Deaths: Leading Causes for 1999

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Volume 49, Number 11

October 12, 2001

Deaths: Leading Causes for 1999 by Robert N. Anderson, Ph.D. Division of Vital Statistics

Abstract

Introduction

Objectives—This report presents final 1999 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, race, sex, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are also presented. This report supplements the annual report of final mortality statistics and responds to an increasing volume of requests by data users for leading-cause tables with more age and race detail than previously published. Methods—Data in this report are based on information from all death certificates filed in the 50 States and the District of Columbia in 1999. Causes of death classified by the International Statistical Clas­ sification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD–10) are ranked according to the number of deaths assigned to rankable causes. Age categories used to present leading causes of death in this report represent a substantial expansion from the age categories previously used to present leading-cause data in the annual report of final mortality statistics. Results—In 1999 the 10 leading causes of death were (in rank order) Diseases of heart; Malignant neoplasms; Cerebrovascular dis­ eases; Chronic lower respiratory diseases; Accidents; Diabetes mel­ litus; Influenza and pneumonia; Alzheimer’s disease; Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis; and Septicemia and accounted for nearly 80 percent of all deaths occurring in the United States. Differ­ ences in the rankings are evident by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant death for 1999 were (in rank order) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities; Disor­ ders related to short gestation and low birthweight, not elsewhere classified; Sudden infant death syndrome; Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy; Respiratory distress of newborn; Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord, and Accidents; Bacterial sepsis of newborn; Diseases of the system; and Atelectasis. Important variation in the leading infant death is noted for the neonatal and postneonatal

Ranking causes of death is a popular method of presenting mortality statistics. Leading cause-of-death data have been published since 1952 (beginning with 1949 mortality data) when official tabula­ tions ranking causes of death were first introduced (1). Those that use this method should be aware of its inherent limitations. Ranking causes of death is to some extent an arbitrary procedure. The rank order of any particular cause of death will depend on the list of causes from which selection is made, and on the rules applied in making the selection. Different cause lists and different ranking rules will typically produce different leading causes of death. Recognizing the need for a consistent ranking procedure to be used by State health departments and the National Office of Vital Statistics, in 1951 the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics recom­ mended that State and Federal agencies responsible for identifying diseases of public health importance adopt a uniform ranking procedure using a standard list of causes of death (2). The procedures implemented in 1952 are essentially the same as those used currently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); however, the cause-ofdeath lists have been expanded and altered over time with each subsequent revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Cause-of-death ranking is a useful tool for illustrating the relative burden of cause-specific mortality. However, it should be used with a clear understanding of what the rankings mean. Literally, the rankings denote the most frequently occurring causes of death among those

Keywords: deaths c mortality c leading causes of death statistics

Acknowledgments This report was prepared in the Division of Vital Statistics under the general direction of Harry M. Rosenberg, Special Assistant and James A. Weed, Acting Chief, Mortality Statistics Branch. Sherry L. Murphy of the Mortality Statistics Branch contributed to the Technical notes. Donna L. Hoyert of the Mortality Statistics Branch and Thomas D. Dunn of the Systems, Program­ ming, and Statistical Resources Branch provided content and table review. Registration Methods staff and staff of the Data Acquisition and Evaluation Branch provided consultation to State vital statistics offices regarding collec­ tion of the death certificate data on which this report is based. This report was edited by Demarius V. Miller and typeset by Jacqueline M. Davis of the Publications Branch, Division of Data Services.

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causes eligible to be ranked. The rankings do not necessarily denote the causes of death of greatest public health importance. Some causes of death of public health import are excluded from the ranking pro­ cedure. For example, Malignant neoplasms of the trachea, bronchus, and lung (lung cancer) and Motor vehicle accidents are not rankable causes of death (see below Procedures for ranking causes of death) though they can be identified using the standard mortality tabulation lists. Were they included in the rankings, both causes would be placed among the 10 leading causes of death—lung cancer would rank third and Motor vehicle accidents would rank eighth. However, each of these is subsumed in broader rankable categories, namely, Malignant neo­ plasms and Accidents (unintentional injuries), respectively. Although not perfectly suitable in all circumstances, the current framework provides a rankable list of causes of death that has broad appeal to and acceptance in the general public health community. This report presents final 1999 data on leading causes of death in the United States by age, race, sex, and Hispanic origin. These data accompany the release of final national mortality statistics for 1999 that are presented in a separate report (3). This report responds to an increasing volume of requests by data users for leading-cause tables with more age and race detail than previously published. For the first time, leading causes of death are shown for an expanded set of age categories and for the American Indian and Asian and Pacific Islander populations. Further age detail beyond that published in this report is provided in tables published on the NCHS Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs). Also presented in this report is the proce­ dure used by NCHS to rank causes of death along with tables showing causes that are designated as rankable.

Data and methods Data Data in this report are based on information from all death certificates filed in the 50 States and the District of Columbia in 1999. Death certificates are completed by funeral directors, attending physicians, medical examiners, and coroners. Cause-of-death statis­ tics for 1999 presented in this report are classified in accordance with the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD–10) (4). Statistics for 1998 are classified in accordance with the Ninth Revision of the ICD (ICD–9) (5). A discussion of cause-of-death classification and comparability between 1999 and 1998 mortality data is provided in the Technical notes.

Procedures for ranking causes of death The procedures used by NCHS for ranking causes of death are consistent with the recommendations of the 1951 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics (2). Causes are ranked according to the number of deaths assigned to rankable causes. The number of deaths is used as the ranking criteria because it most accurately reflects the frequency of cause-specific mortality. Although crude death rates could technically be used as a ranking criteria—the population denominator of the rate is constant across all cause-ofdeath categories—they are less than ideal. Crude death rates are typically expressed per 100,000 population and are often rounded to one decimal place, reducing the precision of the ranking criteria. This

is especially problematic when ranking causes of death for small population subgroups or geographic areas as it may be impossible to differentiate the ranks for several causes. Age-adjusted death rates should never be used to rank causes of death. The numerical value of the age-adjusted death rate depends on the population age distribution used to standardize the rate (6). Thus, rankings based on age-adjusted death rates will tend to vary depending on which standard is used. For example, when the standard age distribution gives more weight to the older population, the rank of causes of death that primarily affect the older population tend to be higher and the rank of causes that primarily affect the younger population tend to be lower. The original cause list from which rankable causes of death were selected according to the recommendations of the 1951 Conference was the List of 64 selected causes of death prepared for use with the Sixth Revision of the ICD (2). With each subsequent revision of the ICD, the cause list from which rankable causes are selected has changed to reflect the improved classification system. Developed for use with ICD–10, the List of 113 selected causes of death (7) shown in table A is used to select 50 rankable causes (denoted by the symbol #) from which the leading causes presented in tables 1 and 2 are derived. The selection of the 50 rankable causes from the List of 113 selected causes of death was guided by some basic principles. As in the past, vaguely defined categories were summarily excluded from selection as rankable causes. These included the category Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified and all categories beginning with the words ‘‘other,’’ ‘‘all other,’’ ‘‘certain other,’’ or ‘‘unspecified.’’ Among the remaining causeof-death categories, decisions were made to select as rankable the causes of death considered most useful from a public health perspec­ tive, with the following condition: the rankable causes must be mutually exclusive. If a category representing a subtotal (such as Tuberculosis or Malignant neoplasms) is selected as a rankable cause, its compo­ nent parts are not selected as rankable. Efforts were also made to maintain historical continuity where possible. Beginning with 1980 mortality data, NCHS introduced a separate ranking procedure for infant causes of death using a specialized list of infant causes. This was done to include in the rankings causes specific to infancy (especially the perinatal period—the period beginning shortly before and ending shortly after birth) that would otherwise be excluded. The ICD–10 List of 130 selected causes of infant death (7) (table B) is used to select 71 rankable causes of infant death from which the rankings in tables 3 and 4 are derived. The same principles for selecting the rankable causes from the List of 113 selected causes of death guided the selection of rankable causes from the infant cause list.

Age groupings Leading causes of death for those aged 1 year and over are presented in tables 1 and 2 for the following age categories: 1–4, 5–9, 10–14, 15–19, 20–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65 and over, 65–74, 75–84, and 85 and over. These age categories respond to increasing requests from data users for more age detail and represent a substantial expansion from the age categories previously used to present leading-cause data (1–4, 5–14, 15–24, 25–44, 45–64, 65 and over) (8). Leading causes by further age detail along with the previously used age categories are published on the NCHS Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs). Tables 3 and 4 that present data

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Table A. List of 113 selected causes of death Number 1# 2# 3 # 4 5 6# 7# 8# 9# 10# 11# 12# 13# 14# 15# 16# 17 # 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41# 42# 43# # 44 45 46# 47# 48# # 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58

Cause of death (Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992) Salmonella infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shigellosis and amebiasis . . . . . . . . . . . . Certain other intestinal infections . . . . . . . Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Respiratory tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . Other tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whooping cough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scarlet fever and erysipelas . . . . . . . . . . Meningococcal infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Syphilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acute poliomyelitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis . . . . . . . Measles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease Malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A01–A02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A03,A06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A04,A07–A09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A16–A19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A17–A19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A38,A46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A50–A53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A80) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A83–A84,A85.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B50–B54) . (A00,A05,A20–A36,A42–A44,A48–A49,A54–A79,A81–A82, A85.0–A85.1,A85.8,A86–B04,B06–B09,B25–B49,B55–B99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C00–C14) Malignant neoplasm of esophagus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C15) Malignant neoplasm of stomach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C16) Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum and anus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C18–C21) Malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C22) Malignant neoplasm of pancreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C25) Malignant neoplasm of larynx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C32) Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C33–C34) Malignant melanoma of skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C43) Malignant neoplasm of breast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C50) Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C53) Malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus, part unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C54–C55) Malignant neoplasm of ovary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C56) Malignant neoplasm of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C61) Malignant neoplasms of kidney and renal pelvis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C64–C65) Malignant neoplasm of bladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C67) Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other parts of central nervous system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C70–C72) Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C81–C96) Hodgkin’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C81) Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C82–C85) Leukemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C91–C95) Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C88,C90) Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C96) All other and unspecified malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C17,C23–C24,C26–C31,C37–C41,C44–C49,C51–C52,C57–C60,C62–C63,C66, C68–C69,C73–C80,C97) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nutritional deficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E40–E64) Malnutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E40–E46) Other nutritional deficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E50–E64) Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Parkinson’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G20–G21) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Major cardiovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I00–I78) Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I00–I09) Hypertensive heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I11) Hypertensive heart and renal disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(I13) Ischemic heart diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I20–I25) Acute myocardial infarction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I21–I22) Other acute ischemic heart diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(I24) Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I20,I25) Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(I25.0) All other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I20,I25.1–I25.9) Other heart diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I26–I51) Acute and subacute endocarditis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(I33) Diseases of pericardium and acute myocarditis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I30–I31,I40) Heart failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(I50)

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Table A. List of 113 selected causes of death—Con. Number

Cause of death (Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992)

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All other forms of heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I26–I28,I34–I38,I42–I49,I51) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I10,I12) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I60–I69) Atherosclerosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(I70) Other diseases of circulatory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I71–I78) Aortic aneurysm and dissection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(I71) Other diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I72–I78) Other disorders of circulatory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I80–I99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J10–J18) Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J10–J11) Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J12–J18) Other acute lower respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J20–J22) Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J20–J21) Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J22) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J40–J47) Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J40–J42) Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J43) Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J45–J46) Other chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J44,J47) Pneumoconioses and chemical effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J60–J66,J68) Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J69) Other diseases of respiratory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J00–J06,J30–J39,J67,J70–J98) Peptic ulcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K25–K28) Diseases of appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K35–K38) Hernia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K40–K46) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Alcoholic liver disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70) Other chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K73–K74) Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K80–K82) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Acute and rapidly progressive nephritic and nephrotic syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N00–N01,N04) Chronic glomerulonephritis, nephrosis and nephropathy not specified as acute or chronic, and renal sclerosis unspecified . . (N02–N03,N05–N07,N26) Renal failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N17–N19) Other disorders of kidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N25,N27) Infections of kidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N10–N12,N13.6,N15.1) Hyperplasia of prostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N40) Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N70–N76) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (O00–O99) Pregnancy with abortive outcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (O00–O07) Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (O10–O99) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (R00–R99) All other diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) (Residual) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Transport accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–V99,Y85) Motor vehicle accidents . . . . . . . . (V02–V04,V09.0,V09.2,V12–V14,V19.0–V19.2,V19.4–V19.6,V20–V79,V80.3–V80.5,V81.0–V81.1,V82.0–V82.1, V83–V86,V87.0–V87.8,V88.0–V88.8,V89.0,V89.2) Other land transport accidents . . . (V01,V05–V06,V09.1,V09.3–V09.9,V10–V11,V15–V18,V19.3,V19.8–V19.9,V80.0–V80.2,V80.6–V80.9,V81.2–V81. 9,V82.2–V82.9,V87.9,V88.9,V89.1,V89.3,V89.9) Water, air and space, and other and unspecified transport accidents and their sequelae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V90–V99,Y85) Nontransport accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W00–X59,Y86) Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W00–W19) Accidental discharge of firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W32–W34) Accidental drowning and submersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W65–W74) Accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X00–X09) Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X40–X49) Other and unspecified nontransport accidents and their sequelae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W20–W31,W35–W64,W75–W99,X10–X39,X50–X59,Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Intentional self-harm (suicide) by discharge of firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X72–X74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) by other and unspecified means and their sequelae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(X60–X71,X75–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X93–X95) Assault (homicide) by other and unspecified means and their sequelae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(X85–X92,X96–Y09,Y87.1) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) Events of undetermined intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Y10–Y34,Y87.2,Y89.9) Discharge of firearms, undetermined intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Y22–Y24) Other and unspecified events of undetermined intent and their sequelae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Y10–Y21,Y25–Y34,Y87.2,Y89.9) Operations of war and their sequelae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Y36,Y89.1) Complications of medical and surgical care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Y40–Y84,Y88)

63# 64 65 # 66 67 68# 69 # 70 71 72 73 74# 75# 76 77# 78# 79# # 80 81 82# # 83 84 85 86 87# 88# 89# # 90 91 92# 93# 94 95 # 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 # 105 106 # 107 108 109# 110 111 112# 113#

NOTE: The causes designated by # are ranked to determine leading causes of death for specified population groups.

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Table B. List of 130 selected causes of infant death Number 1 2# 3# 4# 5# 6# 7# 8# 9# 10# 11# 12# 13# 14# 15# 16 17# 18# 19# 20 # 21 22 23 24# # 25 26 27 28# 29# 30# 31# 32 33# 34# 35# 36# 37 38# # 39 40 41 42 43 44 45# # 46 47 48# 49# 50# 51# 52 53# 54# 55 56# 57

Cause of death (Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992) Certain infectious and parasitic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A00–B99) Certain intestinal infectious diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A00–A08) Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of infectious origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A09) Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A16–A19) Tetanus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A33,A35) Diptheria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A36) Whooping cough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A37) Meningococcal infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A39) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Congenital syphillis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A50) Gonococcal infection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A54) Viral diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A80–B34) Acute poliomyelitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A80) Varicella (chickenpox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B01) Measles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B05) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Mumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B26) Other and unspecified viral diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A81–B00,B02–B04,B06–B19,B25,B27–B34) Candidiasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B37) Malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B50–B54) Pneumocystosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B59) All other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases . . . . . (A20–A32,A38,A42–A49,A51–A53,A55–A79,B35–B36,B38–B49,B55–B58,B60–B99) Neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C00–D48) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C81–C85) Leukemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C91–C95) Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C00–C80,C88–C90,C96–C97) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D89) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Other diseases of blood and blood-forming organs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D65–D76) Certain disorders involving the immune mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D80–D89) Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E00–E88) Short stature, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E34.3) Malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E40–E64) Cystic fibrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E84) Volume depletion, disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid–base balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E86–E87) All other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E00–E32,E34.0–E34.2,E34.4–E34.9,E65–E83,E85,E88) Diseases of the nervous system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00–G98) Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, type I (Werdnig-Hoffman) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G12.0) Infantile cerebral palsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G80) Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G93.1) Other diseases of nervous system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G04,G06–G11,G12.1–G12.9,G20–G72,G81–G92,G93.0,G93.2–G93.9,G95–G98) Diseases of the ear and mastoid process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (H60–H93) Diseases of the circulatory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I00–I99) Pulmonary heart disease and diseases of pulmonary circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I26–I28) Pericarditis, endocarditis and myocarditis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I30,I33,I40) Cardiomyopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(I42) Cardiac arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(I46) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other diseases of circulatory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I00–I25,I31,I34–I38,I44–I45,I47–I51,I70–I99) Diseases of the respiratory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J00–J98) Acute upper respiratory infections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J00–J06) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J10–J18) Influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J10–J11) Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J12–J18) Acute bronchitis and acute bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J20–J21) Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J40–J42) Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J45–J46) Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J69) Other and unspecified diseases of respiratory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J22,J30–J39,J43–J44,J47–J68,J70–J98) Diseases of the digestive system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K00–K92) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) Hernia of abdominal cavity and intestinal obstruction without hernia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K40–K46,K56) All other and unspecified diseases of digestive system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(K00–K28,K30–K38,K57–K92) Diseases of the genitourinary system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N00–N98) Renal failure and other disorders of kidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N17–N19,N25,N27) Other and unspecified diseases of genitourinary system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (N00–N15,N20–N23,N26,N28–N98) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96)

See note at end of table.

