Subject: SF health dept.'s new death index; AIDS deaths fall again
From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 16:21:45 EDT

April 28, 2000

Dear friends:

The new leading causes of death index for San Francisco residents for 1998 
was provided to me over the telephone today. The death data is collected and 
analyzed by Ms. Jeanne Duggan, statistician for the SF Department of Public 
Health, 101 Grove Street, 4th Floor, SF, CA 94102. Duggan's phone number is 
415-554-2579. Hard copies of 1996 and 1997 death figures are available from 
Duggan now. She will have hard copies of the 1998 figures available on May 5.

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Total deaths during 1998:  6,649

2,030    Heart disease
1,459    Cancer, neoplasms
   506    Influenza, pneumonia
   500    Cerebrovascular disease
   309    Unintended injuries
   255    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
   181    AIDS
   162    Mental disorders
   104    Diabetes
     92    Suicide
     72    Chronic liver disease, cirrhosis
     47    Homicide
            (No figure provided for all other causes.)
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Total deaths during 1997:  6,789

1,912    Heart disease
1,504    Cancer, neoplasms
   562    Cerebrovascular disease
   474    Influenza, pneumonia  
   293    Unintended injuries
   270    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
   239    AIDS
   156    Mental disorders
   141    Diabetes
   114    Suicide
     92    Chronic liver disease, cirrhosis
     91    Ill defined and unknown causes
     53    Homicide
   888     All other causes
--

Total deaths during 1996:  7,446

2,131    Heart disease
1,545    Cancer, neoplasms
   699    AIDS
   532    Cerebrovascular disease
   397    Influenza, pneumonia
   284    Unintended injuries
   262    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
   143    Ill defined and unknown causes
   136    Diabetes
   124    Mental disorders
   124    Suicide
     97    Chronic liver disease, cirrhosis
     57    Homicide
   915    All other causes

Michael Petrelis
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