China Disease Surveillance Points 1995

The Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) 1995 contains mortality and morbidity data for China. The data are broken down by age, sex, and cause of death (with ICD-9 codes), and tabulations are also divided into urban and rural categories. Surveillance occured at 145 voluntary sites in urban and rural areas. In 1995, the DSP covered a population of 9,048,572 people and 47,586 deaths were reported. The adjusted death rate was 608.68 per 100,000 people. In total, 36,670 deaths were attributed to non-communicable diseases, 5,037 deaths were attributed to injuries, and 3,798 deaths were attributed to communicable, perinatal and maternal diseases.