2005-2007 Mortality Rate Maps By U.S. Congressional
Districts
Diseases of the heart, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases (CLRD)
and diabetes are among the leading causes of mortality in Tennessee. The following
series of maps present 2005-2007 age-adjusted mortality rates for these diseases
for Tennessee residents by U.S. congressional districts. They include maps for the
total population as well as by gender and by race groups.
Age-adjusted mortality rates were calculated from the 2005-2007 Death Statistical
System provided by the Tennessee Department of Health, Division of Health Statistics.
Data were for Tennessee residents with underlying cause of death recorded as diseases
of the heart (ICD10 codes of I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51), cancer (C00-C97), stroke
(I60-I69), CLRD (J40-J47) or diabetes (E10-E14). Because 2005-2007 population data
by congressional districts were unavailable, 2000 population data were used instead
as the denominators to calculate mortality rates. As a result, the rates are in
general higher than the actual mortality rates in the population. Resident addresses
were geocoded to determine congressional districts. 99.96% records were able to
be successfully geocoded. Rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population
using the direct method. Race classifications of “white” and “African American”
refer to individuals regardless of Hispanic origin.
In some districts, mortality rates for African Americans were based on relatively
small numbers of deaths. These results should be interpreted with caution.
Cancer
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease
Diabetes
Diseases of the Heart
Stroke
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