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Advance Report of Final Mortality Statistics, 1992 (Corrected and reprinted: March 22, 1995)
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March 22, 1995
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Description:In 1992 a record 2,175,613 deaths were registered in the United States, 6,095 more than the previous high of 2,169,518 deaths recorded in 1991 and 27,150 more deaths than in 1990. The death rate for 1992 was 852.9 deaths per 100,000 population compared with the rate of 860.3 in 1991 and 863.8 in 1990. Provisional data indicate that the death rate increased in 1993. The age-adjusted death rate, which eliminates the distorting effects of the aging of the population, was at a record low of 504.5 per 100,000 U.S. standard million population, 1.8 percent below the 1991 rate of 513.7 and 13.9 percent below the 1980 rate of 585.8. The age-adjusted rate decreased for the white and black populations between 1991 and 1992.
Suggested citation: Kochanek KD, Hudson BL. Advance report of final mortality statistics, 1992. Monthly vital statistics report; vo1 43no 6,suppl. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 1995.
5-0920 (3/95)
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