Deaths 1990 to 1999
Rates per 100,000; Age-adjusted to US 2000 Population
Alaska Health Area: Southeast Alaska
Source: Alaska Bureau Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
	Haines		Juneau		Ketchikan		Sitka		Prince of Wales		Skagway Angoon Hoonah		Wrangel Petersburg		Yakutat		Southeast Region Health Area
	Deaths*	Rate	Deaths*	Rate	Deaths*	Rate	Deaths*	Rate	Deaths*	Rate	Deaths*	Rate	Deaths*	Rate	Deaths*	Rate	Deaths*	Rate
All Causes	136	790.8	1,156	831	836	943	463	861	255	773	163	731	418	861	40	1277.3	3,467	853.8
Cancer	30	218.5	301	201	200	217	99	178	45	169	32	148.1	101	200	11		819	197.3
Lung Cancer	11		91	61	60	61	25	49	14		11		32	60	5		247	58.8
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Diseases of the Heart	30	173.5	245	197	181	222	113	225	61	248	49	264.6	102	225	14		794	220.5
Coronary Heart Disease  (Ischemic)	22	107.7	175	134	124	150	83	168	41	154	33	165.4	72	156	13		562	151.8
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)	7		73	72	46	68	30	65	5		10		22	51	1		194	66
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	2		57	48	43	48	22	45			5		12		0		148	45
Diabetes	2		27	19	19		9		7		4		16		0		85	26
Homicide	1		7		8		3		4		3		1		0		27	11
Suicide	7		37	12	24	21	16		13		3		18		1		119	22
Teen Suicides ***	0		5		3		2		0		0		1		0		11
Unintentional Injuries	26	116.7	107	44	80	64	47	59	54	93	18		53	82	8		394	64
Motor Vehicle Accidents**	8		27	11	16		9		10		3		5		0		77	18
*Data for years 1998 and before were modified for comparibility with data after 1998,
using comparability ratios of ICD-10 cause of death coding (used after 1998)  and ICD-9 cause of death coding (used 1998 and before).
**Includes snowmobile, ATV and other off-road vehicle accidents.
***Teen suicide rate is the number of suicides by teens ages 15-19 per 100,000 teens ages 15-19 (age-specific rate)
Notes:
Age-adjusted rates are per 100,000 population, adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.
Rates based on fewer than 20 deaths are not statistically reliable and are not reported.
Alaska Health Profiles Online Prepared by Data and Evaluation Unit, Division of Public Health, Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Updated 8/7/02