Ohio death rates

The National Center for Health Statistics has released their final review of deaths from 2004 (PDF download of National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 55, Number 19, August 21, 2007). When compared with 2003 data (PDF download of National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 54, Number 13 April 19, 2006), Ohio recorded a slight drop in overall deaths, going from a death rate of 954.1 per 100,000 people to 927.5.

The death rates from selected diseases and causes also changed (note: all following rates are per 100,000 people in Ohio). The death rate from HIV disease dropped slightly from 2.1 in 2003 to 1.5 in 2004; the death rate from malignant neoplasms (cancer) dropped slightly from 219.3 to 217.6; the death rate from diabetes mellitus dropped slightly from 32.6 to 31.5; the death rate from diseases of heart dropped from 268.2 to 253.8; the death rate from accidents climbed from 32.9 to 36.9; and the death rate from suicides climbed from 9.4 to 11.5.