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National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 49, No. 11, October 12, 2001

Table B. List of 130 selected causes of infant death—Con. Number 58# 59# # 60 61 62 63 # 64 65 66 67 68# 69# 70# # 71 72 73# 74# # 75 76 77# 78# 79# 80# 81# 82# 83# 84 85# 86# 87 88# 89# 90# 91# 92# 93# 94# 95 # 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111# 112 113 #

Cause of death (Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992) Newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labor and delivery . . Newborn affected by maternal hypertensive disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by other maternal conditions which may be unrelated to present pregnancy Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by incompetent cervix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by premature rupture of membranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by multiple pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by other maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by complications involving placenta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by complications involving cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by chorioamnionitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by other and unspecified abnormalities of membranes . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by other complications of labor and delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by noxious influences transmitted via placenta or breast milk . . . . . . . . . Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal malnutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . Extremely low birth weight or extreme immaturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other low birth weight or preterm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disorders related to long gestation and high birth weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birth trauma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intrauterine hypoxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neonatal aspiration syndromes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interstitial emphysema and related conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . Pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infections specific to the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omphalitis of newborn with or without mild hemorrhage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All other infections specific to the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hemorrhagic and hematological disorders of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hemorrhagic disease of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hemolytic disease of newborn due to isoimmunization and other perinatal jaundice . . . . . . . Hematological disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother and neonatal diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hydrops fetalis not due to hemolytic disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other perinatal conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anencephaly and similar malformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital hydrocephalus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spina bifida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other congenital malformations of nervous system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other congenital malformations of circulatory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations of respiratory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations of digestive system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations of genitourinary system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations and deformations of musculoskeletal system, limbs and integument . . Down’s syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward’s syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patau’s syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other congenital malformations and deformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified . All other diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . External causes of mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See note at end of table.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P00.0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P00.1–P00.9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01.0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01.5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01.2–P01.4,P01.6–P01.9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P02.0–P02.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P02.4–P02.6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P02.7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P02.8–P02.9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P05–P08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07.0,P07.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07.1,P07.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P10–P15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P23–P28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.2–P28.9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P35–P39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P35,P37,P39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P50–P61) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P55–P59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P60–P61) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P70.0–P70.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P77) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P83.2) . (P29,P70.3–P76,P78–P81,P83.0–P83.1,P83.3–P96) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q00–Q99) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q01–Q02,Q04,Q06–Q07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q20–Q24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q25–Q28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q30–Q34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q35–Q45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q50–Q64) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q65–Q85) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q90) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Q91.0–Q91.3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Q91.4–Q91.7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q10–Q18,Q86–Q89) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Q92–Q99) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (R00–R99) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (R95) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (R00–R53,R55–594,R96–R99) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F01–F99,H00–H57,L00–M99) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–Y89) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59)

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Table B. List of 130 selected causes of infant death—Con. Number 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 # 125 126 127 128 129# 130

Cause of death (Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992) Transport accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–V99) Motor vehicle accidents . .(V02–V04,V09.0,V09.2,V12–V14,V19.0–V19.2,V19.4–V19.6,V20–V79,V80.3–V80.5,V81.0–V81.1,V82.0–V82.1,V83–V86, V87.0–V87.8,V88.0–V88.8,V89.0,V89.2) Other and unspecified transport accidents . . (V01,V05–V06,V09.1,V09.3–V09.9,V10–V11,V15–V18,V19.3,V19.8,V19.9,V80.0–V80.2,V80.6–V80.9, V81.2–V81.9,V82.2–V82.9,V87.9,V88.9,V89.1, V89.3,V89.9,V90–V99) Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W00–W19) Accidental discharge of firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W32–W34) Accidental drowning and submersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W65–W74) Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W75) Other accidental suffocation and strangulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W76–W77,W81–W84) Accidental inhalation and ingestion of food or other objects causing obstruction of respiratory tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W78–W80) Accidents caused by exposure to smoke, fire and flames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X00–X09) Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X40–X49) Other and unspecified accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (W20–W31,W35–W64,W85–W99,X10–X39,X50–X59) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Assault (homicide) by hanging, strangulation and suffocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X91) Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X93–X95) Neglect, abandonment and other maltreatment syndromes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Y06–Y07) Assault (homicide) by other and unspecified means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–X90,X92,X96–X99,Y00–Y05,Y08–Y09,Y87.1) Complications of medical and surgical care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Y40–Y84) Other external causes and their sequelae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y10–Y36)

NOTE: The causes designated by # are ranked to determine leading causes of infant death for specified population groups.

for infants (under 1 year) also show leading causes of death for the age subcategories neonatal (under 28 days) and postneonatal (28 days to 11 months). The age grouping used when ranking causes of death can have an impact on the rankings assigned to any particular age (9). For example, in 1999 the rankings for the 10 leading causes of death for a 45-year old male are slightly different depending on whether one uses the age group 45–49, 45–54, or 45–64 years. To illustrate, the category Chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD) is not ranked among the 10 leading causes for 45–49 year-old men, but is ninth for men 45–54 years old and seventh for men 45–64 years old. Viral hepatitis is ranked tenth for men 45–49, but is not ranked in the top 10 for the other two age groups. Each aggregation of age results in a different understanding of the relative importance of CLRD and Viral hepatitis for those at or near age 45. These differences can have important program implications.

Results In 1999 the 10 leading causes of death accounted for nearly 80 percent of all deaths occurring in the United States (table C). The top two causes, Diseases of heart (heart disease) and Malignant neoplasms (cancer) accounted for a little more than half (53.3 percent) of all deaths in 1999. Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) was ranked third, followed by Chronic lower respiratory diseases (CLRD) and Accidents (unintentional injuries), which were ranked fourth and fifth, respectively. Rounding out the top 10 were Diabetes mellitus (6th), Influenza and pneumonia (7th), Alzheimer’s disease (8th), Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (kidney disease) (9th), and Septicemia (10th). The positioning of the top five leading causes remained unchanged from 1998 to 1999 (the ICD–9 title Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases is comparable to the ICD–10 title Chronic lower respiratory diseases). Influenza and pneumonia and Diabetes mellitus, ranked sixth and seventh respectively in 1998, switched rankings between 1998 and 1999. Alzheimer’s disease and Septicemia,

previously not ranked among the 10 leading causes in 1998, became the 8th and 10th leading causes in 1999. Kidney disease remained the 9th leading cause of death. Suicide and Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, despite changing only slightly between 1998 and 1999, dropped out of the top 10 during this period as the result of large increases in deaths due to Alzheimer’s disease, kidney disease, and Septicemia. Changes in the number of deaths by cause from 1998 to 1999 can be explained by two factors. First, due to the introduction of ICD–10 beginning with 1999 mortality data, some changes occurred in causeof-death titles and groupings and in the rules for selecting the underlying cause of death (see Technical notes) (10). Mortality data for 1998 were classified according to ICD–9 (5). The second factor is actual changes in mortality levels between 1998 and 1999. Table D compares leading causes for 1998 with leading causes based on 1998 comparability-modified counts and estimates the impact of ICD–10 on the leading causes of death for 1998. The comparability-modified data approximate the pattern that would occur if the 1998 data were clas­ sified by ICD–10. The modified counts for causes of death are cal­ culated by multiplying the 1998 count by cause-specific comparability ratios (see Technical notes) (3,10). The ranking of the top five leading causes are unaffected by the introduction of ICD–10. However, ICD–10 does have a substantial impact on the rankings for leading causes 6–10 and is the primary factor responsible for changes in the ranking of these causes from 1998 to 1999. A comparison between leading causes based on comparabilitymodified 1998 data (table D) and 1999 leading causes (table C) shows almost identical rankings. A change in the rules for selecting the underlying cause of death is primarily responsible for the large decrease in deaths and resulting drop in ranking from 1998 to 1999 for Influenza and pneumonia (see Technical notes) (3,10). The increases in deaths for Alzheimer’s disease and kidney disease and the substantial increase in ranking for Alzheimer’s disease were pri­ marily due to an ICD–10-related classification change. A change in the rules for selecting underlying cause of death also resulted in an increase in deaths due to Septicemia. However, the comparabilitymodified 1998 data show Suicide ranked 10th (Septicemia is ranked

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Table C. Deaths and percent of total deaths for the 10 leading causes of death: United States, 1998 and 1999 Rank1

Cause of death and year 19992 ..... . .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

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. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

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Deaths

Percent of total deaths

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

................... . . . . (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I60–I69) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J10–J18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,391,399 725,192 549,838 167,366 124,181 97,860 68,399 63,730 44,536 35,525 30,680 484,092

100.0 30.3 23.0 7.0 5.2 4.1 2.9 2.7 1.9 1.5 1.3 20.2

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

19983 All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (390–398,402,404–429) Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues . . . . (140–208) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (430–438) Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (490–496) Accidents and adverse effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E800–E949) Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (480–487) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (250) Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E950–E959) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (580–589) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (571) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,337,256 724,859 541,532 158,448 112,584 97,835 91,871 64,751 30,575 26,182 25,192 463,427

100.0 31.0 23.2 6.8 4.8 4.2 3.9 2.8 1.3 1.1 1.1 19.8

. . . Category not applicable.

1 Rank based on number of deaths.

2 Causes of death for 1999 based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992; see Technical notes.

3 Causes of death for 1998 based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975; see Technical notes.

NOTE: See Technical notes for information on the comparability between data classified by ICD–9 and ICD–10

Table D. Deaths for the 10 leading causes of death: United States, 1999 and comparability-modified 1998 Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and year

Deaths

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

1998 All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents and adverse effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

.............. (390–398,402,404–429) . . . . . . . . (140–208) . . . . . . . . (430–438) . . . . . . . . (490–496) . . . . . . .(E800–E949) . . . . . . . . (480–487) . . . . . . . . . . . (250) . . . . . . .(E950–E959) . . . . . . . . (580–589) . . . . . . . . . . . (571) . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,337,256 724,859 541,532 158,448 112,584 97,835 91,871 64,751 30,575 26,182 25,192 463,427

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

1998 comparability modified2 All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents and adverse effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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.............. (390–398,402,404–429) . . . . . . . . (140–208) . . . . . . . . (430–438) . . . . . . . . (490–496) . . . . . . .(E800–E949) . . . . . . . . . . . (250) . . . . . . . . (480–487) . . . . . . . . . . (331.0) . . . . . . . . (580–589) . . . . . . .(E950–E959) . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,337,256 714,566 545,130 167,765 117,966 100,819 65,282 64,144 35,306 32,256 30,458 463,564

. . . Category not applicable.

1 Rank based on number of deaths.

2 Modified counts for causes of death calculated by multiplying the 1998 count by cause-specific comparability ratios; see Technical notes.

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11th). The combination of increases in the mortality level for Septicemia and decreases for Suicide between 1998 and 1999 pushed Septicemia to rank 10th ahead of Suicide in 1999.

Age differences Leading causes of death vary substantially by age. The leading cause of death for age groups from 1–4 to 25–34 is unintentional injuries (table 1). Assault (homicide) and Intentional self-harm (sui­ cide) are also important causes of death in these age categories. Unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide combined accounted for 75 percent of deaths for those aged 15–19 years, 72 percent of deaths for those aged 20–24 years, and 52 percent of deaths for those aged 25–34 years. Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease and cancer were also typically ranked among the leading causes for the younger age groups. In the older age groups, mortality due to chronic diseases was most prevalent. Cancer and heart disease were the top two causes of death for ages 45–54 and older age groups and consistently account for more than half of all deaths in these age groups. Other prevalent chronic causes among the older age groups were stroke, CLRD, Diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney disease, and Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. Unintentional injuries, Influenza and pneu­ monia, and Septicemia were also important causes of death for those in older age groups.

Sex differences Table E contrasts leading causes of death for males and females. The top three causes for males and females—heart disease, cancer, and stroke—are exactly the same. The next four most prevalent causes are also the same, although not in exactly the same order. The rank of unintentional injuries is fourth for males and seventh for females. CLRD, Diabetes mellitus, and Influenza and pneumonia, which rank fifth, sixth, and seventh, respectively, for males, rank fourth, fifth, and sixth for females. Suicide and Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis were ranked eighth and ninth respectively for males, but were not ranked among the 10 leading causes for females. Alzheimer’s disease and Septicemia, ranked 8th and 10th, respectively, for females, were not ranked among the top 10 for males. Kidney disease was ranked 9th for females and 10th for males.

Race differences Table F shows variation across race groups in the 10 leading causes of death. The four major race groups shown all share seven leading causes in common. Heart disease and cancer rank first and second for each of the four race groups. Stroke ranks third for the white, black, and Asian or Pacific Islander (API) populations, but ranks fifth for the American Indian population. CLRD, unintentional injuries, Influenza and pneumonia, and Diabetes mellitus also rank among the 10 leading causes of death for each race group. CLRD ranks fourth for the white population, sixth for the black and API populations, and seventh for the American Indian population. Unin­ tentional injuries ranks third for the American Indian population, fourth for the black and API populations, and fifth for the white population. Influenza and pneumonia ranks 6th for the white population, 7th for the API population, 8th for the American Indian population and 10th

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for the black population. Diabetes mellitus is ranked fourth for the American Indian population, fifth for the black and API populations, and seventh for the white population. Other leading causes common to more than one race group include kidney disease, ranked 9th for the white, black, and API populations; suicide, ranked 8th for the API population, 9th for the American Indian population, and 10th for the white population; and homicide, ranked 8th for the black population and 10th for the American Indian population. For each of the four race groups, one of the 10 leading causes is exclusive to that group. For the American Indian population, Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis ranks sixth but is not ranked in the top 10 for the other three race groups. HIV disease ranks seventh for the black population, but is not among the leading causes for the other race groups. Alzheimer’s disease, ranked eighth for the white population, is not ranked among the 10 leading causes for the other race groups. Septicemia is ranked 10th for the API population, but not ranked in the top 10 for the other race groups.

Hispanic origin Table G shows leading causes of death for the Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic black populations. Heart dis­ ease and cancer rank first and second for both the Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations. Unintentional injuries rank third for the Hispanic population, higher than the rank for the non-Hispanic white (fifth) and non-Hispanic black (fourth) populations. The fourth ranked cause for Hispanics is stroke, which is ranked third for the nonHispanic populations. Diabetes mellitus is ranked fifth for both the Hispanic and non-Hispanic black populations, but seventh for the non-Hispanic white population. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, ranked sixth for the Hispanic population, is not ranked among the 10 leading causes for the non-Hispanic white and black populations. Homicide ranks seventh for the Hispanic population and eighth for the non-Hispanic black population. CLRD is ranked much lower for the Hispanic population (eighth) than for the non-Hispanic white (fourth) and non-Hispanic black (sixth) populations. Influenza and pneumonia is also ranked much lower for the Hispanic population (9th) than for the non-Hispanic white population (sixth), but higher than for the non-Hispanic black population (10th). The 10th ranked cause for the Hispanic population is Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (perinatal conditions), a category consisting of diseases that primarily affect infants. The high ranking of perinatal conditions is largely a reflection of the relatively young age distribu­ tion of the Hispanic population. HIV disease (ranked 7th for the non-Hispanic black population), Alzheimer’s disease and suicide (ranked 8th and 10th, respectively, for the non-Hispanic white population) and kidney disease (ranked 9th for both the non-Hispanic white and black populations) are not ranked among the 10 leading causes of death for Hispanics.

Leading causes of infant death The leading cause of infant death in 1999 was Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (congenital anomalies) that accounted for nearly one-fifth of all infant deaths (table H). Disorders related to short gestation and low birthweight, not elsewhere classified was ranked second, followed by Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (third); Newborn affected by

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Table E. Deaths and percent of total deaths for leading causes of death by sex: United States, 1999 Males Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992) All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

................... . . . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I60–I69) . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J10–J18) . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41)

Females

Rank1

Deaths

Percent of total deaths

Rank1

Deaths

Percent of total deaths

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... ...

1,175,460 351,617 285,832 64,485 63,535 62,415 31,150 27,718 23,458 17,115 17,016 13,391 13,395

100.0 29.9 24.3 5.5 5.4 5.3 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.1

... 1 2 3 7 4 5 6 ... ... 9 8 10

1,215,939 373,575 264,006 102,881 34,325 61,766 37,249 36,012 5,741 9,144 18,509 31,145 17,285

100.0 30.7 21.7 8.5 2.8 5.1 3.1 3.0 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.6 1.4

. . . Category not applicable. 1 Rank based on number of deaths.

Table F. Deaths and percent of total deaths for leading causes of death by race: United States, 1999 [Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between the reporting of race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes] White Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992) All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . .(C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . (J40–J47) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24)

Black

American Indian

Asian or Pacific Islander

Percent of Percent of Percent of Percent of total deaths Rank1 Deaths total deaths Rank1 Deaths total deaths Rank1 Deaths total deaths

Rank1

Deaths

... 1 2 3 4

2,061,348 635,118 477,238 144,827 114,735

100.0 30.8 23.2 7.0 5.6

... 1 2 3 6

285,064 78,574 61,951 18,884 7,915

100.0 27.6 21.7 6.6 2.8

... 1 2 5 7

11,312 2,404 1,836 546 406

100.0 21.3 16.2 4.8 3.6

... 1 2 3 6

33,675 9,096 8,813 3,109 1,125

100.0 27.0 26.2 9.2 3.3

5 6 7 8

82,245 56,694 54,599 41,877

4.0 2.8 2.6 2.0

4 10 5 ...

12,728 5,876 11,927 2,342

4.5 2.1 4.2 0.8

3 8 4 ...

1,327 315 725 86

11.7 2.8 6.4 0.8

4 7 5 ...

1,560 845 1,148 231

4.6 2.5 3.4 0.7

9

28,041

1.4

9

6,711

2.4

...

194

1.7

9

579

1.7

10 ...

26,300 24,287

1.3 1.2

... ...

1,950 5,826

0.7 2.0

9 ...

291 169

2.6 1.5

8 10

658 398

2.0 1.2

... ...

22,620 8,628

1.1 0.4

... 8

2,833 7,648

1.0 2.7

6 10

513 253

4.5 2.2

... ...

293 360

0.9 1.1

...

6,752

0.3

7

7,893

2.8

...

68

0.6

...

89

0.3

. . . Category not applicable. 1 Rank based on number of deaths.

maternal complications of pregnancy (4th); Respiratory distress of newborn (5th); Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes (6th); unintentional injuries (7th); Bacterial sepsis of newborn (8th); Diseases of the circulatory system (9th); and Atelectasis (10th). In all, the 10 leading causes of infant death accounted for about 68 percent of all infant deaths. From 1998 to 1999, the six most prevalent causes of infant death did not change (cause-of-death titles did change in some instances due to the implementation of ICD–10; see Technical notes). Unintentional injuries rose in the ranking from eighth in 1998 to seventh in 1999 despite remaining unchanged in terms of the number of deaths. Infec­ tions specific to the perinatal period, which ranked seventh in 1998, is not a rankable cause of infant death under the ICD–10 rubric. Its

subcategories, however, are designated as rankable. One of these subcategories is Bacterial sepsis of newborn, which is ranked eighth in 1999. Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia and Pneumonia and influenza, ranked 9th and 10th in 1998, dropped out of the top 10 in 1999 because with the introduction of ICD–10, Diseases of the cir­ culatory system and Atelectasis as rankable causes of infant death each exceed Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia and Pneumonia and influenza in terms of number of deaths.

Neonatal and Postneonatal mortality Stark differences are evident when comparing leading causes of death in the neonatal (less than 28 days after birth) and postneonatal

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Table G. Deaths and percent of total deaths for leading causes of death by Hispanic origin and race for non-Hispanic population: United States, 1999 [Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic origin should be interpreted with caution; see Technical notes] Hispanic Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992)

White, non-Hispanic

Percent of Rank1 Deaths total deaths Rank1

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30)

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... ... ... ...

103,740 25,866 20,233 8,650 5,907 5,182 2,972 2,864 2,859 2,246 2,153 1,958 1,695 1,584 981

100.0 24.9 19.5 8.3 5.7 5.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.5 0.9

... 1 2 5 3 7 ... ... 4 6 ... ... 10 9 8

Black, non-Hispanic

Percent of Percent of total deaths Rank1 Deaths total deaths

Deaths 1,953,197 607,704 456,315 73,326 138,716 49,347 19,602 5,748 111,620 54,280 6,384 4,744 24,534 26,418 40,835

100.0 31.1 23.4 3.8 7.1 2.5 1.0 0.3 5.7 2.8 0.3 0.2 1.3 1.4 2.1

... 1 2 4 3 5 ... 8 6 10 ... 7 ... 9 ...

281,979 77,713 61,409 12,533 18,731 11,830 2,793 7,536 7,840 5,794 5,000 7,751 1,924 6,659 2,325

100.0 27.6 21.8 4.4 6.6 4.2 1.0 2.7 2.8 2.1 1.8 2.7 0.7 2.4 0.8

. . . Category not applicable. 1 Rank based on number of deaths.

