Table 17
Causes of Death by Number and Percent of Total Deaths, by Male and Female
2007 Resident Data
 
  Total Male Female
       
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
       
Total 27,126 100.0 12,928 100.0 14,198 100.0
       
Diseases of the Heart 6,843 25.2 3,374 26.1 3,469 24.4
       
Malignant Neoplasms 6,358 23.4 3,265 25.3 3,093 21.8
       
All Other Diseases 3,704 13.7 1,584 12.3 2,120 14.9
       
Cerebrovascular Diseases 1,680 6.2 641 5.0 1,039 7.3
       
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,657 6.1 853 6.6 804 5.7
       
Unintentional Injuries 1,238 4.6 731 5.7 507 3.6
       
Alzheimer's Disease 1,201 4.4 337 2.6 864 6.1
       
Diabetes Mellitus 765 2.8 347 2.7 418 2.9
       
Influenza and Pneumonia 748 2.8 297 2.3 451 3.2
       
All Infective and Parasitic Diseases 427 1.6 214 1.7 213 1.5
       
Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified 326 1.2 104 0.8 222 1.6
       
Suicides 322 1.2 260 2.0 62 0.4
       
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 271 1.0 131 1.0 140 1.0
       
Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 253 0.9 89 0.7 164 1.2
       
Other Diseases of Circulatory System 248 0.9 123 1.0 125 0.9
       
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 238 0.9 152 1.2 86 0.6
       
Atherosclerosis 176 0.6 69 0.5 107 0.8
       
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Neoplasms of Uncertain
  Behavior and of Unspecified Nature
159 0.6 87 0.7 72 0.5
       
Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities 120 0.4 60 0.5 60 0.4
       
Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period 97 0.4 56 0.4 41 0.3
       
Peptic Ulcer 60 0.2 25 0.2 35 0.2
       
Homicide and Legal Intervention 54 0.2 41 0.3 13 0.1
       
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 42 0.2 21 0.2 21 0.1
       
Anemias 40 0.1 16 0.1 24 0.2
       
Other External Causes 35 0.1 19 0.1 16 0.1
       
Cholelithiasis and Other Disorders of the Gallbladder 31 0.1 16 0.1 15 0.1
       
Hyperplasia of Prostate 12 0.0 12 0.1 - -
       
Infections of Kidney 11 0.0 3 0.0 8 0.1
       
Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium 6 0.0 - - 6 0.0
       
Meningitis 3 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0
       
Acute Bronchitis and Bronchiolitis 1 0.0 - - 1 0.0