 16.8 20.0 14.8 15.3
9.6
6.7
6.4
4.8
6.8
-50.2
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
9.1 11.4 13.2 10.6
8.2
9.4
9.6
7.2
8.5
8.1
5.0
-44.8
Malignant neoplasms
2.4
4.1
2.8
2.8
3.8
4.6
3.2
2.3
2.8
2.8
3.5
46.4
Diseases of heart
1.2
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.6
1.1
1.3
1.5
1.3
0.0
0.5
-58.2
ALL CAUSES
69.8 75.8 75.8 88.9 72.5 61.4 51.5 43.6 45.3 38.8 42.4
-39.2
(Number of all deaths)
(231) (260) (270) (320) (265) (230) (194) (169) (177) (153) (169)
(-26.8)
RURAL
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
57.0 54.1 59.4 56.8 61.9 36.0 36.9 25.5 26.9 52.1 31.8
-44.3
Motor vehicle accidents
44.5 46.0 46.2 42.9 49.2 28.6 17.2 13.4 21.5 37.0 19.3
-56.6
Other
12.5
8.1 13.2 13.9 12.7
7.4 19.7 12.1
0.0 15.1 12.4
-0.6
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
12.5 13.5 18.5 24.0 10.1 26.1 16.0 14.8 22.9 21.9 16.6
32.6
Assault (homicide)
4.2 14.9
6.6
8.8
6.3
7.5
6.1
6.7
5.4
5.5
5.5
31.5
Malignant neoplasms
2.8
6.8
2.6
6.3
3.8
6.2
3.7
4.0
5.4
0.0
0.0
-100.0
Diseases of heart
1.4
0.0
1.3
2.5
2.5
0.0
1.2
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
-100.0
ALL CAUSES
101.5 102.7 100.3 116.2 97.2 83.3 75.0 68.6 72.7 90.5 62.1
-38.8
(Number of all deaths)
(73)
(76)
(76)
(92)
(77)
(67)
(61)
(51)
(54)
(66)
(45)
(-38.4)
STATEWIDE
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
34.7 40.5 34.3 43.3 36.4 25.9 22.1 18.4 19.8 22.5 18.3
-47.4
Motor vehicle accidents
26.0 30.7 25.0 34.2 26.8 17.3 11.0 10.0 12.5 15.8 10.8
-58.3
Other
8.7
9.8
9.3
9.1
9.6
8.6 11.2
8.4
0.9
6.6
7.4
-14.5
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
9.7 11.8 14.1 13.0
8.5 12.4 10.7
8.4 10.8 10.3
6.8
-29.9
Assault (homicide)
11.9 10.8 15.0 18.0 13.3 13.7
9.0
6.7
6.2
4.9
6.6
-44.7
Malignant neoplasms
2.5
4.6
2.8
3.4
3.8
4.6
3.3
2.6
3.2
2.4
3.0
18.9
Diseases of heart
1.2
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
0.9
1.3
1.5
1.1
0.0
0.6
-46.9
ALL CAUSES
75.4 80.8 80.1 93.8 76.9 65.7 55.9 47.7 49.7 47.1 45.5
-39.7
(Number of all deaths)
(304) (337) (346) (412) (342) (297) (255) (220) (231) (220) (214)
(-29.6)
Notes:
a
Number of deaths per 100,000 adolescents 15-19 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-12
MORTALITYRATES
a
FOR THE FIVE LEADINGCAUSES
b
OFDEATHAMONGADOLESCENTS (15-19YEARS)
INURBANANDRURALAREAS
c
, ARIZONA, 2003-2013
Area/Cause
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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