Death Rate

YEAR

AREA

DEATH-RATE

2000

RURAL

23.4

URBAN

8.1

COMBINED

7.9

2001

RURAL

23.4

URBAN

8.5

COMBINED

8.2

2002

RURAL

23.5

URBAN

8.2

COMBINED

7.9

2003

RURAL

23.4

URBAN

8.1

COMBINED

7.9

2004

RURAL

23.5

URBAN

8.2

COMBINED

7.9

2005

RURAL

23.8

URBAN

8.3

COMBINED

8.1

2006

RURAL

8.3

URBAN

6.6

COMBINED

8.1

2007

RURAL

7.8

URBAN

6.3

COMBINED

7.7

2008

RURAL

7.4

URBAN

6.0

COMBINED

7.3

2009

RURAL

7.2

URBAN

5.8

COMBINED

7.0