Table 3.

Age-adjusted mortality rate differences in the public housing, low-income, and higher-income populations in New York City, 1989–1991 and 1999–2001

Causea	MRDb public housing–higher-Income			MRDb lower-income–higher-income			MRDb public housing–low-income
	1989–1991	1999–2001	% Change	1989–1991	1999–2001	% Change	1989–1991	1999–2001	% Change
All	642	590	−8	385	227	−41	257	363	41
Cardiovascular disease	141	151	7	96	42	−56	45	109	142
Malignancies	71	113	59	29	25	−14	42	88	110
HIV/AIDS	96	70	−27	43	39	−9	53	31	−42
Diabetes	19	39	105	13	19	46	6c	20	233
Influenza and pneumonia	39	23	−41	22	7	−68	17	16	−6
Chronic lower respiratory disease	17	25	47	6	8	33	11	17	55
Drug-related	29	22	−24	16	13	−19	13	9	−31
Homicide	43	18	−58	40	10	−75	3c	8	167
Liver disease	21	16	−24	19	11	−42	2c	5c	150
External causes	8	7	−13	8	6	−25	0c	1c	–
Renal disease	14	11	−21	2c	7	250	12	4c	−67
Septicaemia	21	12	−43	10	5	−50	11	7	−36
Other	123	83	−33	81	35	−57	42	48	14

^aCauses are ranked by the 1999–2001 MRs in the public housing population.

^bAll MRDS are per 100,000 and rounded to the nearest whole number

^cMRD is not statistically significantly from 0; all other MRDs are significantly different from 0