Deaths
Tabulated by Underlying Cause
Death Year: 1998 
Place of Residence: Texas
Cause of Death: NCHS Rankable Causes, and Non-Rankable

Underlying Cause                              Deaths, Column %
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Diseases of the Heart                             42,713  30.0
Malignant Neoplasms [Cancer]                      32,275  22.7
Non-Rankable Causes                               17,050  12.0
Cerebrovascular Diseases [Stroke]                  9,808   6.9
Accidents [Injuries]                               7,385   5.2
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases                 6,597   4.6
Diabetes Mellitus                                  4,888   3.4
Influenza and Pneumonia                            4,588   3.2
Intentional Self-Harm [Suicide]                    2,131   1.5
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis                1,958   1.4
Alzheimer's Disease                                1,611   1.1
Septicemia                                         1,588   1.1
Homicide and Legal Intervention                    1,447   1.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, Nephrosis           1,023   0.7
Hypertension [Primary and Renal]                   1,009   0.7
Congenital Malformations                             986   0.7
Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV]                   937   0.7
Atherosclerosis                                      889   0.6
Conditions Arising in Perinatal Period               875   0.6
Viral Hepatitis                                      432   0.3
Hernia and Obstruction                               429   0.3
Non-Malignant Neoplasms                              386   0.3
Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer                           287   0.2
Anemias                                              281   0.2
Nutritional Deficiencies                             275   0.2
Cholelithiasis, Gallbladder Disorders                177   0.1
Tuberculosis                                         108   0.1
Infections of Kidney                                  73   0.1
Meningitis                                            58   0.0
Diseases of Appendix                                  33   0.0
Hyperplasia of Prostate                               29   0.0
Meningococcal Infection                               23   0.0
Acute Bronchitis and Bronchiolitis                    20   0.0
Pregnancy, Childbirth, Puerperium                     15   0.0
Syphilis                                               3   0.0
Streptococcal Infection                                2   0.0
Shigellosis and Amebiasis                              0   0.0
Whooping Cough                                         0   0.0
Acute Poliomyelitis                                    0   0.0
Measles                                                0   0.0
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Total                                            142,389 100.0

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Analysis Footnotes:
Unique ID, for keeping track of analyses: 310RMWXQ
Date Produced: Fri Mar 10 19:59:55 2006
Produced by: Texas VitalWeb (www.ehdp.com)
ICD-9 Codes for Rankable Causes (Leading Causes):
- Shigellosis and Amebiasis (004, 006)
- Tuberculosis (010-018)
- Whooping Cough (033)
- Streptococcal Infection (034, 035)
- Meningococcal Infection (036)
- Septicemia (038)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV] (042-044)
- Acute Poliomyelitis (045)
- Measles (055)
- Viral Hepatitis (070)
- Syphilis (090-097)
- Malignant Neoplasms [Cancer] (140-208)
- Non-Malignant Neoplasms (210-239)
- Diabetes Mellitus (250)
- Nutritional Deficiencies (260-269)
- Anemias (280-285)
- Meningitis (320, 322)
- Alzheimer's Disease (331.0)
- Diseases of the Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)
- Hypertension [Primary and Renal] (401, 403)
- Cerebrovascular Diseases [Stroke] (430-438)
- Atherosclerosis (440)
- Acute Bronchitis and Bronchiolitis (466)
- Influenza and Pneumonia (480-487)
- Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (490-496)
- Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer (531-533)
- Diseases of Appendix (540-543)
- Hernia and Obstruction (550-553, 560)
- Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis (571)
- Cholelithiasis, Gallbladder Disorders (574-575)
- Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, Nephrosis (580-589)
- Infections of Kidney (590)
- Hyperplasia of Prostate (600)
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, Puerperium (630-676)
- Congenital Malformations (740-759)
- Conditions Arising in Perinatal Period (760-779)
- Accidents [Injuries] (800-949)
- Intentional Self-Harm [Suicide] (950-959)
- Homicide and Legal Intervention (960-978)
- Non-Rankable Causes (Too Many Codes to List)
Deaths Classified by: 9th Int. Classification of Diseases (ICD-9)
Deaths Classified by: Underlying Cause, County of Residence
Row Sorting: Sort Totals, High to Low
Mortality Data: Texas Department of State Health Services