HealthSavvy: Links: The 10 most reported causes of death in New Jersey *
- DISEASES OF THE HEART
American Heart Association - www.americanheart.org
- MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (Cancer)
National Cancer Institute - CancerNet - cancernet.nci.nih.gov
- CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - www.ninds.nih.gov
- CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES
American Lung Association - www.lungusa.org
- PNEUMONIA/INFLUENZA
NCHS - FASTATS - Pneumonia - www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/pneumonia.htm
NCHS - FASTATS - Influenza - www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm
- DIABETES MELLITUS
Amerian Diabetes Organization - www.diabetes.org
- UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
- SEPTICEMIA
MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia: Septicemia - Overview - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001355.htm
- NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROSIS
NIDDK : Health Information : Kidney Diseases - www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/kidney.htm
- HIV infection
National Insititutes of Health - Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - www.niaid.nih.gov/daids
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*The source used to determine the ten leading causes of death in New Jersey may be found via this link:
NJ Health Statistics 1997: Mortality -
www.state.nj.us/health/chs/stats97/mortlc.htm
The HRLC HealthSavvy Committee selected the web sites which are listed above.
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