Atlas of United States Mortality

Released to the public on April 14, 1997, this atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas referred to as Health Service Areas (HSA’s). The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92. In addition to maps with age-adjusted death rates for each HSA, the atlas includes maps that compare each HSA rate to the national rate, smoothed maps for each cause that show the broad geographic patterns at selected ages, and a chart with regional rates for each cause of death.
Copies of this printed publication and a CD-ROM containing atlas text, maps, additional tables, and the mortality data used to create the maps are available from the National Technical Information Service (NTISexternal icon) and Government Printing Office (GPOexternal icon). Check NTIS or GPO for stock numbers and price.
Atlas of United States Mortality selected causes of death
- Heart disease (white male)
- Lung cancer (white female)
- Lung cancer (white male)
- Stroke (black female)
- Motor vehicle deaths (black male)
- All cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Breast cancer
- Unintentional injuries
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
- Pneumonia & influenza
- Diabetes
- Suicide
- Firearm suicide
- Liver disease
- Immunodeficiency virus infection
- Homicide
- Firearm homicide
- All causes
Atlas of United States Mortality
209 pp. (PHS) 97-1015
- Cover, Title page, Acknowledgments, Contents, List of tables, List of figures, Introduction, and Methods (cover to page 11) pdf icon[PDF – 907 KB]
- Results (pages 13-27) pdf icon[PDF – 6.6 MB]
- Maps for Heart Disease (pages 32-39)pdf icon[PDF – 3.1 MB]
- Maps for All Cancer (pages 40-47) pdf icon[PDF – 1.7 MB]
- Maps for Lung Cancer (pages 48-55) pdf icon[PDF – 3.3 MB]
- Maps for Colorectal Cancer (pages 56-63) pdf icon[PDF – 1.8 MB]
- Maps for Prostate Cancer (pages 64-67) pdf icon[PDF – 1.6 MB]
- Maps for Breast Cancer (pages 68-71) pdf icon[PDF – 985,279 KB]
- Maps for Stroke (pages 72-79) pdf icon[PDF – 3.2MB]
- Maps for Unintentional Injuries (pages 80-87) pdf icon[PDF – 3.5 MB]
- Maps for Motor Vehicle Injuries (pages 88-95) pdf icon[PDF – 3.7 MB]
- Maps for COPD (pages 96-103) pdf icon[PDF – 1.7 MB]
- Maps for Pneumonia & Influenza (pages 104-111)pdf icon[PDF – 3.6 MB]
- Maps for Diabetes (pages 112-119) pdf icon[PDF – 3.5 MB]
- Maps for Suicide (pages 120-127) pdf icon[PDF – 3.8 MB]
- Maps for Firearm Suicide (pages 128-135) pdf icon[PDF – 3.9 MB]
- Maps for Liver Disease (pages 136-143) pdf icon[PDF – 3.8 MB]
- Maps for HIV (pages 144-151) pdf icon[PDF – 4.0 MB]
- Maps for Homicide (pages 152-159) pdf icon[PDF – 4.0 MB]
- Maps for Firearm Homicide (pages 160-167) pdf icon[PDF – 4.1 MB]
- Maps for All Causes (pages 168-175) pdf icon[PDF – 1.6 MB]
- References, Appendix I, HSA Boundary Map, and Appendix II (pages 179-201) pdf icon[PDF – 140 KB]
- Appendix III (pages 203-209) pdf icon[PDF – 5.7 MB]