From the College of Journalism, Capital News Service on, Friday, December
17, 1999.

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   ^Eds: Accompanies CNS-Cheating Death and CNS-Changing Care. Sixth in
the 
   "Maryland's Century" series. For use at your convenience.< ^The
Changing Face of Death in Maryland Over the Century<
   ^By CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE=
  
    WASHINGTON - Medical advances of the 20th century have all but
eliminated  some of the deadliest diseases from the early years of the
century. But others  have taken their place and some are staging a
comeback.
DISEASE                TOP KILLERS/1910        TOP KILLERS/1997
            Deaths    Rate*        Deaths    Rate*
Tuberculosis            2,315        178.7            18      0.35 Heart
Disease            1,544        119.2        11,949     234.5 Chronic
Nephritis            1,408        123.6           472       9.3 Diarrhea
and enteritis        1,275         98.4             0         0 Pneumonia
and influenza        2,747        212.06     1,457     28.59 Congenital
Debility        1,000        77.19             0         0 Malignant
neoplasms          888        68.55        10,107    198.37 Cerebral
congestion          760        58.67         2,602      1.07
(cardiovascular disease) Senile debility               679        52.41        
  374      7.34 (Alzheimer's Disease) Cerebrovascular disease           NA        
  NA         2,602     51.07 Chronic obstructive           NA           NA        
1,814      35.6 (pulmonary disease) Diabetes Mellitus              153       
11.81         1,385     27.18 Accidents                   NA           NA        
1,354     26.57 Septicemia                   NA           NA           668    
13.11 HIV                        0            0           591     11.59
Homicide                   27         2.08           551     10.81
* Per 100,000 residents
SOURCE: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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