Table H. Deaths and percent of total deaths for the 10 leading causes of infant death: United States, 1998–99 Rank1

Cause of death and year

Deaths

Percent of total deaths

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

19992 All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . . . Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified. Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of the circulatory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . .

........ . (Q00–Q99) . . . . (P07) . . . . . (R95) . . . . . (P01) . . . . . (P22) . . . . . (P02) . . (V01–X59) . . . . (P36) . . (I00–I99) (P28.0–P28.1) . . . (Residual)

27,937 5,473 4,392 2,648 1,399 1,110 1,025 845 691 667 647 9,040

100.0 19.6 15.7 9.5 5.0 4.0 3.7 3.0 2.5 2.4 2.3 32.4

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

19983 All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital anomalies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disorders relating to short gestation and unspecified low birth weight . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . Respiratory distress syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . Infections specific to the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents and adverse effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pneumonia and influenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

28,371 6,212 4,101 2,822 1,343 1,295 961 815 845 461 441 9,075

100.0 21.9 14.5 9.9 4.7 4.6 3.4 2.9 3.0 1.6 1.6 32.0

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

........ . . (740–759) . . . . . (765) . . . . (798.0) . . . . . (761) . . . . . (769) . . . . . (762) . . . . . (771) (E800–E949) . . . . . (768) . . (480–487) . . (Residual)

. . . Category not applicable. 1 Rank based on number of deaths. 2 Causes of death for 1999 based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992; see Technical notes. 3 Causes of death for 1998 based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975; see Technical notes. NOTE: See Technical notes for information on the comparability between data classified by ICD–9 and ICD–10.

(between 28 days and 11 months after birth) periods (table J). Disorders related to short gestation and low birthweight, not elsewhere classified is the leading cause of neonatal death. In contrast, SIDS is the leading cause in the postneonatal period. Congenital

anomalies, although top ranked for infant mortality overall, ranks second for both neonates and postneonates. The remaining leading causes of neonatal death are characterized by conditions occurring in the perinatal period, while in the postneonatal period, the remaining

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Table J. Deaths and percent of total deaths for the 10 leading causes of neonatal and postneonatal death: United States, 1999 [Neonatal deaths are those occurring less than 28 days after birth. Postneonatal deaths are those occurring between 28 days and 11 months after birth.] Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992)

Rank1

Deaths

Percent of total deaths

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Neonatal All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disorders related to short gestation and low birthweight, not elsewhere classified Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . . Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

......... . . . . . (P07) . . .(Q00–Q99) . . . . . (P01) . . . . . . (P22) . . . . . (P02) . . . . . . (P36) . (P28.0–P28.1) . . . (P20–P21) (P50–P52,P54) . . . . . . (P77) . . . (Residual)

18,728 4,320 3,892 1,391 1,050 1,010 662 638 572 496 361 4,336

100.0 23.1 20.8 7.4 5.6 5.4 3.5 3.4 3.1 2.6 1.9 23.2

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 10 ...

Postneonatal All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of the circulatory system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . . . Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

.......... . . . . . . . (R95) . . . .(Q00–Q99) . . . . (V01–X59) . . . . . (I00–I99) . . . . (J10–J18) . . . . (A40–A41) . . . . . . . (P27) (X85–Y09,Y87.1) . (K29,K50–K55) . . . . (G00,G03) . . . . (Residual)

9,209 2,440 1,581 743 399 288 283 272 272 224 88 2,619

100.0 26.5 17.2 8.1 4.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.4 1.0 28.4

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . Category not applicable. 1 Rank based on number of deaths.

leading causes are more characterized by conditions prevalent among the general population, including unintentional injuries (third), Influenza and pneumonia (fifth), Septicemia (sixth) and homicide (seventh).

Discussion This report presents leading causes of death in the United States by age, race, sex, and Hispanic origin, and for the infant, neonatal and postneonatal periods. Cause-of-death ranking is a popular method of presenting mortality statistics and is a useful tool for illustrating the relative burden of cause-specific mortality, but it must be used cautiously with a clear understanding of the limitations underlying the method. When comparing rankings across groups or over time, one should be mindful of the age distribution of the populations being compared. Leading causes of death for populations with younger age distributions will tend to show higher rankings for causes of death that are prevalent among the young, such as homicide, unintentional injuries, and HIV infection. Leading causes for older populations will tend to show higher rankings for causes that are more prevalent among the elderly, such as Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Consideration should also be given to the effects of random variation on cause-of-death rankings. When the number of events is small (perhaps less than 100 deaths), estimates of mortality risk are more subject to random fluctuations (see Technical notes). This is less problematic when analyzing the relative ranking of causes of death because the observed frequency of deaths for any particular cause is

fixed for any given group in any given year, and the ranking is based on that fixed value. Nevertheless, when comparing rankings based on small numbers of deaths between groups or over time, it is important to be aware that differences in relative rankings may be attributable to random variability. Because the rank order of any particular cause of death will depend on the list of causes from which selection is made and on the rules applied in making the selection, a clearly defined, uniform method for ranking causes of death is vital to maintain consistency in the reporting of leading causes by Federal and State agencies. The stan­ dard method and cause-lists described in this and other publications (1–3,7) provides this needed structure.

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List of detailed tables 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999 . . . . 3. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by race and sex: United States, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999 [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

All races, both sexes, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,391,399 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 725,192 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 549,838 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 167,366 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) 124,181 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 97,860 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 68,399 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 63,730 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) 44,536 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 35,525 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 30,680 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 484,092

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . (Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0 30.3 23.0 7.0

877.0 265.9 201.6 61.4

5.2

45.5

4.1 2.9 2.7 1.9

35.9 25.1 23.4 16.3

6 7

1.5 1.3 20.2

13.0 11.3 177.5

8 9 10

5,249

100.0

34.7

...

1,898

36.2

12.6

... 1 2 3 4 5

549 418 376 183 130 92 87

10.5 8.0 7.2 3.5 2.5 1.8 1.7

3.6 2.8 2.5 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.6

2 3 4 5 6 7

63

1.2

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

0.4

54 1,399

1.0 26.7

0.4 9.3

8 9 10

3,474

100.0

17.4

...

1,459 509

42.0 14.7

7.3 2.6

207 186 116

6.0 5.4 3.3

1.0 0.9 0.6

See footnotes at end of table.

2 3

64

1.8

0.3

49 47 46

1.4 1.4 1.3

0.2 0.2 0.2

7

0.2 3.8

8 9 10 ...

1.1 21.7

4,121

100.0

21.1

1,632 503 246

39.6 12.2 6.0

8.3 2.6 1.3

242

5.9

1.2

221 161

5.4 3.9

1.1 0.8

90 47 39

2.2 1.1 0.9

0.5 0.2 0.2

37 903

0.9 21.9

0.2 4.6

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

13,778

100.0

69.8

6,688 2,093

48.5 15.2

33.9 10.6

1,615 745 463

11.7 5.4 3.4

8.2 3.8 2.3

222

1.6

1.1

107 73 67

0.8 0.5 0.5

0.5 0.4 0.3

52 1,653

0.4 12.0

0.3 8.4

16,878

100.0

93.6

6,968 2,905

41.3 17.2

38.7 16.1

2,286 979 606

13.5 5.8 3.6

12.7 5.4 3.4

212

1.3

1.2

167 115 106 104 2,430

1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 14.4

0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 13.5

All races, both sexes, 20–24 years ... 1

4 5 6

38 753

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) All races, both sexes, 15–19 years

... 1

All races, both sexes, 5–9 years ... 1

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

All races, both sexes, 10–14 years

All races, both sexes, 1–4 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

All races, both sexes, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

Rate2

All races, both sexes, 55–64 years 41,066

100.0

108.3

11,890

29.0

31.3

5,106 4,231 4,005 3,066

12.4 10.3 9.8 7.5

13.5 11.2 10.6 8.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00-C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

7 2,729 582 580

6.6 1.4 1.4

7.2 1.5 1.5

8 9

465 407 8,005

1.1 1.0 19.5

1.2 1.1 21.1

238,979 89,067 64,167 11,297 9,652 9,097

100.0 1,021.8 37.3 380.8 26.9 274.3 4.7 48.3 4.0 41.3 3.8 38.9

7,285

3.0

31.1

5,637

2.4

24.1

2,896

1.2

12.4

2,864 2,714 34,303

1.2 1.1 14.4

12.2 11.6 146.7

All races, both sexes, 65 years and over All races, both sexes, 35–44 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

89,256 16,732

100.0 18.7

199.2 37.3

15,231 13,600

17.1 15.2

34.0 30.3

6,466

7.2

14.4

6,232

7.0

13.9

3,302 3,206 2,574 1,942 1,063 18,908

3.7 3.6 2.9 2.2 1.2 21.2

7.4 7.2 5.7 4.3 2.4 42.2

10 ...

Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

...

All races, both sexes, 65–74 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

152,974 46,681 34,994

100.0 30.5 22.9

427.3 130.4 97.7

11,639

7.6

32.5

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

6,368 5,563

4.2 3.6

17.8 15.5

7 8

5,081 4,735

3.3 3.1

14.2 13.2

9 10

3,907 3,110 1,697 29,199

2.6 2.0 1.1 19.1

10.9 8.7 4.7 81.6

...

All races, both sexes, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

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1,797,331 607,265 390,122 148,599 108,112 57,282 51,843 44,020

100.0 5,203.6 33.8 1,758.12 21.7 1,129.53 8.3 430.2 6.0 313.0 3.2 165.8 2.9 150.1 2.4 127.4

32,219

1.8

93.3

29,938 24,626 303,305

1.7 1.4 16.9

86.7 71.3 878.1

452,600 152,338 129,253 32,644 24,092 16,908

100.0 2,484.3 33.7 836.2 28.6 709.5 7.2 179.2 5.3 132.2 3.7 92.8

8,208 6,861

1.8 1.5

45.1 37.7

6,841 5,750

1.5 1.3

37.6 31.6

5,642 64,063

1.2 14.2

31.0 351.6

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2

Rate2

Rank1

All races, both sexes, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

698,590 100.0 226,152 32.4 162,770 23.3 57,427 8.2 48,635 7.0 21,757 3.1 19,192 2.7 15,836 2.3

5,751.3 1,861.8 1,340.0 472.8 400.4 179.1 158.0 130.4

12,282

1.8

101.1

11,927 9,710 112,902

1.7 1.4 16.2

98.2 79.9 929.5

646,141 100.0 15,476.1 251,860 39.0 6,032.5 75,014 11.6 1,796.7 67,080 10.4 1,606.7 31,229 4.8 748.0 26,833 24,980 13,178

4.2 3.9 2.0

642.7 598.3 315.6

11,729

1.8

280.9

11,170 9,166 123,902

1.7 1.4 19.2

267.5 219.5 2,967.7

All races, male, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

All races, male, 1–4 years

All races, both sexes, 85 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,175,460 100.0 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 351,617 29.9 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 285,832 24.3 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 64,485 5.5 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 63,535 5.4 Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47) 62,415 5.3 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 31,150 2.7 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 27,718 2.4 Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) 23,458 2.0 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) 17,115 1.5 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 17,016 1.4 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 231,119 19.7

882.0 263.8 214.5 48.4 47.7 46.8 23.4 20.8 17.6 12.8 12.8 173.4

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,975

100.0

38.5

1,127

37.9

14.6

310 227 194 104 66

10.4 7.6 6.5 3.5 2.2

4.0 2.9 2.5 1.3 0.9

56 48

1.9 1.6

0.7 0.6

33 30 780

1.1 1.0 26.2

0.4 0.4 10.1

1,964

100.0

19.2

897 279

45.7 14.2

8.8 2.7

102 95 66

5.2 4.8 3.4

1.0 0.9 0.6

30

1.5

0.3

29 27 22

1.5 1.4 1.1

0.3 0.3 0.2

20 397

1.0 20.2

0.2 3.9

2,528

100.0

25.3

1,077 276

42.6 10.9

10.8 2.8

192 155

7.6 6.1

1.9 1.5

113 91

4.5 3.6

1.1 0.9

64 26

2.5 1.0

0.6 0.3

19 17 498

0.8 0.7 19.7

* * 5.0

All races, male, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) All races, male, 10–14 years

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

See footnotes at end of table. 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

All races, male, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

9,780

100.0

96.3

4,624 1,748

47.3 17.9

45.6 17.2

1,347 448 297

13.8 4.6 3.0

13.3 4.4 2.9

139

1.4

1.4

6

60 36 34

0.6 0.4 0.3

0.6 0.4 0.3

7 8 9 10 ...

26 1,021

0.3 10.4

0.3 10.1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 3 4 5

100.0

137.6

5,416 2,443

42.9 19.3

59.0 26.6

1,979 575 367

15.7 4.6 2.9

21.6 6.3 4.0

5

123

1.0

1.3

80

0.6

0.9

7 8 9

63 59 56 1,473

0.5 0.5 0.4 11.7

0.7 0.6 0.6 16.0

28,276

100.0

150.2

9,097

32.2

48.3

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

57,118

100.0

256.7

11,248 9,640 7,471

19.7 16.9 13.1

50.5 43.3 33.6

5,019

8.8

22.6

4,706

8.2

21.1

2,314 2,307 1,308 1,139 592 11,374

4.1 4.0 2.3 2.0 1.0 19.9

10.4 10.4 5.9 5.1 2.7 51.1

95,659 25,489 23,634

100.0 26.6 24.7

546.7 145.7 135.1

8,602

9.0

49.2

4,829

5.0

27.6

3,854

4.0

22.0

3,134 2,996 2,791

3.3 3.1 2.9

17.9 17.1 15.9

1,551 1,229 17,550

1.6 1.3 18.3

8.9 7.0 100.3

All races, male, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3

12,634

All races, male, 25–34 years ... 1

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

All races, male, 35–44 years

All races, male, 20–24 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

4

6

10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) All races, male, 55–64 years

... 1 2 3 4 5

4,194 3,346 1,988 1,959

14.8 11.8 7.0 6.9

22.3 17.8 10.6 10.4

1,914 319 299

6.8 1.1 1.1

10.2 1.7 1.6

8

257

0.9

1.4

10 ...

242 4,661

0.9 16.5

1.3 24.8

6 7

9

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

142,724 48,833 43,662

100.0 1,280.0 34.2 437.9 30.6 391.6

5,958 5,305

4.2 3.7

53.4 47.6

5,015 4,856

3.5 3.4

45.0 43.5

3,943

2.8

35.4

2,255

1.6

20.2

1,530 1,462 19,905

1.1 1.0 13.9

13.7 13.1 178.5

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

All races, male, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

Rate2

All races, male, 85 years and over 805,879 269,606 202,088 54,360

100.0 5,631.6 33.5 1,884.0 25.1 1,412.2 6.7 379.9

54,076 24,027 21,943

6.7 3.0 2.7

377.9 167.9 153.3

15,844

2.0

110.7

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

13,963 13,137 10,131 126,704

1.7 1.6 1.3 15.7

97.6 91.8 70.8 885.4

9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids . (J69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

209,989 78,300 32,484 18,052

100.0 16,931.3 37.3 6,313.3 15.5 2,619.2 8.6 1,455.5

11,894 10,676 5,796

5.7 5.1 2.8

959.0 860.8 467.3

4,480

2.1

361.2

4,428 4,125 3,083 36,671

2.1 2.0 1.5 17.5

357.0 332.6 248.6 2,956.8

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,215,939 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 373,575 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 264,006 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 102,881 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) 61,766 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 37,249 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 36,012 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 34,325 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) 31,145 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 18,509 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 17,285 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 239,186

100.0 30.7 21.7 8.5

872.2 268.0 189.4 73.8

5.1 3.1 3.0

44.3 26.7 25.8

2.8 2.6

24.6 22.3

1.5 1.4 19.7

13.3 12.4 171.6

2,274

100.0

30.8

771

33.9

10.4

239 191 182 79 64 39

10.5 8.4 8.0 3.5 2.8 1.7

3.2 2.6 2.5 1.1 0.9 0.5

36

1.6

0.5

30 24

1.3 1.1

0.4 0.3

24 595

1.1 26.2

0.3 8.0

All races, female, all ages3

All races, male, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

254,920 84,544 78,836

100.0 3,109.3 33.2 1,031.2 30.9 961.6

17,477 12,220 8,279

6.9 4.8 3.2

213.2 149.0 101.0

4,992 3,893

2.0 1.5

60.9 47.5

3,504

1.4

42.7

3,454 2,919 34,802

1.4 1.1 13.7

42.1 35.6 424.5

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All races, female, 1–4 years All races, male, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

340,970 112,470 85,060

100.0 6,999.8 33.0 2,308.9 24.9 1,746.2

24,705 24,088 9,539 9,458

7.2 7.1 2.8 2.8

507.2 494.5 195.8 194.2

6,372

1.9

130.8

6,031 5,904 4,426 52,917

1.8 123.8 1.7 121.2 1.3 90.9 15.5 1,086.3

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10

See footnotes at end of table. ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

All races, female, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

All races, female, 20–24 years 1,510

100.0

15.5

562 230

37.2 15.2

5.8 2.4

105 91 50

7.0 6.0 3.3

1.1 0.9 0.5

34 25

2.3 1.7

0.3 0.3

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

20 19

1.3 1.3

0.2 *

18 356

1.2 23.6

* 3.7

9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

4,244

100.0

48.0

1,552 462 404

36.6 10.9 9.5

17.6 5.2 4.6

307 239

7.2 5.6

3.5 2.7

89

2.1

1.0

87

2.0

1.0

64 56 50 934

1.5 1.3 1.2 22.0

0.7 0.6 0.6 10.6

12,790

100.0

66.9

2,793 2,046 1,078

21.8 16.0 8.4

14.6 10.7 5.6

912 885

7.1 6.9

4.8 4.6

815 281 263

6.4 2.2 2.1

4.3 1.5 1.4

223

1.7

1.2

181 3,313

1.4 25.9

0.9 17.3

32,138 9,261

100.0 28.8

142.5 41.1

3,983 3,960

12.4 12.3

17.7 17.6

1,526

4.7

6.8

1,447 1,266

4.5 3.9

6.4 5.6

988 899 803

3.1 2.8 2.5

4.4 4.0 3.6

480 7,525

1.5 23.4

2.1 33.4

All races, female, 25–34 years All races, female, 10–14 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,593

100.0

16.7

555 227

34.8 14.2

5.8 2.4

108 91 70

6.8 5.7 4.4

1.1 1.0 0.7

50

3.1

0.5

26 22 21

1.6 1.4 1.3

0.3 0.2 0.2

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

18 405

1.1 25.4

* 4.2

All races, female, 15–19 years ... 1

... 1

3,998

100.0

41.7

2,064 345 297

51.6 8.6 7.4

21.5 3.6 3.1

All races, female, 35–44 years ... 1 2 3 4 5

268 166

6.7 4.2

2.8 1.7

83

2.1

0.9

47 39

1.2 1.0

0.5 0.4

33 31 625

0.8 0.8 15.6

0.3 0.3 6.5

All causes Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age All races, female, 45–54 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0 40.2 16.6

313.1 125.9 51.9

3,037 2,567 1,944

5.3 4.5 3.4

16.6 14.0 10.6

1,559

2.7

8.5

1,539

2.7

8.4

1,227

2.1

6.7

773 766 11,351

1.3 1.3 19.8

4.2 4.2 62.0

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Rate2

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

197,680 67,794 50,417

100.0 34.3 25.5

1,972.9 676.6 503.2

15,167 11,872 8,629

7.7 6.0 4.4

151.4 118.5 86.1

3,337

1.7

33.3

3,216 2,968 2,831

1.6 1.5 1.4

32.1 29.6 28.3

2,188 29,261

1.1 14.8

21.8 292.0

357,620 113,682 77,710 33,339

100.0 31.8 21.7 9.3

4,915.4 1,562.5 1,068.1 458.2

23,930 12,218 9,932 9,734

6.7 3.4 2.8 2.7

328.9 167.9 136.5 133.8

5,910

1.7

81.2

5,896 5,284 59,985

1.6 1.5 16.8

81.0 72.6 824.5

All races, female, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4

96,255 40,234 20,505

100.0 41.8 21.3

786.5 328.7 167.5

5,339 4,347 4,241

5.5 4.5 4.4

43.6 35.5 34.7

2,270

2.4

18.5

1,694

1.8

13.8

9

1,334 1,302 1,163 13,826

1.4 1.4 1.2 14.4

10.9 10.6 9.5 113.0

10 ...

