Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 9.2 7.1 U.S. mortality rates are consistently much higher than those in Idaho for Diseases of the heart, Malignant neoplasms, Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis, and Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. Invariably higher Idaho rates are reported for Suicide and Accidents. Of the ten leading causes of death in Idaho, cause-specific death rates increased from 1997 to 1998 for Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis, Pneumonia and influenza, Malignant neoplasms, and Accidents. Decreases were recorded for Diseases of the heart, Suicide, Diabetes mellitus, and Cerebrovascular diseases. Three-year annualized death rates have been computed for Idaho counties using the 1940 U.S. census as the standard population.
Data are available upon request.