Countywide statistics, 1999-2001
Total deaths: 30,138
Cancer deaths: 7,246
Motor vehicle accident deaths: 245
According to figures compiled by the Centers for Disease
Control, 30,138 people died in Erie County in the years 1999-2001.
The county death rate was 11 per thousand people, compared
with 8 per thousand people statewide.
During the same period, 7,246 people died from cancer. The
county death rate from cancer was 2.5 per thousand people,
compared with 2 per thousand statewide.
A reported 245 people died in motor vehicle accidents. The
county death rate from such accidents was 0.1 per thousand
people, compared with 0.1 per thousand statewide.
The average age of people living in Erie County at the time
of the 2000 census was 38.5, compared with 36.8 statewide
and 36.2 nationwide.
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