1 Mortality numbers are based on the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) which became effective January 1999.

2 Years of Potential Life Lost (65 years or younger).

3 Under the new ICD-10 classification, changes in coding specifically for Pneumonia resulted in a considerable decrease in the number of deaths for Pneumonia. ICD-10 redistributes 30% of these deaths to several other leading causes. Source: National Vital Statistics Reports: Volume 49, Number 2, Rule 3. n = 140 includes no Influenza cases.

4 Under the new ICD-10 classification, about 95 percent of the ICD-9 Pre-senile dementia deaths have been reclassified to the Alzheimer's Disease category. The result is a 55 percent increase in Alzheimer's Disease deaths (approximately 10,000 more deaths) as compared to 1998 data using the ICD-9 classification. Source: National Vital Statistics Reports: Volume 49, Number 2.