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126. Deaths and Death Rates, by Selected Causes
[2,123.3 represents 2,123,300. Excludes deaths of nonresidents of the U.S., except as noted.1993 and 1994 based on a 10-percent sample of deaths. Includes deaths of
nonresidents.Beginning 1980, deaths classified according to ninth revision of InternationalClassification of Diseases; for earlier years, classified according torevision in use at
that time. See also Appendix III]
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Deaths (1,000)
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Deaths (1,000)
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Crude death rate per 100,000 pop. 1
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Cause of death
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1989
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993 1
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1994 1
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1990
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1997
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1998
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All causes
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2,123.3
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2,168.0
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2,150.5
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2,148.5
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2,169.5
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2,175.6
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2,268.6
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2,286.0
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2,312.1
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2,314.7
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2,314.2
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2,338.1
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863.8
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860.3
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852.9
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880.0
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876.9
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880.0
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872.5
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864.7
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865.0
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Major cardiovascular diseases
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963.6
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969.4
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931.8
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916.0
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916.3
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913.9
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948.1
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945.2
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951.4
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950.2
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944.1
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939.6
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368.3
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363.4
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358.3
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367.8
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362.6
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362.1
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358.2
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352.8
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347.6
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Diseases of heart
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760.4
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765.2
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733.9
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720.1
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720.9
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717.7
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743.5
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734.1
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737.6
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733.4
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727.0
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724.3
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289.5
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285.9
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281.4
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288.4
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281.6
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280.7
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276.4
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271.6
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268.0
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Percent of total
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35.3
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34.1
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33.5
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33.2
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33.0
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32.8
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32.1
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31.9
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31.7
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31.4
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31.0
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33.5
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33.2
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33.0
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32.8
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32.1
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31.9
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31.7
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31.4
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31.0
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Rheumatic fever and rheumatic
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heart disease
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6.4
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6.4
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6.1
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2.4
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2.4
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2.2
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2.2
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2.1
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2.0
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1.8
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Hypertensive heart disease 2
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23.2
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23.2
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23.3
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23.4
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21.4
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21.9
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23.0
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23.8
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25.0
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26.2
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26.6
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27.3
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9.5
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8.5
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8.6
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8.9
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9.1
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9.5
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9.9
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10.1
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Ischemic heart disease
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512.1
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509.6
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498.0
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489.2
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485.4
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480.1
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490.1
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487.5
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481.3
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476.1
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466.1
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460.4
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196.7
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192.5
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188.2
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190.1
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187.0
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183.2
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179.5
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174.2
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170.3
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Other diseases of endocardium
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11.0
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13.0
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5.2
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5.4
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5.6
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5.9
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6.2
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6.5
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All other forms of heart disease
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207.7
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214.2
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194.2
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188.4
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191.9
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193.2
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207.0
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200.1
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207.4
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206.4
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209.2
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210.8
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75.8
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76.1
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75.8
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80.3
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76.8
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78.9
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77.8
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78.2
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78.0
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Hypertension 2
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8.1
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8.5
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8.8
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9.2
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12.5
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12.9
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13.5
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14.2
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3.7
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3.8
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4.0
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4.5
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5.1
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5.3
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Cerebrovascular diseases
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149.8
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150.5
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145.6
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144.1
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143.5
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143.8
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150.1
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154.4
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158.0
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159.9
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159.8
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158.1
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57.9
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56.9
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56.4
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58.2
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59.2
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60.1
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60.3
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58.5
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Atherosclerosis
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22.5
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22.1
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19.4
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18.0
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17.4
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16.8
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17.3
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18.0
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16.7
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16.7
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16.1
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15.4
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7.3
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6.9
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6.6
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6.7
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6.9
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6.4
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6.3
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6.0
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5.7
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Other
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22.8
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23.2
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24.3
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24.6
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25.1
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25.3
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26.0
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27.1
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26.6
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27.2
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27.8
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27.6
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9.9
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9.9
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9.9
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10.1
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10.4
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10.1
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10.2
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10.4
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10.2
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