Atlas of
United States
Mortality

Released to the public on April 14, 1997, this atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA's). The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92. In addition to maps with age-adjusted death rates for each HSA, the atlas includes maps that compare each HSA rate to the national rate, smoothed maps for each cause that show the broad geographic patterns at selected ages, and a chart with regional rates for each cause of death.

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Copies of this printed publication and a CD-ROM containing atlas text, maps, additional tables, and the mortality data used to create the maps are available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and Government Printing Office (GPO). Check NTIS or GPO for stock numbers and price.

Atlas of United States Mortality,
209 pp. (PHS) 97-1015

Cover, Title page, Acknowledgments, Contents, List of tables, List of figures, Introduction, and Methods (cover to page 11) View/download 907 KB

Results (pages 13-27) View/download 6.6 MB

Maps for Heart Disease (pages 32-39)
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Maps for All Cancer (pages 40-47) View/download 1.7 MB

Maps for Lung Cancer (pages 48-55) View/download 3.3 MB

Maps for Colorectal Cancer (pages 56-63)
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Maps for Prostate Cancer (pages 64-67)
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Maps for Breast Cancer (pages 68-71)
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Maps for Stroke (pages 72-79) View/download 3.2MB

Maps for Unintentional Injuries (pages 80-87)
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Maps for Motor Vehicle Injuries (pages 88-95)
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Maps for COPD (pages 96-103) View/download 1.7 MB

Maps for Pneumonia & Influenza (pages 104-111)
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Maps for Diabetes (pages 112-119) View/download 3.5 MB

Maps for Suicide (pages 120-127) View/download 3.8 MB

Maps for Firearm Suicide (pages 128-135)
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Maps for Liver Disease (pages 136-143)
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Maps for HIV (pages 144-151) View/download 4.0 MB

Maps for Homicide (pages 152-159) View/download 4.0 MB

Maps for Firearm Homicide (pages 160-167)
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Maps for All Causes (pages 168-175) View/download 1.6 MB

References, Appendix I, HSA Boundary Map, and Appendix II (pages 179-201) View/download 140 KB

Appendix III (pages 203-209) View/download 5.7 MB

This page last reviewed July 24, 2003