All races, female, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

All races, female, 65–74 years 57,315 23,047 9,505

All races, female, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

991,452 337,659 188,034 94,239 54,036 33,255 30,883 29,900

100.0 4,900.9 34.1 1,669.1 19.0 929.5 9.5 465.8 5.5 3.4 3.1 3.0

267.1 164.4 152.7 147.8

16,375

1.7

80.9

15,975 14,495 176,601

1.6 1.5 17.8

79.0 71.7 873.0

5 6 7 8

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) All races, female, 85 years and over

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

436,152 173,560 49,028 42,530 20,553 19,184

100.0 14,861.2 39.8 5,913.8 11.2 1,670.6 9.8 1,449.1 4.7 700.3 4.4 653.7

14,939 9,053

3.4 2.1

509.0 308.5

7,249

1.7

247.0

6,742 6,380 86,934

1.5 1.5 19.9

229.7 217.4 2,962.1

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

White, both sexes, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,061,348 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 635,118 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 477,238 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 144,827 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) 114,735 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 82,245 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 56,694 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 54,599 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) 41,877 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 28,041 Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) 26,300 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 399,674

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

White, both sexes, 10–14 years 100.0 30.8 23.2 7.0

917.7 282.8 212.5 64.5

5.6

51.1

... 1 2 3 4

4.0 2.8 2.6 2.0

36.6 25.2 24.3 18.6

1.4

12.5

1.3 19.4

11.7 177.9

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

White, both sexes, 1–4 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

3,690

100.0

30.7

1,374

37.2

11.4

385 353 208 124 75 60

10.4 9.6 5.6 3.4 2.0 1.6

3.2 2.9 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.5

56

1.5

0.5

1.3 0.9 26.4

0.4 0.3 8.1

2,450

100.0

15.6

3,043

100.0

19.8

1,259 383

41.4 12.6

8.2 2.5

204

6.7

1.3

157 155 110

5.2 5.1 3.6

1.0 1.0 0.7

42 36

1.4 1.2

0.3 0.2

32 26 639

1.1 0.9 21.0

0.2 0.2 4.2

10,355

100.0

66.2

5,647

54.5

36.1

1,344 884 568 321

13.0 8.5 5.5 3.1

8.6 5.6 3.6 2.1

170

1.6

1.1

68 54 46 38 1,215

0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 11.7

0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 7.8

11,997

100.0

83.5

5,717

47.7

39.8

1,875 1,180 759 379

15.6 9.8 6.3 3.2

13.1 8.2 5.3 2.6

162 89 69 67

1.4 0.7 0.6 0.6

1.1 0.6 0.5 0.5

57 1,643

0.5 13.7

0.4 11.4

White, both sexes, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

48 34 973

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

White, both sexes, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

1,011 397

41.3 16.2

6.4 2.5

White, both sexes, 20–24 years ... 1 2

144 106 83

5.9 4.3 3.4

0.9 0.7 0.5

52 36 35

2.1 1.5 1.4

0.3 0.2 0.2

29 23 534

1.2 0.9 21.8

0.2 0.1 3.4

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

White, both sexes, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

White, both sexes, 55–64 years 29,400

100.0

96.6

9,661

32.9

31.7

4,346 3,147 2,048 1,926

14.8 10.7 7.0 6.6

14.3 10.3 6.7 6.3

1,202 409 402

4.1 1.4 1.4

3.9 1.3 1.3

386

1.3

1.3

323 5,550

1.1 18.9

1.1 18.2

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

193,582 74,568 51,274

100.0 38.5 26.5

961.5 370.4 254.7

10,056 6,940 6,609

5.2 3.6 3.4

49.9 34.5 32.8

5,962

3.1

29.6

4,760

2.5

23.6

2,698 2,059 1,928 26,728

1.4 1.1 1.0 13.8

13.4 10.2 9.6 132.8

White, both sexes, 65 years and over White, both sexes, 35–44 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

65,607 13,060

100.0 19.9

177.6 35.3

12,500 9,718

19.1 14.8

33.8 26.3

5,860

8.9

15.9

2,951

4.5

8.0

2,676 1,766 1,646 1,384 714 13,332

4.1 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.1 20.3

7.2 4.8 4.5 3.7 1.9 36.1

White, both sexes, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

117,011 37,489 26,693

100.0 32.0 22.8

386.8 123.9 88.2

9,368

8.0

31.0

5,230

4.5

17.3

4,720 3,609 3,355

4.0 3.1 2.9

15.6 11.9 11.1

2,498

2.1

8.3

1,765 1,223 21,061

1.5 1.0 18.0

5.8 4.0 69.6

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,605,875 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 543,984 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 346,454 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 131,942 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) 101,151 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 52,022 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 42,704 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) 41,405 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 29,095 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 24,651 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 20,202 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 272,265

100.0 5,231.3 33.9 1,772.1 21.6 1,128.6 8.2 429.8 6.3 3.2 2.7 2.6

329.5 169.5 139.1 134.9

1.8

94.8

1.5 1.3 17.0

80.3 65.8 886.9

White, both sexes, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

387,437 132,703 109,578

100.0 2,427.8 34.3 831.5 28.3 686.6

30,111 19,577 13,230

7.8 5.1 3.4

188.7 122.7 82.9

7,027 5,832

1.8 1.5

44.0 36.5

5,087

1.3

31.9

5,073 4,411 54,808

1.3 1.1 14.1

31.8 27.6 343.4

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

Rate2

Rank1

White, both sexes, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Atherosclerosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I70) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

626,489 202,692 146,009 50,917

100.0 32.4 23.3 8.1

5,713.2 1,848.4 1,331.5 464.3

... 1

45,698 18,217 17,405 14,833

7.3 2.9 2.8 2.4

416.7 166.1 158.7 135.3

11,130

1.8

101.5

3 4 5 6 7 8

9,934 8,035 101,619

1.6 1.3 16.2

90.6 73.3 926.7

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

2

9 10 ...

591,949 231,714 67,742 61,448 28,785

100.0 15,688.0 39.1 6,140.9 11.4 1,795.3 10.4 1,628.5 4.9 762.9

2 3

4.3 4.0 1.9

671.6 626.7 298.3

10,938

1.8

289.9

9,630 7,823 113,624

1.6 1.3 19.2

255.2 207.3 3,011.3

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005,335 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 307,585 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 247,396 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) 57,000 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 54,867 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 52,898 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 25,545 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 24,281 Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) 21,107 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) 14,790 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 13,632 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 186,234

100.0 30.6 24.6

911.2 278.8 224.2

...

5.7 5.5

51.7 49.7

... 1

5.3 2.5 2.4

47.9 23.2 22.0

2 3

2.1

19.1

1.5

13.4

1.4 18.5

12.4 168.8

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Meningitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,084

100.0

33.9

811

38.9

13.2

218 194 108 74 33 32

10.5 9.3 5.2 3.6 1.6 1.5

3.5 3.2 1.8 1.2 0.5 0.5

30

1.4

0.5

22 20 542

1.1 1.0 26.0

0.4 0.3 8.8

1,376

100.0

17.1

611 224

44.4 16.3

7.6 2.8

69 55 47

5.0 4.0 3.4

0.9 0.7 0.6

24 21 18 16

1.7 1.5 1.3 1.2

0.3 0.3 * *

15 276

1.1 20.1

* 3.4

1,852

100.0

23.5

823 210

44.4 11.3

10.4 2.7

162 93

8.7 5.0

2.1 1.2

79 61

4.3 3.3

1.0 0.8

30 21

1.6 1.1

0.4 0.3

16 11 346

0.9 0.6 18.7

* * 4.4

White, male, 5–9 years ... 1

25,342 23,646 11,257

White, male, all ages3 ... 1 2 3

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

White, male, 1–4 years

White, both sexes, 85 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, male, 10–14 years

4 5 6 7 8 9

See footnotes at end of table. 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

White, male, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

... 1

7,222

100.0

89.5

3,862

53.5

47.9

1,122 704 335 198

15.5 9.7 4.6 2.7

13.9 8.7 4.2 2.5

109

1.5

1.4

6

36 28 26 21 781

0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 10.8

0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 9.7

7 8 9 10 ...

2 3 4 5

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, male, 25–34 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

White, male, 35–44 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2 42,914

100.0

231.5

9,288 7,185 5,934

21.6 16.7 13.8

50.1 38.8 32.0

4,535

10.6

24.5

2,449

5.7

13.2

1,906 1,240 856 829 419 8,273

4.4 2.9 2.0 1.9 1.0 19.3

10.3 6.7 4.6 4.5 2.3 44.6

73,908 20,144 18,839

100.0 27.3 25.5

494.2 134.7 126.0

6,919

9.4

46.3

4,021

5.4

26.9

3,573 2,055 1,949

4.8 2.8 2.6

23.9 13.7 13.0

1,510

2.0

10.1

1,237 872 12,789

1.7 1.2 17.3

8.3 5.8 85.5

White, male, 45–54 years

White, male, 20–24 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

8,981

100.0

121.8

4,465

49.7

60.6

1,629 918 449 231

18.1 10.2 5.0 2.6

22.1 12.5 6.1 3.1

95 44 38 36 35 1,041

1.1 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 11.6

1.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 14.1

20,549

100.0

134.5

7,442

36.2

48.7

3,567 1,561 1,445 1,376

17.4 7.6 7.0 6.7

23.4 10.2 9.5 9.0

956 226 213

4.7 1.1 1.0

6.3 1.5 1.4

213

1.0

1.4

202 3,348

1.0 16.3

1.3 21.9

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, male, 55–64 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

116,537 40,768 35,695

100.0 1,200.2 35.0 419.9 30.6 367.6

5,247

4.5

54.0

4,100 3,843 3,684

3.5 3.3 3.2

42.2 39.6 37.9

3,372

2.9

34.7

2,099 1,137

1.8 1.0

21.6 11.7

1,043 15,549

0.9 13.3

10.7 160.1

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

White, male, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

Rate2

White, male, 85 years and over 719,502 242,366 178,847

100.0 5,633.5 33.7 1,897.7 24.9 1,400.3

50,028 47,848 21,629 18,678

7.0 6.7 3.0 2.6

391.7 374.6 169.3 146.2

14,165 12,351

2.0 1.7

110.9 96.7

11,724 8,288 113,578

1.6 1.2 15.8

91.8 64.9 889.3

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

191,610 71,980 29,102 16,435

100.0 17,202.1 37.6 6,462.1 15.2 2,612.7 8.6 1,475.5

11,111 9,775 5,471

5.8 5.1 2.9

997.5 877.6 491.2

4,140

2.2

371.7

3,894 3,598

2.0 1.9

349.6 323.0

2,845 33,259

1.5 17.4

255.4 2,985.9

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,056,013 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 327,533 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 229,842 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 89,960 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) 57,735 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 32,413 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 29,347 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) 29,292 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 29,054 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 14,409 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 13,798 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 202,630

100.0 31.0 21.8 8.5

924.1 286.6 201.1 78.7

5.5 3.1

50.5 28.4

2.8 2.8 2.8

25.7 25.6 25.4

1.4 1.3 19.2

12.6 12.1 177.3

1,606

100.0

27.4

563

35.1

9.6

167 159 100 50 42 28

10.4 9.9 6.2 3.1 2.6 1.7

2.8 2.7 1.7 0.9 0.7 0.5

26

1.6

0.4

26 18 427

1.6 1.1 26.6

0.4 * 7.3

White, male, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Aortic aneurysm and dissection . . . . . (I71) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

220,442 73,679 68,247 15,973 10,000 6,787 4,267 3,288

100.0 3,043.2 33.4 1,017.1 31.0 942.1 7.2 4.5 3.1 1.9 1.5

220.5 138.0 93.7 58.9 45.4

3,114

1.4

43.0

2,711 2,525 29,851

1.2 1.1 13.5

37.4 34.9 412.1

White, female, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

White, female, 1–4 years

White, male, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Parkinson’s disease . . . . . . . . .(G20–G21) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

307,450 102,139 76,066

100.0 6,965.1 33.2 2,313.9 24.7 1,723.2

... 1 2

22,944 21,413 8,566 8,293

7.5 7.0 2.8 2.7

519.8 485.1 194.1 187.9

5,758 5,564

1.9 1.8

130.4 126.0

5,119 4,123 47,465

1.7 116.0 1.3 93.4 15.4 1,075.3

3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

White, female, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,074

100.0

14.0

400 173

37.2 16.1

5.2 2.3

75 51 36

7.0 4.7 3.4

1.0 0.7 0.5

28 17 15

2.6 1.6 1.4

0.4 * *

14

1.3

*

9 256

0.8 23.8

* 3.3

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,191

100.0

15.9

436 173

36.6 14.5

5.8 2.3

78 62 49

6.5 5.2 4.1

1.0 0.8 0.7

42

3.5

0.6

16 15 15

1.3 1.3 1.3

* * *

12 293

1.0 24.6

* 3.9

3,133

100.0

41.3

1,785 233

57.0 7.4

23.6 3.1

222 180 123

7.1 5.7 3.9

2.9 2.4 1.6

61

1.9

0.8

White, female, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 ...

32 28

1.0 0.9

0.4 0.4

20 18 431

0.6 0.6 13.8

0.3 * 5.7

White, female, 20–24 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

3,016

100.0

43.1

1,252 310 262

41.5 10.3 8.7

17.9 4.4 3.7

246 148

8.2 4.9

3.5 2.1

67 45 31 31

2.2 1.5 1.0 1.0

1.0 0.6 0.4 0.4

31 593

1.0 19.7

0.4 8.5

8,851

100.0

58.4

2,219 1,586

25.1 17.9

14.6 10.5

779 672 481

8.8 7.6 5.4

5.1 4.4 3.2

246 189

2.8 2.1

1.6 1.2

184 183

2.1 2.1

1.2 1.2

110 2,202

1.2 24.9

0.7 14.5

22,693 7,126

100.0 31.4

123.3 38.7

3,212 2,533

14.2 11.2

17.5 13.8

1,325 790

5.8 3.5

7.2 4.3

770 555 526

3.4 2.4 2.3

4.2 3.0 2.9

502

2.2

2.7

337 5,017

1.5 22.1

1.8 27.3

White, female, 25–34 years ... 1

White, female, 10–14 years ... 1

... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, female, 35–44 years

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

White, female, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

Rate2

166,995 59,024 41,331

100.0 35.3 24.7

1,916.2 677.3 474.3

14,138 9,577 6,443

8.5 5.7 3.9

162.2 109.9 73.9

2,760 2,544

1.7 1.5

31.7 29.2

2,376 2,164

1.4 1.3

27.3 24.8

1,959 24,679

1.2 14.8

22.5 283.2

319,039 100,553 69,943 29,504

100.0 31.5 21.9 9.2

4,869.7 1,534.8 1,067.6 450.3

22,754 9,924 9,269 8,839

7.1 3.1 2.9 2.8

347.3 151.5 141.5 134.9

5,372

1.7

82.0

4,815 4,340 53,726

1.5 1.4 16.8

73.5 66.2 820.1

White, female, 65–74 years 43,103 18,650 6,549

100.0 43.3 15.2

281.8 121.9 42.8

2,449 1,660 1,300

5.7 3.9 3.0

16.0 10.9 8.5

1,261

2.9

8.2

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1,209

2.8

7.9

1,147 500 473 7,905

2.7 1.2 1.1 18.3

7.5 3.3 3.1 51.7

9 10

77,045 33,800 15,579

100.0 43.9 20.2

739.1 324.3 149.5

4,809 3,097 2,925

6.2 4.0 3.8

46.1 29.7 28.1

... 1 2 3 4

1,862

2.4

17.9

1,388 945 922

1.8 1.2 1.2

13.3 9.1 8.8

...

White, female, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, female, 75–84 years

825 10,893

1.1 14.1

7.9 104.5

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, female, 85 years and over

White, female, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

886,373 301,618 167,607 84,094

100.0 4,944.7 34.0 1,682.6 18.9 935.0 9.5 469.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

51,123 30,393 29,054 24,026

5.8 3.4 3.3 2.7

285.2 169.5 162.1 134.0

14,930

1.7

83.3

9

12,927 11,914 158,687

1.5 1.3 17.9

72.1 66.5 885.2

10 ...

