Reply #178: 10 Leading Causes of Death, United States - 1999 - 2004, All Races, Females

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10 Leading Causes of Death, United States - 1999 - 2004, All Races, Females
http://webapp.cdc.gov/cgi-bin/broker.exe

10 Leading Causes of Violence-Related Injury Deaths, United States 1999 - 2004, All Races, Females
http://webapp.cdc.gov/cgi-bin/broker.exe

( Click on any Age Group for Percentages.)

WISQARS Fatal Injuries: Leading Causes of Death Reports
http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus.html

More links with facts concerning mortality and females:

http://www.letswrap.com/LetsWRAP/Spring01/page2.htm

http://mchb.hrsa.gov/chusa03/pages/status.htm

http://www.now.org/issues/violence/050203timeline.html

http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=522184&page=1

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Scientific Evidence on Violence and Reproductive Health

http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/violence/index.htm

Homicide: A Leading Cause of Injury Deaths among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the United States, 1991–1999.

This article highlights an analysis conducted used data from CDC’s Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System. Risk factors for pregnancy-associated homicide were examined. (Pregnancy-associated homicide was defined as a death during or within one year of pregnancy). Homicide was found to be a leading cause of pregnancy-associated injury deaths among women from 1991–1999. The pregnancy-associated homicide ratio was 1.7 per 100,000 live births. Risk factors included age younger than 20 years, Black race, and late or no prenatal care. Source: Am J Public Health 2005;95:471–477.