% change
from2003
URBAN
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
38.3 35.5 40.2 44.8 38.7 34.4 32.7 33.5 36.6 32.3 35.4
-7.4
Other
19.1 18.0 19.1 23.6 21.0 20.2 21.5 22.0
4.3 20.2 23.9
25.3
Motor vehicle accidents
19.2 17.5 21.1 21.2 17.7 14.2 11.2 11.5 12.4 12.1 11.5
-40.0
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
17.9 16.2 16.8 16.2 18.0 16.4 13.6 17.7 18.1 17.0 18.3
2.3
Malignant neoplasms
14.7 16.0 11.8 13.5 12.9 14.2 15.6 13.3 13.5 14.1 15.3
4.0
Assault (homicide)
14.8 15.2 14.9 15.1 14.3 13.2
9.7 11.0 10.0
9.5
9.4
-36.2
Diseases of heart
11.0 10.6 11.9 10.0
9.9
8.9
8.7
8.0
9.6
9.5
9.3
-15.1
ALL CAUSES
140.2 132.2 133.0 139.3 129.8 113.6 113.0 119.7 120.3 118.8 130.1
-7.2
(Number of all deaths)
(2477) (2426) (2532) (2640) (2511) (2239) (2203) (2203) (2232) (2215) (2451)
(-1.0)
RURAL
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
75.5 58.9 72.0 66.9 73.2 57.1 64.7 63.9 71.9 74.4 74.9
-0.8
Other
27.4 20.5 27.8 24.5 32.7 29.2 35.4 36.9 10.3 42.7 50.8
85.3
Motor vehicle accidents
48.1 38.4 44.2 42.4 40.5 28.0 29.4 27.0 33.0 31.7 24.2
-49.8
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
26.8 29.5 26.8 25.5 25.6 20.4 29.1 30.2 37.6 32.4 33.6
25.4
Malignant neoplasms
17.2 15.9 17.8 14.0 16.1 12.5 15.9 13.8 12.0 19.0 15.4
-10.4
Diseases of heart
16.8 14.2 10.0 15.0 15.1
9.4 15.0
9.6 16.7 14.5 14.0
-16.6
Assault (homicide)
11.3
9.9 12.6 11.2 12.7 14.6
7.8 16.0 12.8 14.8 13.0
14.6
ALL CAUSES
217.3 194.3 189.9 196.9 188.1 174.2 191.6 203.7 210.2 233.4 226.5
4.2
(Number of all deaths)
(633) (587) (588) (618) (609) (590) (662) (574) (593) (662) (647)
2.2
STATEWIDE
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
43.5 38.8 44.6 47.9 43.6 38.0 37.8 37.8 41.9 38.2 41.0
-5.7
Other
20.2 18.3 20.3 23.7 22.6 21.7 23.7 24.1
5.5 23.3 27.7
37.3
Motor vehicle accidents
23.3 20.5 24.3 24.2 21.0 16.3 14.1 13.7 15.2 14.9 13.3
-43.0
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
19.2 18.1 18.2 17.6 19.1 15.0 17.5 19.4 20.9 19.1 20.5
6.8
Malignant neoplasms
15.0 16.0 12.6 13.6 13.3
9.7 13.9 13.4 13.3 14.9 15.3
2.3
Diseases of heart
11.8 11.1 11.7 10.7 10.7 11.5
8.8
8.2 10.6 10.3 10.0
-15.3
Assault (homicide)
14.3 14.5 14.5 14.5 14.1 13.1 10.5 12.0 10.5 10.3
9.9
-30.7
ALL CAUSES
151.1 141.0 140.9 147.5 138.2 123.0 125.2 131.8 133.6 135.0 143.5
-5.0
(Number of all deaths)
(3110) (3013) (3121) (3258) (3120) (2829) (2917) (2796) (2856) (2900) (3115)
0.2
Notes:
a
Rates are presented per 100,000 young adults 20-44 years old;
b
The five causes with the greatest number of deaths statewide 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, replacing the Ninth Revision (ICD-9);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-16
MORTALITYRATES
a
FOR THE FIVE LEADINGCAUSES
b
OFDEATHAMONGYOUNGADULTS (20-44YEARS)
INURBANANDRURALAREAS
c
, ARIZONA, 2003-2013
Area/Cause
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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