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Show Table 30 Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis (ICD-9Code: 571) (1990 Total Deaths in Utah = 105) Figure 2$_____________ Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis Age-adjusted Rates per 100,000 Population Year Utah* US Utah:US Comparison 1979 - 12.0 - 1980 9.7 12.2 0.80:1 1981 - 11.4 - 1982 - 10.5 - 1983 7.0 10.2 0.69:1 1984 - 10.0 - 1985 - 9.6 - 1986 5.9 9.2 0.64:1 1987 . - 9.1 - 1988 - 9.0 - 1989 5.8 8.9 0.65:1 1990 - 8.6 - Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis a -3 •8 & t8 O 14 j 12-- 10-- 8- 60 < I Utah DUS I 1980 1983 1986 1989 Source: Utah - Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Unpublished report. UJS. -1979-1990: National Center for Health Sutistics. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. 21(6); 24(6); 25(6); 26(5); 22(6); 22(7); 4Q(8); 41(7). Public Health Service, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Age-adjusted death rates for chronic liver disease and cirrhosis are lower for Utah than for the nation (Table 30). Total deaths declined from 1979 to 1990 for both Utah and the nation (Figure 23). Utah's death rate is lower than the nation's in part because of its lower percentage of alcohol consumption (Risk Factors pp. 43-45). The Utah:U.S. comparison has declined between 1980 and 1989. Female death rates for chronic liver disease and cirrhosis are approximately half those of males (Table 31). Males in Utah consume more alcohol than females, which may contribute to this wide disparity in death rates.2 Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis Table 31 Utah Age-adjusted Mortality by Sex1 Rates per 100,000 Population Years Total Male Female 1979-81 9.7 13.2 6.5 1982-84 7.0 9.1 5.0 1985-87 5.9 7.9 3.9 1988-90 5.8 7.6 4.1 Source: Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Unpublished report. Females showed a small increase in death rates in Utah from 1988 to 1990. It will be important to follow the female alcohol consumption rate over time and note whether deaths due to chronic liver disease and cirrhosis continue to increase. iFrom 1979 to 1990 the Utah numbers represent a three-year average because of the small number of deaths per year. ^Source: Utah State Division of Substance Abuse, 1991 Annual Report 26 HEALTH STATUS |