<1 year | 1–4 years | 5–14 years | 15–24 years | |||||
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Cause of death | Rank | Rateb | Rank | Rate | Rank | Rate | Rank | Rate |
a Source: National Center for Health Statistics. Monthly vital statistics report, vol 33, June 22, 1984. | ||||||||
b Rate per 100 000 population. | ||||||||
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 1 | 599.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Accidents and adverse effects | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | 23.6 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 56.0 |
Congenital abnormalities | 2 | 248.5 | 2 | 7.6 | 3 | 1.6 | 6 | 1.4 |
Malignant neoplasms | 3 | 4.9 | 2 | 4.1 | 4 | 5.7 | ||
Diseases of the heart | 5 | 21.3 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.9 | 5 | 2.6 |
Homicide, legal intervention | 6 | 6.1 | 4 | 2.6 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 14.7 |
Suicide | 6 | 0.5 | 3 | 12.3 | ||||
Pneumonia and influenza | 4 | 22.6 | 6 | 1.8 | 6 | 0.5 | ||
All causes | 1207.3 | 60.2 | 29.4 | 107.1 |