7 8

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Atherosclerosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I70) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

400,339 159,734 45,013 38,640 19,010 18,175

100.0 15,053.8 39.9 6,006.4 11.2 1,692.6 9.7 1,453.0 4.7 714.8 4.5 683.4

14,231 7,659

3.6 1.9

535.1 288.0

6,798

1.7

255.6

5,736 5,732 79,611

1.4 1.4 19.9

215.7 215.5 2,993.6

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Black, both sexes, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Black, both sexes, 10–14 years 285,064 78,574 61,951 18,884

100.0 27.6 21.7 6.6

817.7 225.4 177.7 54.2

12,728 11,927

4.5 4.2

36.5 34.2

... 1 2 3 4 5

7,915 7,893 7,648

2.8 2.8 2.7

22.7 22.6 21.9

6,711 5,876 64,957

2.4 2.1 22.8

19.3 16.9 186.3

1,311

100.0

58.9

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

909

100.0

29.4

311 98 80

34.2 10.8 8.8

10.1 3.2 2.6

56

6.2

1.8

48 45

5.3 5.0

1.6 1.5

29 16

3.2 1.8

0.9 *

15 12 199

1.7 1.3 21.9

* * 6.4

2,849 1,131

100.0 39.7

93.6 37.2

774

27.2

25.4

179 139 130

6.3 4.9 4.6

5.9 4.6 4.3

43

1.5

1.4

36 23

1.3 0.8

1.2 0.8

21 18

0.7 0.6

0.7 *

18 337

0.6 11.8

* 11.1

4,217 1,650

100.0 39.1

156.4 61.2

945

22.4

35.0

291 210 179

6.9 5.0 4.2

10.8 7.8 6.6

112 61

2.7 1.4

4.2 2.3

42

1.0

1.6

40 35 652

0.9 0.8 15.5

1.5 1.3 24.2

Black, both sexes, 1–4 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

441 152

33.6 11.6

19.8 6.8

138 50 49 43

10.5 3.8 3.7 3.3

6.2 2.2 2.2 1.9

29 21

2.2 1.6

1.3 0.9

7

18 17

1.4 1.3

* *

8 9

17 336

1.3 25.6

* 15.1

10 10

Black, both sexes, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Black, both sexes, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6

... 880

100.0

28.0

396 85 67

45.0 9.7 7.6

12.6 2.7 2.1

... 1 2

50 32

5.7 3.6

1.6 1.0

3 4 5 6

26

3.0

0.8

20 17

2.3 1.9

0.6 *

12 8 167

1.4 0.9 19.0

* * 5.3

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Black, both sexes, 20–24 years

7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Black, both sexes, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Black, both sexes, 55–64 years 10,115 2,157

100.0 21.3

191.3 40.8

1,765

17.4

33.4

1,497 914 671

14.8 9.0 6.6

28.3 17.3 12.7

503 162 150

5.0 1.6 1.5

9.5 3.1 2.8

144 140 2,012

1.4 1.4 19.9

2.7 2.6 38.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

39,476 12,433 11,475 2,295 2,151

100.0 1,683.3 31.5 530.2 29.1 489.3 5.8 97.9 5.4 91.7

1,091

2.8

46.5

1,066

2.7

45.5

887 722

2.2 1.8

37.8 30.8

699

1.8

29.8

625 6,032

1.6 15.3

26.7 257.2

Black, both sexes, 35–44 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

21,041 3,546

100.0 16.9

372.3 62.7

3,206 3,080

15.2 14.6

56.7 54.5

2,285 1,325 816 507

10.9 6.3 3.9 2.4

40.4 23.4 14.4 9.0

Black, both sexes, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6

457

2.2

8.1

7 8 9

435 312 5,072

2.1 1.5 24.1

7.7 5.5 89.7

10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

163,608 54,488 37,375 13,845 7,818

100.0 5,679.7 33.3 1,891.6 22.8 1,297.5 8.5 480.6 4.8 271.4

5,672

3.5

196.9

4,697 4,306 4,041

2.9 2.6 2.5

163.1 149.5 140.3

2,624

1.6

91.1

2,538 26,204

1.6 16.0

88.1 909.7

Black, both sexes, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

31,759 7,830 7,525

100.0 24.7 23.7

808.4 199.3 191.5

2,103

6.6

53.5

1,939 1,683 1,231

6.1 5.3 3.9

49.4 42.8 31.3

922

2.9

23.5

617 569

1.9 1.8

15.7 14.5

561 6,779

1.8 21.3

14.3 172.6

Black, both sexes, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

56,122 17,240 16,764 3,813 3,137

100.0 3,343.6 30.7 1,027.1 29.9 998.8 6.8 227.2 5.6 186.9

2,112

3.8

125.8

1,569 1,223

2.8 2.2

93.5 72.9

951 889

1.7 1.6

56.7 53.0

767 7,657

1.4 13.6

45.7 456.2

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

Rate2

Rank1

Black, both sexes, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

61,201 20,038 14,312 5,351 3,022

100.0 32.7 23.4 8.7 4.9

6,883.6 2,253.8 1,609.8 601.9 339.9

2,380

3.9

267.7

1,769 1,525 1,426

2.9 2.5 2.3

199.0 171.5 160.4

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1,012 936 9,430

1.7 1.5 15.4

113.8 105.3 1,060.6

9 9 9 ...

46,285 17,210 6,299 4,681 1,991 1,659 1,359 1,293 1,180 1,168

100.0 14,787.7 37.2 5,498.5 13.6 2,012.5 10.1 1,495.5 4.3 636.1 3.6 530.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.5

434.2 413.1 377.0 373.2

2 3 4 5 6

845 8,600

1.8 18.6

270.0 2,747.6

145,703 37,576 32,850

100.0 25.8 22.5

880.0 226.9 198.4

10 ...

8,773 7,894 6,214

6.0 5.4 4.3

53.0 47.7 37.5

... 1

5,493 4,759

3.8 3.3

33.2 28.7

4,500

3.1

27.2

8 9

2,907 31,729

2.1 2.0 21.8

2 2 4

18.2 17.6 191.6

746

100.0

66.0

266

35.7

23.5

79 75 27 26 25

10.6 10.1 3.6 3.5 3.4

7.0 6.6 2.4 2.3 2.2

19

2.5

*

13 11

1.7 1.5

* *

11 11 183

1.5 1.5 24.5

* * 16.2

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

519

100.0

32.5

258 41 36

49.7 7.9 6.9

16.2 2.6 2.3

25 18

4.8 3.5

1.6 *

14

2.7

*

14 7

2.7 1.3

* *

6 5 95

1.2 1.0 18.3

* * 5.9

577

100.0

36.8

214 55 55

37.1 9.5 9.5

13.6 3.5 3.5

34

5.9

2.2

29 27

5.0 4.7

1.8 1.7

22

3.8

1.4

9 9 6 6 111

1.6 1.6 1.0 1.0 19.2

* * * * 7.1

Black, male, 10–14 years

5 3,008

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Black, male, 5–9 years

... 1

6

Black, male, all ages3 ... 1 2 3

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Black, male, 1–4 years

Black, both sexes, 85 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

6 7 8

See footnotes at end of table. 8 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Black, male, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,157 978

100.0 45.3

139.3 63.2

... 1

574

26.6

37.1

2 3

155 91 87

7.2 4.2 4.0

10.0 5.9 5.6

27

1.3

1.7

23 13 10

1.1 0.6 0.5

1.5 * *

8

0.4

*

8 183

0.4 8.5

* 11.8

3,191 1,475

100.0 46.2

239.3 110.6

727

22.8

54.5

259 124 97

8.1 3.9 3.0

19.4 9.3 7.3

46 37

1.4 1.2

3.4 2.8

10

29

0.9

2.2

...

24 22 351

0.8 0.7 11.0

1.8 1.6 26.3

6,723 1,800

100.0 26.8

268.4 71.8

... 1 2 3 4 5

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,335

19.9

53.3

6

935 546

13.9 8.1

37.3 21.8

7

See footnotes at end of table.

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

12,567

100.0

473.6

2,194 2,193

17.5 17.5

82.7 82.6

1,660 1,267 996 393

13.2 10.1 7.9 3.1

62.6 47.7 37.5 14.8

356

2.8

13.4

296 277 178 2,757

2.4 2.2 1.4 21.9

11.2 10.4 6.7 103.9

Black, male, 45–54 years

Black, male, 25–34 years ... 1 2

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Black, male, 35–44 years

Black, male, 20–24 years ... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

6.5 4.4 1.3 1.1 1.1

17.4 11.9 3.4 2.9 2.9

69 1,074

1.0 16.0

2.8 42.9

19,298 4,774 4,144

100.0 1,081.9 24.7 267.6 21.5 232.3

1,592

8.2

89.3

1,471 910

7.6 4.7

82.5 51.0

663 650 439

3.4 3.4 2.3

37.2 36.4 24.6

354

1.8

19.8

286 4,015

1.5 20.8

16.0 225.1

Black, male, 55–64 years

8 436 297 86 73 72

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

22,769 7,004 6,993 1,251 995

100.0 2,244.0 30.8 690.3 30.7 689.2 5.5 123.3 4.4 98.1

755

3.3

74.4

629

2.8

62.0

483

2.1

47.6

460

2.0

45.3

429 394 3,376

1.9 1.7 14.8

42.3 38.8 332.7

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Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Black, male, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

Rate2

Black, male, 85 years and over 72,201 22,688 19,839 5,220 3,267 2,724

100.0 6,373.4 31.4 2,002.7 27.5 1,751.3 7.2 460.8 4.5 3.8

288.4 240.5

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

1,962 1,904 1,657

2.7 2.6 2.3

173.2 168.1 146.3

1,358

1.9

119.9

962 10,620

1.3 14.7

84.9 937.5

Black, male, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

29,594 9,314 9,155 1,868 1,268

100.0 4,182.8 31.5 1,316.4 30.9 1,294.0 6.3 264.0 4.3 179.2

7 8 9 10 ...

... 1 2 3 4 5

4.2

177.4

6

700 614

2.4 2.1

98.9 86.8

7

2.0 1.8

84.8 73.9

349 3,948

1.2 13.3

49.3 558.0

14,768 5,000 2,851 1,236 686

100.0 16,047.8 33.9 5,433.3 19.3 3,098.1 8.4 1,343.1 4.6 745.4

599

4.1

650.9

449 432 387 271

3.0 2.9 2.6 1.8

487.9 469.4 420.5 294.5

270 2,587

1.8 17.5

293.4 2,811.2

139,361 40,998 29,101 10,990 7,168

100.0 29.4 20.9 7.9 5.1

761.3 224.0 159.0 60.0 39.2

3,955

2.8

21.6

3,703

2.7

20.2

3,415 3,203 3,051

2.5 2.3 2.2

18.7 17.5 16.7

2,400 31,377

1.7 22.5

13.1 171.4

565

100.0

51.5

175 77

31.0 13.6

15.9 7.0

59 23 23 18 10

10.4 4.1 4.1 3.2 1.8

5.4 2.1 2.1 * *

10

1.8

*

8 6

1.4 1.1

* *

6 6 144

1.1 1.1 25.5

* * 13.1

Black, female, all ages3

1,255

600 523

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Black, female, 1–4 years

Black, male, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

27,839 8,533 7,674 2,116

100.0 8,352.6 30.7 2,560.2 27.6 2,302.5 7.6 634.9

1,413 1,024

5.1 3.7

423.9 307.2

813 695 656

2.9 2.5 2.4

243.9 208.5 196.8

... 1 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 9

488 386 4,041

1.8

146.4

1.4 115.8 14.5 1,212.4

10 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Complications of medical and surgical care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Y40–Y84,Y88) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Black, female, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

361

100.0

23.3

138 44 31

38.2 12.2 8.6

8.9 2.8 2.0

25 14

6.9 3.9

1.6 *

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

12 10

3.3 2.8

* *

7 8 9 10 ...

6

1.7

*

6 3 3 69

1.7 0.8 0.8 19.1

* * * 4.5

332

100.0

21.9

2

97 43

29.2 13.0

6.4 2.8

27 25 18

8.1 7.5 5.4

1.8 1.6 *

3 4 5 6 7 8

14 7

4.2 2.1

* *

7

2.1

*

6 6 82

1.8 1.8 24.7

* * 5.4

Black, female, 15–19 years ... 1

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Black, female, 20–24 years

Black, female, 10–14 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

692

100.0

46.3

200 153 52 39

28.9 22.1 7.5 5.6

13.4 10.2 3.5 2.6

24

3.5

1.6

18

2.6

*

2.3

9 10 10 ...

1.9

4 5 6 7 8

* * ...

13 11 153

1.9 1.6 22.1

* * 10.2

100.0

75.3

218 175 86 82

21.2 17.1 8.4 8.0

16.0 12.8 6.3 6.0

66

6.4

4.8

32

3.1

2.3

29 24 18 17 279

2.8 2.3 1.8 1.7 27.2

2.1 1.8 * * 20.5

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3,392

100.0

122.0

562

16.6

20.2

430 374 368 357 78 76

12.7 11.0 10.8 10.5 2.3 2.2

15.5 13.4 13.2 12.8 2.8 2.7

75

2.2

2.7

71 67

2.1 2.0

2.6 2.4

67 867

2.0 25.6

2.4 31.2

8,474 1,813 1,353

100.0 21.4 16.0

282.6 60.5 45.1

1,012

11.9

33.7

625 423 329 230

7.4 5.0 3.9 2.7

20.8 14.1 11.0 7.7

161

1.9

5.4

138

1.6

4.6

137 2,253

1.6 26.6

4.6 75.1

Black, female, 35–44 years ... 1 2 3

10 13

1,026

Black, female, 25–34 years ... 1

9 16

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Black, female, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

Rate2

26,528 8,085 7,450 1,945 1,869

100.0 30.5 28.1 7.3 7.0

2,732.1 832.7 767.3 200.3 192.5

869

3.3

89.5

857 609

3.2 2.3

88.3 62.7

418 366

1.6 1.4

43.0 37.7

351 3,709

1.3 14.0

36.1 382.0

33,362 11,505 6,638 3,235 1,998

100.0 34.5 19.9 9.7 6.0

6,002.7 2,070.1 1,194.4 582.1 359.5

967

2.9

174.0

956 869 731

2.9 2.6 2.2

172.0 156.4 131.5

626 598 5,239

1.9 1.8 15.7

112.6 107.6 942.6

Black, female, 65–74 years 12,461 3,686 2,751 773 581

100.0 29.6 22.1 6.2 4.7

581.0 171.9 128.3 36.0 27.1

511

4.1

23.8

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

468

3.8

21.8

275

2.2

12.8

263

2.1

12.3

259 242 2,652

2.1 1.9 21.3

12.1 11.3 123.6

7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Black, female, 75–84 years

Black, female, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

16,707 5,440 4,471 1,156 1,044

100.0 1,255.7 32.6 408.9 26.8 336.1 6.9 86.9 6.2 78.5

462

2.8

34.7

6

458 328

2.7 2.0

34.4 24.7

7 8 9

311

1.9

23.4

252

1.5

18.9

239 2,546

1.4 15.2

18.0 191.4

Black, female, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 3 4 5

91,407 31,800 17,536 8,625 5,094

100.0 5,230.1 34.8 1,819.5 19.2 1,003.4 9.4 493.5 5.6 291.5

10 ...

Black, female, 85 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6

2,735

3.0

156.5

7 8 9

2,405 2,402 2,384

2.6 2.6 2.6

137.6 137.4 136.4

10 ...

1,662 1,632 15,132

1.8 1.8 16.6

95.1 93.4 865.8

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

31,517 12,210 3,448 3,445 1,305 1,227

100.0 14,262.9 38.7 5,525.6 10.9 1,560.4 10.9 1,559.0 4.1 590.6 3.9 555.3

910 906 897

2.9 2.9 2.8

411.8 410.0 405.9

618

2.0

279.7

581 5,970

1.8 18.9

262.9 2,701.7

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

American Indian, both sexes, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 3 5 6 7 8 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . (J20–J21) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

11,312 2,404 1,836

100.0 21.3 16.2

471.8 100.3 76.6

1,327 725 546

11.7 6.4 4.8

55.4 30.2 22.8

513

4.5

21.4

406 315

3.6 2.8

16.9 13.1

291 253 2,696

2.6 2.2 23.8

12.1 10.6 112.5

2 3 4 4 4 7 7 7 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Meningococcal infection . . . . . . . . . (A39) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . (J20–J21) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Aortic aneurysm and dissection . . . . . (I71) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

57

100.0

22.9

26 4 4 3

45.6 7.0 7.0 5.3

10.5 * * *

3 2

5.3 3.5

* *

2 1 1 1 10

3.5 1.8 1.8 1.8 17.5

* * * * *

245

100.0

104.4

130

53.1

55.4

52 27 4

21.2 11.0 1.6

22.2 11.5 *

3 2

1.2 0.8

* *

1 1 1 1

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

* * * *

1 1 21

0.4 0.4 8.6

* * 8.9

295

100.0

151.8

159

53.9

81.8

43 33 9 7 4 4

14.6 11.2 3.1 2.4 1.4 1.4

22.1 17.0 * * * *

4 2 2

1.4 0.7 0.7

* * *

2 26

0.7 8.8

* 13.4

American Indian, both sexes, 15–19 years 82

100.0

51.4

37 6 5

45.1 7.3 6.1

23.2 * *

5 4 3 2 1 19

6.1 4.9 3.7 2.4 1.2 23.2

* * * * * *

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

48

100.0

21.9

7 7 7 7

25 5

52.1 10.4

11.4 *

7 ...

3 2 2

6.3 4.2 4.2

* * *

2 1 1 1 6

4.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 12.5

* * * * *

American Indian, both sexes, 5–9 years ... 1

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

American Indian, both sexes, 10–14 years

American Indian, both sexes, 1–4 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diseases of appendix. . . . . . . . (K35–K38) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) American Indian, both sexes, 20–24 years

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Meningitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

American Indian, both sexes, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

645

100.0

172.4

250

38.8

66.8

91 73 30 26

14.1 11.3 4.7 4.0

24.3 19.5 8.0 7.0

21

3.3

5.6

17 11 8

2.6 1.7 1.2

* * *

7 111

1.1 17.2

* 29.7

4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,674 406 385 165

100.0 1,130.2 24.3 274.1 23.0 259.9 9.9 111.4

123

7.3

83.0

105 63

6.3 3.8

70.9 42.5

63

3.8

42.5

36 30 29 269

2.2 1.8 1.7 16.1

24.3 20.3 19.6 181.6

American Indian, both sexes, 65 years and over 1,027

100.0

286.3

252

24.5

70.2

135 106 85

13.1 10.3 8.3

37.6 29.5 23.7

49 44

4.8 4.3

13.7 12.3

34 30 29 20 243

3.3 2.9 2.8 1.9 23.7

9.5 8.4 8.1 5.6 67.7

American Indian, both sexes, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

American Indian, both sexes, 55–64 years

American Indian, both sexes, 35–44 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

1,328 231 217

100.0 17.4 16.3

518.7 90.2 84.8

163

12.3

63.7

158 84 40 33

11.9 6.3 3.0 2.5

61.7 32.8 15.6 12.9

31 26 26 319

2.3 2.0 2.0 24.0

12.1 10.2 10.2 124.6

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

5,567 1,629 1,078 437 398

100.0 3,448.6 29.3 1,009.1 19.4 667.8 7.8 270.7 7.1 246.6

311 215

5.6 3.9

192.7 133.2

167

3.0

103.5

129 88 83 1,032

2.3 1.6 1.5 18.5

79.9 54.5 51.4 639.3

American Indian, both sexes, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,164 584 535 219

100.0 2,390.9 27.0 645.2 24.7 591.1 10.1 242.0

123 105

5.7 4.9

135.9 116.0

82

3.8

90.6

58

2.7

64.1

55 37 33 333

2.5 1.7 1.5 15.4

60.8 40.9 36.5 367.9

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

American Indian, both sexes, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,064 616 405 166 146

100.0 4,084.4 29.8 1,219.0 19.6 801.4 8.0 328.5 7.1 288.9

139 72

6.7 3.5

275.1 142.5

59

2.9

116.8

42 32 29 358

2.0 1.6 1.4 17.3

83.1 63.3 57.4 708.4

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,339 429 138 127 106 72

100.0 6,569.8 32.0 2,104.9 10.3 677.1 9.5 623.1 7.9 520.1 5.4 353.3

49 41

3.7 3.1

240.4 201.2

32

2.4

157.0

26 23 296

1.9 127.6 1.7 112.9 22.1 1,452.3

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

2 3 3 5 5 7 ...

