Table 1.
Age-Adjusted US Mortality Rates and Mortality Rate Ratio from Smoking-Related and Firearm-Related Assault and Suicide Mortality per 100,000 Population in the United States of America and Southeast Region 1999 and 2019a
| 1999 | 2019 | Mortality Rate ratio |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking-Related Causes | Overall | 963.7 (962.1, 965.3) |
613.4 (612.4-614.5) |
0.64 |
| Southeast b | 997,1 (993.8, 1000.4) |
653.3 (651.2, 655.4) |
0.66 | |
| Firearm-Related Assault and Suicide | Overall | 9.8 (9.7, 9.9) |
11.4 (11.3, 11.5) |
1.16 |
| Southeast b | 12.7 (12.5, 13.0) |
15.3 (15.0, 15.5) |
1.20 | |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files from 1999-2019, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10.html on Aug 4, 2022.
In this analysis, we included the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.