Age adjusted mortality rates per 100 000 (95% CI) by cause and geographic area for non-white females†
| Cause of death | 1970–79 | 1980–89 | 1990–99 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corridor | LA | USA | Corridor | LA | USA | Corridor | LA | USA | |
| †A cause specific rate in the Industrial Corridor or Louisiana was significantly different from the US rate if its 95% confidence interval did not include the US point estimate. | |||||||||
| *Significantly (p<0.05) different from Louisiana. | |||||||||
| All causes | 1168.1 | 1148.7 | 1086.1 | 1055.4 | 1032.7 | 995.9 | 1011.0 | 999.5 | 973.5 |
| (1139.6 to 1196.7) | (1138.8 to 1158.6) | (1030.8 to 1080.0) | (1023.9 to 1041.4) | (989.1 to 1032.9) | (991.4 to 1007.6) | ||||
| All malignant neoplasms | 171.6 | 175.2 | 181.1 | 189.8 | 194.3 | 195.0 | 217.4 | 212.8 | 207.2 |
| (160.7 to 182.6) | (171.4 to 179.1) | (179.4 to 200.3) | (190.5 to 198.1) | (207.1 to 227.6) | (209.0 to 216.5) | ||||
| Stomach | 10.9 | 11.2 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.5 |
| (8.1 to 13.7) | (10.2 to 12.2) | (6.9 to 11.6) | (8.3 to 9.9) | (6.7 to 11.0) | (7.6 to 9.2) | ||||
| Colorectal | 20.7 | 21.7 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 24.4 | 27.6 | 26.0 | 24.6 | 25.8 |
| (15.6 to 25.8) | (19.8 to 23.5) | (20.6 to 30.4) | (22.6 to 26.2) | (21.5 to 30.5) | (23.0 to 26.2) | ||||
| Liver and biliary tract | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| (1.4 to 4.4) | (1.8 to 2.7) | (4.1 to 7.8) | (4.5 to 5.7) | (4.3 to 7.8) | (5.3 to 6.5) | ||||
| Pancreas | 6.8 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 15.9 | 14.1 | 12.7 |
| (4.6 to 8.9) | (7.3 to 9.0) | (9.9 to 15.3) | (11.4 to 13.3) | (13.1 to 18.8) | (13.1 to 15.1) | ||||
| Lung | 16.1 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 32.6 | 29.8 | 29.4 | 40.2 | 40.1 | 39.2 |
| (12.9 to 19.4) | (16.0 to 18.4) | (28.2 to 36.9) | (28.4 to 31.3) | (35.7 to 44.6) | (38.5 to 41.7) | ||||
| Breast | 27.8 | 28.4 | 30.4 | 31.1 | 33.3 | 34.6 | 40.8 | 39.1 | 38.6 |
| (23.3 to 32.3) | (26.8 to 30.0) | (27.0 to 35.3) | (31.7 to 34.8) | (36.5 to 45.2) | (37.5 to 40.7) | ||||
| Kidney | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.2 (2.0 to 4.5) | 3.4 (3.0 to 3.9) | 3.3 |
| Bladder | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.2 (1.9 to 4.5) | 2.8 (2.4 to 3.3) | 3.3 |
| Kidney + bladder | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| (3.0 to 6.8) | (4.7 to 6.1) | (3.0 to 6.2) | (5.0 to 6.2) | (4.6 to 8.2) | (5.6 to 7.0) | ||||
| CNS | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| (0.9 to 3.0) | (1.6 to 2.3) | (1.0 to 3.0) | (1.7 to 2.4) | (2.6 to 5.2) | (2.3 to 3.1) | ||||
| Leukaemia | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| (3.9 to 7.7) | (5.2 to 6.6) | (3.8 to 7.1) | (4.9 to 6.2) | (3.8 to 6.9) | (5.0 to 6.2) | ||||
| Diabetes | 50.3 | 54.7 | 41.8 | 52.3 | 50.1 | 35.3 | 76.8 | 72.1 | 47.8 |
| (44.3 to 56.2) | (52.5 to 56.9) | (46.7 to 57.8) | (48.1 to 52.0) | (70.6 to 83.0) | (69.9 to 74.3) | ||||
| Cerebrovascular disease | 154.4 | 159.2 | 153.0 | 99.5 | 106.9 | 100.1 | 65.6* | 81.4 | 81.3 |
| (143.6 to 165.2) | (155.4 to 163.0) | (91.7 to 107.4) | (104.0 to 109.8) | (59.8 to 71.3) | (79.1 to 83.8) | ||||
| Heart disease | 511.2* | 451.3 | 380.2 | 423.0* | 392.5 | 358.5 | 343.5* | 318.7 | 310.1 |
| (491.5 to 530.9) | (444.8 to 457.7) | (406.8 to 439.3) | (387.0 to 398.0) | (330.2 to 356.7) | (314.1 to 323.4) | ||||
| Non-malignant respiratory disease | 44.5 | 43.0 | 40.3 | 46.4 | 41.2 | 49.5 | 51.3 | 52.4 | 59.9 |
| (39.2 to 49.8) | (41.1 to 44.8) | (41.3 to 51.5) | (39.5 to 42.9) | (46.2 to 56.4) | (50.6 to 54.3) | ||||
| All external causes | 51.7 | 52.7 | 54.5 | 35.7* | 40.5 | 40.1 | 36.5 | 39.8 | 38.9 |
| (46.6 to 56.9) | (50.7 to 54.6) | (32.0 to 39.4) | (39.0 to 42.1) | (32.8 to 40.2) | (38.3 to 41.4) | ||||