6,092 1,302 949

100.0 21.4 15.6

513.3 109.7 80.0

890 323

14.6 5.3

75.0 27.2

299 236

4.9 3.9

25.2 19.9

233

3.8

19.6

197 179 147 1,337

3.2 2.9 2.4 21.9

16.6 15.1 12.4 112.7

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis (J20–J21) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

48

100.0

59.4

24 4 3

50.0 8.3 6.3

29.7 * *

3 2 2 1 9

6.3 4.2 4.2 2.1 18.8

* * * * *

21

100.0

18.9

12

57.1

*

2 1 1 1

9.5 4.8 4.8 4.8

* * * *

1 1 2

4.8 4.8 9.5

* * *

34

100.0

26.9

16 4 3

47.1 11.8 8.8

* * *

2

5.9

*

2 1 1 1 4

5.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 11.8

* * * * *

American Indian, male, 5–9 years ... 1

3 3 3 3 3 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Meningococcal infection . . . . . . . . . (A39) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) American Indian, male, 10–14 years

... 1 2 3 4 4

American Indian, male, all ages

4 5

... 1

2

3

... 1 2 3

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

American Indian, male, 1–4 years

American Indian, both sexes, 85 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

6 6 6 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Aortic aneurysm and dissection . . . . (I71) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

American Indian, male, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diseases of appendix . . . . . . . (K35–K38) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

179

100.0

151.8

95

53.1

80.6

2 3 4 4 6 7 8 8 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2

43 22 1

24.0 12.3 0.6

36.5 18.7 *

1 1 1 1 1

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

* * * * *

1 1 11

0.6 0.6 6.1

* * *

217

100.0

221.7

119

54.8

121.6

36 23 6 5 3 2 2 2

16.6 10.6 2.8 2.3 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.9

36.8 23.5 * * * * * *

2 17

0.9 7.8

* *

American Indian, male, 25–34 years ... 1

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

American Indian, male, 35–44 years

American Indian, male, 20–24 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

418

100.0

218.5

163

39.0

85.2

72 50 14 14

17.2 12.0 3.3 3.3

37.6 26.1 * *

13

3.1

*

10 5 5 4

2.4 1.2 1.2 1.0

* * * *

4 64

1.0 15.3

* 33.5

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

645

100.0

362.1

167

25.9

93.8

84 75

13.0 11.6

47.2 42.1

38 35 30

5.9 5.4 4.7

21.3 19.6 16.8

27 20 15 12 142

4.2 3.1 2.3 1.9 22.0

15.2 11.2 * * 79.7

845 163

100.0 19.3

683.1 131.8

121 113

14.3 13.4

97.8 91.4

99 53

11.7 6.3

80.0 42.8

24 24 21 17 15 195

2.8 2.8 2.5 2.0 1.8 23.1

19.4 19.4 17.0 * * 157.6

American Indian, male, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) American Indian, male, 55–64 years

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

920 241 205 78

100.0 1,321.8 26.2 346.3 22.3 294.5 8.5 112.1

75

8.2

107.8

70

7.6

100.6

28 26

3.0 2.8

40.2 37.4

17 13 13 154

1.8 1.4 1.4 16.7

* * * 221.3

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

American Indian, male, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,584 797 569 167 165

100.0 3,776.0 30.8 1,164.7 22.0 831.5 6.5 244.0 6.4 241.1

153 91

5.9 3.5

223.6 133.0

90

3.5

131.5

5 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Parkinson’s disease . . . . . . . .(G20–G21) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7

43 39

1.7 1.5

62.8 57.0

9

36 434

1.4 16.8

52.6 634.2

10 10 ...

1,148 353 292 82 68 59

100.0 2,816.8 30.7 866.1 25.4 716.5 7.1 201.2 5.9 5.1

166.8 144.8

51

4.4

125.1

28

2.4

68.7

23 18 16 158

2.0 1.6 1.4 13.8

56.4 * * 387.7

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

8 9 10 ...

987 303 208 75

100.0 4,653.0 30.7 1,428.4 21.1 980.6 7.6 353.6

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

449 141 69 36 33

100.0 6,946.2 31.4 2,181.3 15.4 1,067.5 8.0 556.9 7.3 510.5

22 21

4.9 4.7

340.3 324.9

10

2.2

*

10

2.2

*

8 7

1.8 1.6

* *

7 85

1.6 * 18.9 1,315.0

American Indian, female, all ages3

7

American Indian, male, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

American Indian, male, 85 years and over

American Indian, male, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

5,220 1,102 887

100.0 21.1 17.0

431.2 91.0 73.3

437 402 310

8.4 7.7 5.9

36.1 33.2 25.6

214

4.1

17.7

209 168

4.0 3.2

17.3 13.9

115 88 1,288

2.2 1.7 24.7

9.5 7.3 106.4

34

100.0

43.1

13 3 3

38.2 8.8 8.8

* * *

2 2 1 10

5.9 5.9 2.9 29.4

* * * *

American Indian, female, 1–4 years ... 1

63 62 39

6.4 6.3 4.0

297.0 292.3 183.9

2 2 4

29 14 14

2.9 1.4 1.4

136.7 * *

4 6 ...

12 168

1.2 17.0

* 792.0

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

American Indian, female, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis (J20–J21) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 3 3 3 3 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

27

100.0

25.0

13 4 2 1 1

48.1 14.8 7.4 3.7 3.7

* * * * *

1

3.7

*

1 4

3.7 14.8

* *

5 9 9

23

100.0

18.8

10 2 1 1 1

43.5 8.7 4.3 4.3 4.3

* * * * *

1 1 6

4.3 4.3 26.1

* * *

66

100.0

56.5

35

53.0

30.0

9 5 3

13.6 7.6 4.5

* * *

2 1

3.0 1.5

* *

1 10

1.5 15.2

* *

... 1 2 3 4 5 5 5

9 ...

2 3 4 5 6 6 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

78

100.0

80.9

40 10

51.3 12.8

41.5 *

7 3 2 2

9.0 3.8 2.6 2.6

* * * *

2

2.6

*

2 1

2.6 1.3

* *

1

1.3

*

1 7

1.3 9.0

* *

227

100.0

124.2

87 23

38.3 10.1

47.6 12.6

19 16 12

8.4 7.0 5.3

* * *

11 7

4.8 3.1

* *

4

1.8

*

4 3 3 38

1.8 1.3 1.3 16.7

* * * 20.8

382

100.0

211.5

85

22.3

47.1

51 50 31 15 14

13.4 13.1 8.1 3.9 3.7

28.2 27.7 17.2 * *

11 9 8

2.9 2.4 2.1

* * *

7 101

1.8 26.4

* 55.9

American Indian, female, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3

American Indian, female, 15–19 years ... 1

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

American Indian, female, 20–24 years

American Indian, female, 10–14 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

4 5 6 7 8 8 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) American Indian, female, 35–44 years

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

American Indian, female, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

American Indian, female, 65–74 years 483 104 68

100.0 21.5 14.1

365.0 78.6 51.4

59

12.2

44.6

42 31 19 11 9

8.7 6.4 3.9 2.3 1.9

31.7 23.4 * * *

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 9 9 113

1.9 1.9 1.9 23.4

* * * 85.4

9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,016 243 231 137

100.0 2,042.0 23.9 488.4 22.7 464.3 13.5 275.3

55 46

5.4 4.5

110.5 92.5

32

3.1

64.3

31

3.1

62.3

30 21 15 175

3.0 2.1 1.5 17.2

60.3 42.2 * 351.7

American Indian, female, 75–84 years American Indian, female, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

754 201 144 87

100.0 26.7 19.1 11.5

960.4 256.0 183.4 110.8

53 37

7.0 4.9

67.5 47.1

35

4.6

44.6

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

6 7 7

30 19 17 16 115

4.0 2.5 2.3 2.1 15.3

38.2 * * * 146.5

American Indian, female, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5

... 1 2 3 4 5

2,983 832 509 272 231

100.0 3,207.7 27.9 894.7 17.1 547.3 9.1 292.5 7.7 248.4

158 124

5.3 4.2

169.9 133.3

86

2.9

92.5

77 61 49 584

2.6 2.0 1.6 19.6

82.8 65.6 52.7 628.0

9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,077 313 197 91 84

100.0 3,673.0 29.1 1,067.5 18.3 671.9 8.4 310.3 7.8 286.5

76 33

7.1 3.1

259.2 112.5

30

2.8

102.3

30 18 18 187

2.8 1.7 1.7 17.4

102.3 * * 637.7

American Indian, female, 85 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

890 288 94 70 69 51 35

100.0 6,395.1 32.4 2,069.4 10.6 675.4 7.9 503.0 7.8 495.8 5.7 366.5 3.9 251.5

27

3.0

194.0

24 16

2.7 1.8

172.5 *

16 200

1.8 * 22.5 1,437.1

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, all ages3 All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

33,675 9,096 8,813 3,109

100.0 27.0 26.2 9.2

311.2 84.1 81.4 28.7

1,560 1,148

4.6 3.4

14.4 10.6

1,125 845

3.3 2.5

10.4 7.8

658

2.0

6.1

579 398 6,344

1.7 1.2 18.8

5.4 3.7 58.6

Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 1–4 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (J20–J21) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Rank1

... 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 7 9 9 9 9 9

166

100.0

23.0

46

27.7

6.4

21 12 10 9 9

12.7 7.2 6.0 5.4 5.4

2.9 * * * *

7

4.2

*

5 4

3.0 2.4

...

2 3 4 5 6 7 7 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 10–14 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A16–A19) Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J69) Diseases of appendix . . . . . . . (K35–K38) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

112

100.0

13.6

36 18

32.1 16.1

4.4 *

7 7

6.3 6.3

* *

5 3 2 2 1

4.5 2.7 1.8 1.8 0.9

* * * * *

1 1

0.9 0.9

* *

1

0.9

*

1 27

0.9 24.1

* 3.3

329

100.0

40.0

137 51

41.6 15.5

16.7 6.2

40 34 10

12.2 10.3 3.0

4.9 4.1 *

6 4 3

1.8 1.2 0.9

* * *

3 1 1

0.9 0.3 0.3

* * *

1 1 37

0.3 0.3 11.2

* * 4.5

Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3

* *

4 5 6 7 8 8

2 2

1.2 1.2

* *

2 37

1.2 22.3

* 5.1

10 10 10

96

100.0

11.0

10 ...

27 25

28.1 26.0

3.1 2.9

10 8 3

10.4 8.3 3.1

* * *

2 1 1 19

2.1 1.0 1.0 19.8

* * * *

Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 5–9 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Meningococcal infection . . . . . . . . . (A39) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 ...

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 20–24 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A16–A19) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 25–34 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

369

100.0

48.1

147

39.8

19.2

77 42 32 10

20.9 11.4 8.7 2.7

10.0 5.5 4.2 *

6 4 3 2

1.6 1.1 0.8 0.5

* * * *

Rank1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

2 2 2

0.5 0.5 0.5

* * *

2

0.5

*

2 36

0.5 9.8

* 4.7

... 1 2 3 4

906

100.0

49.1

5

214

23.6

11.6

6 7

166 161 75 74 17

18.3 17.8 8.3 8.2 1.9

9.0 8.7 4.1 4.0 *

8 9 10 ...

16

1.8

*

13

1.4

*

11

1.2

*

9 150

1.0 16.6

* 8.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 35–44 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 45–54 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 55–64 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1,581 507 230

100.0 32.1 14.5

85.2 27.3 12.4

194

12.3

10.5

122 82 71

7.7 5.2 4.5

6.6 4.4 3.8

41

2.6

2.2

34 22 22 256

2.2 1.4 1.4 16.2

1.8 1.2 1.2 13.8

2,876 1,145 545 231

100.0 39.8 18.9 8.0

210.2 83.7 39.8 16.9

169

5.9

12.4

100 65

3.5 2.3

7.3 4.8

58 50 49

2.0 1.7 1.7

4.2 3.7 3.6

32 432

1.1 15.0

2.3 31.6

4,247 1,660 1,033 354 172

100.0 39.1 24.3 8.3 4.0

557.2 217.8 135.5 46.4 22.6

152

3.6

19.9

87

2.0

11.4

73 70

1.7 1.6

9.6 9.2

68

1.6

8.9

55 523

1.3 12.3

7.2 68.6

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Rank1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 65 years and over All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 65–74 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 75–84 years All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

22,281 7,164 5,215 2,414

100.0 2,783.4 32.2 894.9 23.4 651.5 10.8 301.6

978 884 739

4.4 4.0 3.3

122.2 110.4 92.3

461

2.1

57.6

419 295

1.9 1.3

52.3 36.9

Rank1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

295 3,417

1.3 15.3

36.9 426.9

...

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes, 85 years and over All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

6,568 2,507 835 824 347

100.0 38.2 12.7 12.5 5.3

9,596.9 3,663.1 1,220.1 1,204.0 507.0

262 190

4.0 2.9

382.8 277.6

149 125

2.3 1.9

217.7 182.6

114

1.7

166.6

105 1,110

1.6 153.4 16.9 1,621.9

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, all ages3 6,877 2,336 1,851 597 322

100.0 1,401.7 34.0 476.1 26.9 377.3 8.7 121.7 4.7 65.6

... 1 2 3 4

298

4.3

60.7

5

148

2.2

30.2

130 103 83

1.9 1.5 1.2

26.5 21.0 16.9

6 7

73

1.1

14.9

73 863

1.1 12.5

14.9 175.9

8,836 2,806 2,044 993

100.0 3,659.7 31.8 1,162.2 23.1 846.6 11.2 411.3

8 9 10 ...

4.7 4.2 3.3

173.1 154.1 119.7

182

2.1

75.4

157 118

1.8 1.3

65.0 48.9

117 1,340

1.3 15.2

48.5 555.0

18,330 5,154 4,637 1,488

100.0 28.1 25.3 8.1

352.7 99.2 89.2 28.6

974

5.3

18.7

718 523

3.9 2.9

13.8 10.1

467 465

2.5 2.5

9.0 8.9

297 230 3,377

1.6 1.3 18.4

5.7 4.4 65.0

97

100.0

26.6

26

26.8

7.1

10

10.3

*

7 7 6 5 5

7.2 7.2 6.2 5.2 5.2

* * * * *

3 2

3.1 2.1

* *

2 24

2.1 24.7

* 6.6

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 1–4 years ... 1 2 3

418 372 289

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3 5 6 6 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (J20–J21) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 5 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A16–A19) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diseases of appendix . . . . . . . (K35–K38) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

48

100.0

10.6

16 13

33.3 27.1

* *

6 3 1

12.5 6.3 2.1

* * *

1 8

2.1 16.7

* *

2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 7

65

100.0

15.4

24 7

36.9 10.8

5.7 *

6 4

9.2 6.2

* *

... 1

3 2 1 1 1 1

4.6 3.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

* * * * * *

2

1 14

1.5 21.5

* *

6 8

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 15–19 years ... 1

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 20–24 years

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 10–14 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

...

100.0

53.4

93 44

41.9 19.8

22.4 10.6

27 25 7

12.2 11.3 3.2

6.5 6.0 *

2 1 1 1

0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5

* * * *

1 20

0.5 9.0

* 4.8

245

100.0

64.5

105

42.9

27.6

55 27 23 7 3 2 2

22.4 11.0 9.4 2.9 1.2 0.8 0.8

14.5 7.1 6.1 * * * *

2

0.8

*

2 17

0.8 6.9

* *

586

100.0

68.4

157

26.8

18.3

119 87 52 51

20.3 14.8 8.9 8.7

13.9 10.2 6.1 6.0

10 10

1.7 1.7

* *

8

1.4

*

6

1.0

*

5 81

0.9 13.8

* 9.5

992 235 187

100.0 23.7 18.9

112.4 26.6 21.2

133

13.4

15.1

90 44 41

9.1 4.4 4.1

10.2 5.0 4.6

36

3.6

4.1

28 17 13 168

2.8 1.7 1.3 16.9

3.2 * * 19.0

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 25–34 years

3 4 5 6

9 222

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 35–44 years

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

See footnotes at end of table. 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,608 538 408 116

100.0 33.5 25.4 7.2

252.2 84.4 64.0 18.2

91

5.7

14.3

70

4.4

11.0

46 37 33 29

2.9 2.3 2.1 1.8

7.2 5.8 5.2 4.5

21 219

1.3 13.6

3.3 34.4

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Rate2

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3,736 1,259 1,081 293

100.0 33.7 28.9 7.8

1,808.0 609.3 523.1 141.8

181 142

4.8 3.8

87.6 68.7

74

2.0

35.8

70 66 40

1.9 1.8 1.1

33.9 31.9 19.4

36 494

1.0 13.2

17.4 239.1

4,694 1,495 1,112 484

100.0 31.8 23.7 10.3

4,581.6 1,459.2 1,085.4 472.4

285 160 158

6.1 3.4 3.4

278.2 156.2 154.2

97

2.1

94.7

87 61 59 696

1.9 1.3 1.3 14.8

84.9 59.5 57.6 679.3

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 75–84 years 2,498 867 722 185 99

100.0 34.7 28.9 7.4 4.0

701.6 243.5 202.8 52.0 27.8

... 1 2 3 4

85

3.4

23.9

54

2.2

15.2

5 6 7

52

2.1

14.6

8

41

1.6

11.5

41 39 313

1.6 1.6 12.5

11.5 11.0 87.9

9 10 ...

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4

Percent of total Number2 deaths2

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 65–74 years

Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3 4 5

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

11,592 3,755 2,833 1,125

100.0 3,440.1 32.4 1,114.3 24.4 840.7 9.7 333.9

628 403 376

5.4 3.5 3.2

186.4 119.6 111.6

234

2.0

69.4

231 147

2.0 1.3

68.6 43.6

124 1,736

1.1 15.0

36.8 515.2

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Aortic aneurysm and dissection . . . . (I71) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Asian or Pacific Islander, male, 85 years and over

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3,162 1,179 462 348 179

100.0 11,343.5 37.3 4,229.6 14.6 1,657.4 11.0 1,248.4 5.7 642.2

162

5.1

581.2

77 74

2.4 2.3

276.2 265.5

60 48 46 527

1.9 1.5 1.5 16.7

215.2 172.2 165.0 1,890.6

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

15,345 4,176 3,942 1,621 625

100.0 27.2 25.7 10.6 4.1

272.8 74.3 70.1 28.8 11.1

586

3.8

10.4

407 380

2.7 2.5

7.2 6.8

282

1.8

5.0

... 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5

197 196 2,933

1.3 1.3 19.1

3.5 3.5 52.2

5

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 1–4 years

2 3 4 4 6 6 8 9 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

69

100.0

19.4

20

29.0

5.6

11 6 4 4 3 3

15.9 8.7 5.8 5.8 4.3 4.3

* * * * * *

2

2.9

*

1 1

1.4 1.4

* *

1 13

1.4 18.8

* *

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 10–14 years

...

... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

100.0 25.0

11.3 *

11 5

22.9 10.4

* *

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 8 10 10 10

8.3 6.3 2.1

* * *

1 11

2.1 22.9

* *

100.0

11.7

12 11 3

25.5 23.4 6.4

* * *

2 1 1 1

4.3 2.1 2.1 2.1

* * * *

1

2.1

*

1

2.1

*

1 13

2.1 27.7

* *

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Meningococcal infection . . . . . . . . . (A39) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

107

100.0

26.3

44

41.1

10.8

13 9 7

12.1 8.4 6.5

* * *

4 3 3 2

3.7 2.8 2.8 1.9

* * * *

2 1 1

1.9 0.9 0.9

* * *

1 17

0.9 15.9

* *

124

100.0

32.0

42

33.9

10.8

22 15 9

17.7 12.1 7.3

5.7 * *

4 3 2 2 2

3.2 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.6

* * * * *

2 21

1.6 16.9

* 5.4

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 20–24 years ... 1 2

4 3 1

47

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 15–19 years

... 48 12

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J69) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A16–A19) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium . . . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Number2

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 45–54 years 320 74

100.0 23.1

32.4 7.5

57

17.8

5.8

47 24 22

14.7 7.5 6.9

4.8 2.4 2.2

9

2.8

*

7 8

8 7

2.5 2.2

* *

9 10 10

6

1.9

*

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

10 4

1.3

* ...

4 58

1.3 18.1

* 5.9

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 35–44 years ... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

589 272

100.0 46.2

60.6 28.0

61 43 38

10.4 7.3 6.5

6.3 4.4 3.9

32 30 9

5.4 5.1 1.5

3.3 3.1 *

7

1.2

*

6 5

1.0 0.8

* *

5 5 76

0.8 0.8 12.9

* * 7.8

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide) . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,268 607 137 115

100.0 47.9 10.8 9.1

173.5 83.1 18.7 15.7

78 32

6.2 2.5

10.7 4.4

30 21

2.4 1.7

4.1 2.9

14 13 12

1.1 1.0 0.9

* * *

12

0.9

*

12 185

0.9 14.6

* 25.3

1,749 793 311 169 73

100.0 45.3 17.8 9.7 4.2

430.6 195.2 76.6 41.6 18.0

67

3.8

16.5

33

1.9

8.1

32 31

1.8 1.8

7.9 7.6

16 15 209

0.9 0.9 11.9

* * 51.5

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Intentional self–harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 1. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Rank1

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Number2 deaths2 Rate2

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 75–84 years 10,689 3,409 2,382 1,289 508

100.0 2,306.0 31.9 735.4 22.3 513.9 12.1 278.1 4.8 109.6

350 336

3.3 3.1

75.5 72.5

227

2.1

49.0

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

188

1.8

40.6 9

171 148 1,681

1.6 1.4 15.7

36.9 31.9 362.7

10 ...

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

4,142 1,311 932 509 212

100.0 2,980.1 31.7 943.2 22.5 670.6 12.3 366.2 5.1 152.5

133 131

3.2 3.2

95.7 94.3

95

2.3

68.4

69

1.7

49.6

60 57 633

1.4 1.4 15.3

43.2 41.0 455.4

Asian or Pacific Islander, female, 85 years and over 3,141 1,077 770 304 180

100.0 1,106.1 34.3 379.3 24.5 271.2 9.7 107.1 5.7 63.4

117

3.7

41.2

74

2.4

26.1

60 43 40

1.9 1.4 1.3

21.1 15.1 14.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

38 438

1.2 13.9

13.4 154.2

. . . Category not applicable. * Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision; see Technical notes. 1 Rank based on number of deaths 2 Figures for age not stated are included in ‘‘All ages’’ but not distributed among age groups. 3 Includes deaths for ‘‘Under 1 year.’’

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3,406 1,328 476 373 168 116

100.0 8,396.6 39.0 3,273.8 14.0 1,173.5 11.0 919.5 4.9 414.2 3.4 286.0

100 77

2.9 2.3

246.5 189.8

72

2.1

177.5

65

1.9

160.2

54 577

1.6 133.1 16.9 1,422.4

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999 [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

Hispanic, both sexes, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

8,650 5,907 5,182

100.0 24.9 19.5 8.3 5.7 5.0

331.0 82.5 64.6 27.6 18.8 16.5

... 1 2 3 4 5

2,972 2,864

2.9 2.8

9.5 9.1

2,859 2,246

2.8 2.2

9.1 7.2

2,153 24,808

2.1 23.9

6.9 79.2

882

100.0

32.1

341

38.7

12.4

101 72 52 33

11.5 8.2 5.9 3.7

3.7 2.6 1.9 1.2

18 17 14

2.0 1.9 1.6

* * *

12

1.4

*

8 214

0.9 24.3

* 7.8

6 7 8 9 9 9 ...

2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9

Hispanic, both sexes, 5–9 years

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diseases of appendix. . . . . . . . (K35–K38) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

464

100.0

14.3

170 87

36.6 18.8

5.2 2.7

31 29 18

6.7 6.3 3.9

1.0 0.9 *

11

2.4

*

7 6

1.5 1.3

* *

...

1.1 1.1 1.1 19.4

* * * 2.8

550

100.0

20.1

192 89 60

34.9 16.2 10.9

7.0 3.2 2.2

30

5.5

1.1

26 18

4.7 3.3

0.9 *

11

2.0

*

6 5 5

1.1 0.9 0.9

* * *

5 103

0.9 18.7

* 3.8

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,871

100.0

67.3

800 482

42.8 25.8

28.8 17.3

175 94 52

9.4 5.0 2.8

6.3 3.4 1.9

27 10 10

1.4 0.5 0.5

1.0 * *

8

0.4

*

7 206

0.4 11.0

* 7.4

2,634

100.0

97.9

1,146 637

43.5 24.2

42.6 23.7

216 165 64

8.2 6.3 2.4

8.0 6.1 2.4

29

1.1

1.1

29 22 15

1.1 0.8 0.6

1.1 0.8 *

13 298

0.5 11.3

* 11.1

Hispanic, both sexes, 20–24 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6

5 5 5 90

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Hispanic, both sexes, 15–19 years

... 1

10 ... 1

2

Hispanic, both sexes, 10–14 years 103,740 25,866 20,233

Hispanic, both sexes, 1–4 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. . . . . . . . . . . . (O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

Hispanic, both sexes, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0

103.2

1,790 801 466

33.2 14.8 8.6

34.2 15.3 8.9

423

7.8

8.1

407 286 102

7.5 5.3 1.9

7.8 5.5 2.0

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

80 54 43 945

1.5 1.0 0.8 17.5

1.5 1.0 0.8 18.1

9 10 ...

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

12,319 3,686 3,155 927

100.0 29.9 25.6 7.5

733.7 219.5 187.9 55.2

638 617

5.2 5.0

38.0 36.7

466

3.8

27.8

239

1.9

14.2

230 155

1.9 1.3

13.7 9.2

137 2,069

1.1 16.8

8.2 123.2

Hispanic, both sexes, 65 years and over 7,798

100.0

164.2

1,607 1,204

20.6 15.4

33.8 25.4

855 761

11.0 9.8

18.0 16.0

518 432

6.6 5.5

10.9 9.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

369 241 157 104 1,550

4.7 3.1 2.0 1.3 19.9

7.8 5.1 3.3 2.2 32.6

9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

57,471 19,571 11,838 4,419 3,624

100.0 3,114.4 34.1 1,060.6 20.6 641.5 7.7 239.5 6.3 196.4

2,348 1,773

4.1 3.1

127.2 96.1

1,126

2.0

61.0

1,034 963

1.8 1.7

56.0 52.2

941 9,834

1.6 17.1

51.0 532.9

Hispanic, both sexes, 65–74 years

Hispanic, both sexes, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3

Percent of total Number deaths2 Rate2 2

Hispanic, both sexes, 55–64 years 5,397

Hispanic, both sexes, 35–44 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

9,876 2,516 1,806

100.0 25.5 18.3

338.8 86.3 62.0

926

9.4

31.8

787 464

8.0 4.7

27.0 15.9

455 413

4.6 4.2

15.6 14.2

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

210 203 197 1,899

2.1 2.1 2.0 19.2

7.2 7.0 6.8 65.2

9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

19,201 5,557 5,394 1,551 1,211

100.0 1,742.8 28.9 504.4 28.1 489.6 8.1 140.8 6.3 109.9

649

3.4

58.9

583

3.0

52.9

440

2.3

39.9

369 328 265 2,854

1.9 1.7 1.4 14.9

33.5 29.8 24.1 259.0

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Number

Percent of total deaths2

Rate

20,912 7,046 4,449 1,672 1,369

100.0 33.7 21.3 8.0 6.5

3,771.8 1,270.8 802.4 301.6 246.9

2

2

1

Rank

Hispanic, both sexes, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

935 569

4.5 2.7

168.6 102.6

426 362

2.0 1.7

76.8 65.3

334 296 3,454

1.6 1.4 16.5

60.2 53.4 623.0

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10

Hispanic, both sexes, 85 years and over

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

17,358 6,968 1,995 1,536 876

100.0 40.1 11.5 8.8 5.0

9,175.7 3,683.4 1,054.6 812.0 463.1

764 704 501

4.4 4.1 2.9

403.9 372.1 264.8

331

1.9

175.0

260 257 3,166

1.5 1.5 18.2

137.4 135.9 1,673.6

Hispanic, male, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Hispanic, male, 1–4 years ... 1

10 ... 1 2 3 4 5

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

57,991 13,554 10,668

100.0 23.4 18.4

367.9 86.0 67.7

6,578 2,809 2,399 2,335

11.3 4.8 4.1 4.0

41.7 17.8 15.2 14.8

2,143

3.7

13.6

1,547

2.7

9.8

1,525

2.6

9.7

1,430 13,003

2.5 22.4

9.1 82.5

10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Meningitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

481

100.0

34.3

197

41.0

14.1

63 34 25 20 10 8 5

13.1 7.1 5.2 4.2 2.1 1.7 1.0

4.5 2.4 1.8 1.4 * * *

5

1.0

*

4

0.8

*

4 4 102

0.8 0.8 21.2

* * 7.3

266

100.0

16.1

107 45

40.2 16.9

6.5 2.7

16 16 11

6.0 6.0 4.1

* * *

5 4 3 3

1.9 1.5 1.1 1.1

* * * *

3

1.1

*

3 50

1.1 18.8

* 3.0

326

100.0

23.3

120 47 43

36.8 14.4 13.2

8.6 3.4 3.1

21

6.4

1.5

13 12

4.0 3.7

* *

8

2.5

*

4

1.2

*

3 3 52

0.9 0.9 16.0

* * 3.7

Hispanic, male, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Hispanic, male, 10–14 years

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

Hispanic, male, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Hispanic, male, 35–44 years 1,432

100.0

99.1

608 425

42.5 29.7

42.1 29.4

2

146 55 31

10.2 3.8 2.2

10.1 3.8 2.1

3 4 5

17 7

1.2 0.5

* *

6 7

5 5 5 128

0.3 0.3 0.3 8.9

* * * 8.9

... 1

8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

5,476

100.0

226.0

1,307

23.9

53.9

666 572 504

12.2 10.4 9.2

27.5 23.6 20.8

421 354

7.7 6.5

17.4 14.6

307 146 84 84 1,031

5.6 2.7 1.5 1.5 18.8

12.7 6.0 3.5 3.5 42.5

6,497 1,348 1,237

100.0 20.7 19.0

456.3 94.7 86.9

734

11.3

51.5

647

10.0

45.4

354 285 252

5.4 4.4 3.9

24.9 20.0 17.7

169 153 150 1,168

2.6 2.4 2.3 18.0

11.9 10.7 10.5 82.0

7,490 2,091 2,060

100.0 27.9 27.5

962.6 268.7 264.7

481 480 354

6.4 6.4 4.7

61.8 61.7 45.5

334

4.5

42.9

137

1.8

17.6

135

1.8

17.3

118

1.6

15.2

94 1,206

1.3 16.1

12.1 155.0

Hispanic, male, 45–54 years Hispanic, male, 20–24 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,115

100.0

151.6

967 565

45.7 26.7

69.3 40.5

... 1 2 3 4

192 103 42

9.1 4.9 2.0

13.8 7.4 3.0

17 14

0.8 0.7

* *

13 8 8 186

0.6 0.4 0.4 8.8

* * * 13.3

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Hispanic, male, 55–64 years

Hispanic, male, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

4,084

100.0

151.6

1,494 698

36.6 17.1

55.4 25.9

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

364

8.9

13.5

314 222 219 62

7.7 5.4 5.4 1.5

11.7 8.2 8.1 2.3

62

1.5

2.3

9

25 23 601

0.6 0.6 14.7

0.9 0.9 22.3

10

7 8

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total 2 Number deaths2 Rate2

Rank

27,353 9,162 6,350 1,926 1,488

... 1 2 3 4

1

Hispanic, male, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,284 805

4.7 2.9

165.2 103.6

590

2.2

75.9

546

2.0

70.2

527 362 4,313

1.9 1.3 15.8

67.8 46.6 554.8

10,783 3,355 3,045 709 641

100.0 2,219.4 31.1 690.6 28.2 626.7 6.6 145.9 5.9 131.9

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6,253 2,324 902 527

100.0 9,842.3 37.2 3,658.0 14.4 1,419.8 8.4 829.5

388 334 217

6.2 5.3 3.5

610.7 525.7 341.6

156 129

2.5 2.1

245.5 203.0

120 84 1,072

1.9 188.9 1.3 132.2 17.1 1,687.3

Hispanic, female, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5

373

3.5

76.8

6

360

3.3

74.1

7 8

288 187

2.7 1.7

59.3 38.5

178 134 1,513

1.7 1.2 14.0

36.6 27.6 311.4

10

100.0 4,525.1 33.8 1,527.7 23.3 1,054.0 7.3 332.5 5.4 246.5

... 1

9

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

45,749 12,312 9,565 3,098 2,847

100.0 26.9 20.9 6.8 6.2

293.7 79.0 61.4 19.9 18.3

2,072

4.5

13.3

1,312 1,154

2.9 2.5

8.4 7.4

961

2.1

6.2

829

1.8

5.3

770 10,829

1.7 23.7

4.9 69.5

401

100.0

29.8

144 38

35.9 9.5

10.7 2.8

38 27 13

9.5 6.7 3.2

2.8 2.0 *

13

3.2

*

8 7 6 6 101

2.0 1.7 1.5 1.5 25.2

* * * * 7.5

Hispanic, female, 1–4 years

Hispanic, male, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5

Percent of total Number deaths2 Rate2 2

Hispanic, male, 85 years and over 100.0 3,518.7 33.5 1,178.6 23.2 816.9 7.0 247.8 5.4 191.4

Hispanic, male, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

10,317 3,483 2,403 758 562 523 284

5.1 2.8

229.4 124.6

212

2.1

93.0

2 2 4 5 5 7

182 144 136 1,630

1.8 1.4 1.3 15.8

79.8 63.2 59.7 714.9

8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

Hispanic, female, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of appendix. . . . . . . . (K35–K38) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Hispanic, female, 20–24 years 198

100.0

12.5

63 42

31.8 21.2

4.0 2.6

15 13 7

7.6 6.6 3.5

* * *

6

3.0

*

7

4 3

2.0 1.5

* *

8

3 3 39

1.5 1.5 19.7

* * 2.5

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. . . . . . . . . . . . (O00–O99) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

519

100.0

40.1

179 72 62

34.5 13.9 11.9

13.8 5.6 4.8

24 22

4.6 4.2

1.9 1.7

16

3.1

*

13

2.5

*

12 9 8 102

2.3 1.7 1.5 19.7

* * * 7.9

1,313

100.0

51.8

296 244 103

22.5 18.6 7.8

11.7 9.6 4.1

93 67

7.1 5.1

3.7 2.6

59 40

4.5 3.0

2.3 1.6

29

2.2

1.1

26 22 334

2.0 1.7 25.4

1.0 0.9 13.2

2,322 700

100.0 30.1

99.9 30.1

300

12.9

12.9

189 189

8.1 8.1

8.1 8.1

97 95 78 73

4.2 4.1 3.4 3.1

4.2 4.1 3.4 3.1

62

2.7

2.7

43 496

1.9 21.4

1.8 21.3

Hispanic, female, 25–34 years Hispanic, female, 10–14 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

224

100.0

16.7

... 1

72 42 17

32.1 18.8 7.6

5.4 3.1 *

2 3 4

13

5.8

*

5 6

9 6

4.0 2.7

* *

3

1.3

* 9

3 3

1.3 1.3

* *

3 53

1.3 23.7

* 4.0

439

100.0

32.9

Hispanic, female, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. . . . . . . . . . . . (O00–O99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Meningitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

7 8

10 ...

Hispanic, female, 35–44 years ... 1 2 3

192 57 39

43.7 13.0 8.9

14.4 4.3 2.9

29 21

6.6 4.8

2.2 1.6

10

2.3

*

6 5

1.4 1.1

* *

3 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

4 3 3 70

0.9 0.7 0.7 15.9

* * * 5.2

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. . . . . . . . . . . . (O00–O99) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total 2 Number deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

Hispanic, female, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Number deaths2 Rate2 2

Hispanic, female, 65–74 years 3,379 1,279 458

100.0 37.9 13.6

226.7 85.8 30.7

192 179 161

5.7 5.3 4.8

12.9 12.0 10.8

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

140

4.1

9.4 7

101

3.0

6.8 8

63 50 47 709

1.9 1.5 1.4 21.0

4.2 3.4 3.2 47.6

4,829 1,626 1,064 447 263

100.0 33.7 22.0 9.3 5.4

536.0 180.5 118.1 49.6 29.2

157

3.3

17.4

9 10 ...

