Map Details – Diseases of the Heart Mortality Rate by Senate District, Tennessee

Impact Statement

Age-adjusted mortality rate for heart disease varies by senate districts for total population as well as by gender or race groups. In Tennessee, the heart disease mortality rate is higher among African Americans than among whites and higher among men than among women.

Diseases of the Heart Mortality Rate by Senate District, Tennessee 2005-2007

ArcGIS 9.3; SAS 9.1

Tennessee Death Statistical System 2005-2007; U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Population.

Age-adjusted mortality rates were calculated from the 2005-2007 Death Statistical System provided by the Tennessee Department of Health, Division of Health Statistics. Data were for Tennessee residents with underlying cause of death recorded as diabetes (E10-E14). Because 2005-2007 population data by senate legislative districts were unavailable, 2000 population data were used instead as the denominators to calculate mortality rates. As a result, the rates are in general higher than the actual mortality rates in the population. Resident addresses were geocoded to determine senate districts for urban residents, while resident county was used to determine senate districts for rural residents. 99.96% records were able to be successfully geocoded. Rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using the direct method. Race classifications of “white” and “African American” refer to individuals regardless of Hispanic origin. In some districts, mortality rates for African Americans were based on relatively small numbers of deaths. These results should be interpreted with caution.

Yinmei Li, Director, Surveillance, Epidemiology & Evaluation, Tennessee Department of Health
(615) 741-8190
yinmei.li@tn.gov

Diseases of the Heart Mortality Rate by Senate District, Tennessee 2005-2007 Croom, Fred; Li, Yinmei. Tennessee Department of Health Office of Policy, Planning and Assessment Surveillance, Epidemiology and Evaluation, [TODAY’S DATE].