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- There were 148 infant deaths (under one year of age) in 2000, a decrease from 158 deaths in 1999 (see Table 4). Perinatal conditions were the leading cause of infant deaths (80 deaths) and congenital anomalies were second leading cause of infant deaths (32). At the time this report was prepared, 9 deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) were recorded for 2000.
- There were 77 deaths of children in the 1-14 age group in 2000. Unintentional injury/accident was the leading cause of death in this age group, with 21 deaths (13 boys and 8 girls or 61.9% males). Congenital anomalies, the second leading cause of death for this age group, claimed 16 young lives, three quarters of which were boys (12 deaths).
- Unintentional injury/accidents were responsible for 40.7% (127 deaths) of the 312 deaths in the 15-24 age group. Violence claimed almost one in five deaths (18.9%) in this age group; there were 47 suicides (the second leading cause of death) and 12 homicides (in fourth place).
- In the 25-44 age group, there were 1,295 deaths in 2000. For men in this age group, the leading cause of death was unintentional injury/accident (241 deaths), followed by suicide (118) and cancer (91). For women in this age group, cancer was the leading cause of death (153 deaths), followed by unintentional injury/accident (72 deaths).
- The leading causes of death in the 45-64 age group were cancer (1,826 deaths), cardiovascular disease (662), and unintentional injury/accidents (225). There were 2,487 male deaths and 1,576 female deaths in this age group. More than a third of the male deaths (37.3%) and more than half (57.0%) of female deaths in this age group were due to cancer (927 males and 899 female deaths).
- Cancer, cardiovascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease were the leading causes of death for both men and women in the 65-84 age group in 2000.
- The leading causes of death in the 85 and over age group were cardiovascular disease, cancer and cerebrovascular disease. Deaths from cardiovascular diseases (2,679) accounted for a third (33.4%) of the 8,025 deaths in this age group.
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