Hispanic, female, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3 4 5

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

8,418 2,349 2,202 842 570

100.0 1,366.8 27.9 381.4 26.2 357.5 10.0 136.7 6.8 92.6

276

3.3

44.8

223

2.6

36.2

191

2.3

31.0

152 141 131 1,341

1.8 1.7 1.6 15.9

24.7 22.9 21.3 217.7

Hispanic, female, 75–84 years

132

2.7

14.7

104

2.2

11.5

93 75 53 815

1.9 1.6 1.1 16.9

10.3 8.3 5.9 90.5

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

10,595 3,563 2,046 914 807

100.0 3,245.6 33.6 1,091.5 19.3 626.8 8.6 280.0 7.6 247.2

412 285 234

3.9 2.7 2.2

126.2 87.3 71.7

214 152

2.0 1.4

65.6 46.6

152 1,816

1.4 17.1

46.6 556.3

Hispanic, female, 85 years and over Hispanic, female, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

30,118 10,409 5,488 2,493 2,136

100.0 2,820.1 34.6 974.7 18.2 513.9 8.3 233.4 7.1 200.0

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

1,064 968 655

3.5 3.2 2.2

99.6 90.6 61.3

7 8

580 456

1.9 1.5

54.3 42.7

9 10

444 5,425

1.5 18.0

41.6 508.0

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

11,105 4,644 1,093 1,009 542 487

100.0 8,838.7 41.8 3,696.2 9.8 869.9 9.1 803.1 4.9 431.4 4.4 387.6

376 372

3.4 3.3

299.3 296.1

175 173

1.6 1.6

139.3 137.7

140 2,094

1.3 111.4 18.9 1,666.7

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

White, non–Hispanic, both sexes, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,953,197 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 607,704 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 456,315 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 138,716 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) 111,620 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 73,326 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 54,280 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 49,347 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) 40,835 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 26,418 Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) 24,534 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 370,102

100.0 31.1 23.4 7.1

996.3 310.0 232.8 70.8

5.7

56.9

3.8 2.8 2.5 2.1

37.4 27.7 25.2 20.8

1.4

13.5

1.3 18.9

12.5 188.8

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 1–4 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0

29.7

1,042

37.0

11.0

284 281 156 92 58 47

10.1 10.0 5.5 3.3 2.1 1.7

3.0 3.0 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.5

37

1.3

0.4

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,498

100.0

19.3

1,065 297

42.6 11.9

8.2 2.3

173

6.9

1.3

131 98 91

5.2 3.9 3.6

1.0 0.8 0.7

32 31

1.3 1.2

0.2 0.2

26 21 533

1.0 0.8 21.3

0.2 0.2 4.1

8,490

100.0

64.7

4,840

57.0

36.9

1,169 476 409 269

13.8 5.6 4.8 3.2

8.9 3.6 3.1 2.1

144

1.7

1.1

60 44 37 36 1,006

0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 11.8

0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 7.7

9,378

100.0

78.8

4,570

48.7

38.4

1,661 594 553 316

17.7 6.3 5.9 3.4

14.0 5.0 4.6 2.7

133 68 58 51 50

1.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5

1.1 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4

50 1,274

0.5 13.6

0.4 10.7

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

36 27 759

1.3 1.0 26.9

0.4 0.3 8.0

1,990

100.0

15.6

843 311

42.4 15.6

6.6 2.4

... 1

113 78 65

5.7 3.9 3.3

0.9 0.6 0.5

2

40 31 29

2.0 1.6 1.5

0.3 0.2 0.2

23 19 438

1.2 1.0 22.0

0.2 * 3.4

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 5–9 years

2

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 10–14 years

10 ... 2,819

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 20–24 years

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

23,986

100.0

93.4

7,855

32.7

30.6

3,927 2,682 1,755 1,135

16.4 11.2 7.3 4.7

15.3 10.4 6.8 4.4

794 363

3.3 1.5

3.1 1.4

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

334 301

1.4 1.3

1.3 1.2

243 4,597

1.0 19.2

0.9 17.9

9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

180,793 70,788 47,950

100.0 39.2 26.5

972.1 380.6 257.8

9,786 6,311 5,674

5.4 3.5 3.1

52.6 33.9 30.5

5,455

3.0

29.3

4,117

2.3

22.1

2,580 1,894 1,792 24,446

1.4 1.0 1.0 13.5

13.9 10.2 9.6 131.4

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 65 years and over 57,630 11,848

100.0 20.6

176.6 36.3

10,844 8,936

18.8 15.5

33.2 27.4

5,469

9.5

16.8

2,148

3.7

6.6

2,082 1,406 1,327 1,231 637 11,702

3.6 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.1 20.3

6.4 4.3 4.1 3.8 2.0 35.9

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3

Percent of total Number deaths2 Rate2 2

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 55–64 years

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 35–44 years ... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

106,808 34,944 24,823

100.0 32.7 23.2

387.0 126.6 89.9

8,392

7.9

30.4

4,487

4.2

16.3

4,430 3,143 2,940

4.1 2.9 2.8

16.1 11.4 10.7

2,372

2.2

8.6

1,286 1,109 18,882

1.2 1.0 17.7

4.7 4.0 68.4

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545,161 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 523,130 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 334,050 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 127,328 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) 98,583 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 50,104 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) 40,380 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 39,018 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 27,972 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 23,490 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 19,336 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 261,770

100.0 5,329.8 33.9 1,804.5 21.6 1,152.3 8.2 439.2 6.4 3.2 2.6 2.5

340.0 172.8 139.3 134.6

1.8

96.5

1.5 1.3 16.9

81.0 66.7 902.9

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

367,490 127,119 103,750

100.0 2,458.9 34.6 850.6 28.2 694.2

29,400 18,332 11,664

8.0 5.0 3.2

196.7 122.7 78.0

6,568 5,481

1.8 1.5

43.9 36.7

4,718

1.3

31.6

4,482 4,140 51,836

1.2 1.1 14.1

30.0 27.7 346.8

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total 2 Number deaths2

2

Rate

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Atherosclerosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I70) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

... 1

604,344 195,187 141,295 49,178

100.0 32.3 23.4 8.1

5,783.1 1,867.8 1,352.1 470.6

44,662 16,821 16,785 14,453

7.4 2.8 2.8 2.4

427.4 161.0 160.6 138.3

4 5 6 7

10,757

1.8

102.9

8 9

9,504 7,717 97,985

1.6 1.3 16.2

90.9 73.8 937.6

573,327 224,193 65,636 59,818 27,838 24,521 23,106

100.0 15,945.8 39.1 6,235.4 11.4 1,825.5 10.4 1,663.7 4.9 774.2 4.3 4.0

682.0 642.6

2 3

10 10 10 ...

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

2 3 4 5 6

1.9 1.8

296.1 293.0

9,268 7,617 110,150

1.6 1.3 19.2

257.8 211.8 3,063.6

944,913 293,206 236,384

100.0 31.0 25.0

984.7 305.5 246.3

...

55,314 51,968

5.9 5.5

57.6 54.2

... 1

46,113 23,177 23,097

4.9 2.5 2.4

48.1 24.2 24.1

2 3

7 8 9 9

2.1

20.4

12,793

1.4

13.3

12,613 170,628

1.3 18.1

13.1 177.8

1,605

100.0

32.9

617 160

38.4 10.0

12.7 3.3

154 83 55 25

9.6 5.2 3.4 1.6

3.2 1.7 1.1 0.5

24 22

1.5 1.4

0.5 0.5

18 15 15 15 402

1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 25.0

* * * * 8.2

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,115

100.0

17.0

505 180

45.3 16.1

7.7 2.8

53 41 36

4.8 3.7 3.2

0.8 0.6 0.6

19 17 15 13

1.7 1.5 1.3 1.2

* * * *

13 223

1.2 20.0

* 3.4

1,528

100.0

23.1

700 165

45.8 10.8

10.6 2.5

140

9.2

2.1

66 52 48

4.3 3.4 3.1

1.0 0.8 0.7

23 19

1.5 1.2

0.3 *

13 9 293

0.9 0.6 19.2

* * 4.4

White, non-Hispanic, male, 10–14 years

4 19,620

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Meningococcal infection . . . . . . . . . (A39) Meningitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, non-Hispanic, male, 5–9 years

... 1

10,647 10,533

White, non-Hispanic, male, all ages3 ... 1 2 3

Rank

2

White, non-Hispanic, male, 1–4 years

White, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 85 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5

1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

5 6 7 8 9

See footnotes at end of table. 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

White, non-Hispanic, male, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 8 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0

85.9

3,250

56.0

48.1

... 1 2 3 4

978 283 283 167

16.9 4.9 4.9 2.9

14.5 4.2 4.2 2.5

93

1.6

1.4

6

32 21 21 21 650

0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 11.2

0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 9.6

7 8 9 10 ...

6,878

100.0

112.9

3,499

50.9

57.4

... 1 2 3

1,438 361 346 190

20.9 5.2 5.0 2.8

23.6 5.9 5.7 3.1

82 33 31 30 30 838

1.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 12.2

1.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 13.8

5

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

37,291

100.0

228.2

7,949 6,590 5,425

21.3 17.7 14.5

48.6 40.3 33.2

4,210

11.3

25.8

1,768

4.7

10.8

1,478 881 747 712 334 7,197

4.0 2.4 2.0 1.9 0.9 19.3

9.0 5.4 4.6 4.4 2.0 44.0

67,151 18,747 17,588

100.0 27.9 26.2

491.6 137.2 128.8

6,142

9.1

45.0

3,388

5.0

24.8

3,365 1,801 1,662

5.0 2.7 2.5

24.6 13.2 12.2

1,174

1.7

8.6

1,136 717 11,431

1.7 1.1 17.0

8.3 5.2 83.7

White, non-Hispanic, male, 45–54 years

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

White, non-Hispanic, male, 25–34 years ... 1

Percent of total Number deaths2 Rate2 2

White, non-Hispanic, male, 35–44 years 5,799

White, non-Hispanic, male, 20–24 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

16,449

100.0

128.4

5,932

36.1

46.3

3,205 1,341 1,152 753

19.5 8.2 7.0 4.6

25.0 10.5 9.0 5.9

643 203

3.9 1.2

5.0 1.6

178 151

1.1 0.9

1.4 1.2

151 2,740

0.9 16.7

1.2 21.4

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Viral hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (B15–B19) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, non-Hispanic, male, 55–64 years

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Aortic aneurysm and dissection . . . . . (I71) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

108,692 38,658 33,466

100.0 1,208.0 35.6 429.6 30.8 371.9

5,091

4.7

56.6

3,730 3,479 3,200

3.4 3.2 2.9

41.5 38.7 35.6

2,885

2.7

32.1

2,001 1,049 928 14,205

1.8 1.0 0.9 13.1

22.2 11.7 10.3 157.9

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total 2 Number deaths2 Rate2

Rank

White, non-Hispanic, male, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total Number deaths2 2

Rate2

White, non-Hispanic, male, 85 years and over 690,621 232,597 172,214

100.0 5,730.3 33.7 1,929.9 24.9 1,428.9

48,631 45,841 20,752 17,162

7.0 6.6 3.0 2.5

403.5 380.4 172.2 142.4

13,519 12,025

2.0 1.7

112.2 99.8

11,160 7,906 108,814

1.6 1.1 15.8

92.6 65.6 902.9

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . V01–X59,Y85–Y86 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

184,938 69,476 28,161 15,886

100.0 17,539.1 37.6 6,589.0 15.2 2,670.7 8.6 1,506.6

10,695 9,410 5,330

5.8 5.1 2.9

1,014.3 892.4 505.5

4,006

2.2

379.9

3,721 3,374

2.0 1.8

352.9 320.0

2,767 32,112

1.5 17.4

262.4 3,045.4

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008,284 Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) 314,498 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) 219,931 Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) 86,748 Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) 56,306 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) 31,183 Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) 28,582 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) 27,213 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) 26,170 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) 13,625 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 13,160 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 190,868

100.0 31.2 21.8 8.6

1,007.4 314.2 219.7 86.7

5.6 3.1 2.8

56.3 31.2 28.6

2.7 2.6

27.2 26.1

1.4 1.3 18.9

13.6 13.1 190.7

1,214

100.0

26.2

425

35.0

9.2

130 121 73 37 36 22

10.7 10.0 6.0 3.0 3.0 1.8

2.8 2.6 1.6 0.8 0.8 0.5

18

1.5

*

13 12

1.1 1.0

* *

12 315

1.0 25.9

* 6.8

White, non-Hispanic, male, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Aortic aneurysm and dissection . . . . . (I71) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

209,155 70,518 64,699 15,559 9,337 6,066

100.0 3,077.6 33.7 1,037.6 30.9 952.0 7.4 4.5 2.9

228.9 137.4 89.3

3,962 3,087

1.9 1.5

58.3 45.4

2,746

1.3

40.4

2,532 2,451 28,198

1.2 1.2 13.5

37.3 36.1 414.9

White, non-Hispanic, female, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

White, non-Hispanic, female, 1–4 years

White, non-Hispanic, male, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Parkinson’s disease . . . . . . . . .(G20–G21) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

296,528 98,422 73,535

100.0 7,057.5 33.2 2,342.5 24.8 1,750.2

... 1 2

22,377 20,618 8,255 7,722

7.5 7.0 2.8 2.6

532.6 490.7 196.5 183.8

5,551 5,432

1.9 1.8

132.1 129.3

4,907 4,005 45,704

1.7 116.8 1.4 95.3 15.4 1,087.8

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

White, non-Hispanic, female, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0

14.1

338 131

38.6 15.0

5.4 2.1

60 37 29

6.9 4.2 3.3

1.0 0.6 0.5

21 14 14

2.4 1.6 1.6

0.3 * *

7 8 9

10

1.1

*

10 ...

9 212

1.0 24.2

* 3.4

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

970 365 132

100.0 37.6 13.6

15.4 5.8 2.1

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,500

100.0

43.0

1,071 248

42.8 9.9

18.4 4.3

223 192 126

8.9 7.7 5.0

3.8 3.3 2.2

51 38 27

2.0 1.5 1.1

0.9 0.7 0.5

23 21 480

0.9 0.8 19.2

0.4 0.4 8.3

7,537

100.0

58.6

1,923 1,341

25.5 17.8

15.0 10.4

722 603 382 160

9.6 8.0 5.1 2.1

5.6 4.7 3.0 1.2

156

2.1

1.2

151 150

2.0 2.0

1.2 1.2

92 1,857

1.2 24.6

0.7 14.4

20,339 6,423

100.0 31.6

124.8 39.4

2,895 2,346

14.2 11.5

17.8 14.4

1,259 694

6.2 3.4

7.7 4.3

670 484 446

3.3 2.4 2.2

4.1 3.0 2.7

314 303 4,505

1.5 1.5 22.1

1.9 1.9 27.6

White, non-Hispanic, female, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3

65 46 43

6.7 4.7 4.4

1.0 0.7 0.7

4 5 6 7

33

3.4

0.5

8 9 10

13 13 12 9

1.3 1.3 1.2 0.9

* * * *

9 230

0.9 23.7

* 3.7

... 1 2

2,691

100.0

42.3

3 4

1,590 193

59.1 7.2

25.0 3.0

191 126 102

7.1 4.7 3.8

3.0 2.0 1.6

51

1.9

0.8

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, non-Hispanic, female, 35–44 years

White, non-Hispanic, female, 15–19 years ... 1

2

White, non-Hispanic, female, 20–24 years 875

White, non-Hispanic, female, 10–14 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

28 23

1.0 0.9

0.4 0.4

18 16 353

0.7 0.6 13.1

* * 5.5

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total 2 Number deaths2 Rate2

Rank

White, non-Hispanic, female, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0 43.8 15.3

284.5 124.5 43.6

2,250 1,481

5.7 3.7

16.1 10.6

1,198 1,139

3.0 2.9

8.6 8.2

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1,099

2.8

7.9

1,065 464 439 7,090

2.7 1.2 1.1 17.9

7.6 3.3 3.1 50.9

9 10

72,101 32,130 14,484

100.0 44.6 20.1

751.0 334.7 150.9

4,695 2,832 2,474

6.5 3.9 3.4

48.9 29.5 25.8

... 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Rate2

1,725

2.4

18.0

1,232 888 845

1.7 1.2 1.2

12.8 9.2 8.8

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

158,335 56,601 39,051

100.0 35.7 24.7

1,942.9 694.6 479.2

13,841 8,995 5,598

8.7 5.7 3.5

169.8 110.4 68.7

2,606 2,394

1.6 1.5

32.0 29.4

2,186 2,029

1.4 1.3

26.8 24.9

1,736 23,298

1.1 14.7

21.3 285.9

307,816 96,765 67,760 28,560

100.0 31.4 22.0 9.3

4,926.2 1,548.6 1,084.4 457.1

22,285 9,099 9,021 8,530

7.2 3.0 2.9 2.8

356.6 145.6 144.4 136.5

5,206

1.7

83.3

4,597 4,179 51,814

1.5 1.4 16.8

73.6 66.9 829.2

White, non-Hispanic, female, 75–84 years

733 10,063

1.0 14.0

7.6 104.8

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) White, non-Hispanic, female, 85 years and over

White, non-Hispanic, female, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4

Percent of total Number deaths2 2

White, non-Hispanic, female, 65–74 years 39,657 17,356 6,076

White, non-Hispanic, female, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3

1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

854,540 290,533 161,836 81,487

100.0 5,044.8 34.0 1,715.2 18.9 955.4 9.5 481.1

49,952 29,352 28,355 21,856

5.8 3.4 3.3 2.6

294.9 173.3 167.4 129.0

14,453

1.7

85.3

12,330 11,430 152,956

1.4 1.3 17.9

72.8 67.5 903.0

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Atherosclerosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (I70) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

388,389 154,717 43,932 37,475 18,428 17,776

100.0 15,284.6 39.8 6,088.7 11.3 1,728.9 9.6 1,474.8 4.7 725.2 4.6 699.6

13,826 7,159

3.6 1.8

544.1 281.7

6,641 5,603

1.7 1.4

261.3 220.5

5,547 77,285

1.4 19.9

218.3 3,041.5

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, all ages3 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

281,979 77,713 61,409 18,731

100.0 27.6 21.8 6.6

852.1 234.8 185.6 56.6

12,533 11,830

4.4 4.2

37.9 35.7

... 1 2 3 4 5

7,840 7,751 7,536 6,659 5,794 64,183

2.8 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.1 22.8

23.7 23.4 22.8 20.1 17.5 194.0

1,283

100.0

61.8

428 151

33.4 11.8

20.6 7.3

137 49 47 40

10.7 3.8 3.7 3.1

6.6 2.4 2.3 1.9

29 20

2.3 1.6

1.4 1.0

18

1.4

*

17 347

1.3 27.0

* 16.7

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 10–14 years

6 7 8 9 10 ...

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 1–4 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

100.0

29.3

392 84 65

45.1 9.7 7.5

13.2 2.8 2.2

49 32

5.6 3.7

1.7 1.1

26

3.0

0.9

19 17

2.2 2.0

* *

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10

1.4 0.9 19.0

* * 5.6

100.0

30.8

309 95 80

34.3 10.5 8.9

10.6 3.2 2.7

56

6.2

1.9

47 45

5.2 5.0

1.6 1.5

29 16

3.2 1.8

1.0 *

15 12 198

1.7 1.3 22.0

* * 6.8

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2,813 1,117

100.0 39.7

97.3 38.6

764

27.2

26.4

176 136 128

6.3 4.8 4.6

6.1 4.7 4.4

42

1.5

1.5

36 23

1.3 0.8

1.2 0.8

21 18

0.7 0.6

0.7 *

18 334

0.6 11.9

* 11.6

4,167 1,635

100.0 39.2

163.0 64.0

930

22.3

36.4

287 208 178

6.9 5.0 4.3

11.2 8.1 7.0

109 61

2.6 1.5

4.3 2.4

42

1.0

1.6

40 35 642

1.0 0.8 15.4

1.6 1.4 25.1

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 20–24 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

12 8 165

902

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 15–19 years

... 869

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 25–34 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

9,992 2,122

100.0 21.2

200.0 42.5

1,738

17.4

34.8

1,479 913 660

14.8 9.1 6.6

29.6 18.3 13.2

497 160 149

5.0 1.6 1.5

9.9 3.2 3.0

140 139 1,995

1.4 1.4 20.0

2.8 2.8 39.9

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 35–44 years

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

20,770 3,506

100.0 16.9

387.0 65.3

3,154 3,049

15.2 14.7

58.8 56.8

2,245 1,305 808 502

10.8 6.3 3.9 2.4

41.8 24.3 15.1 9.4

453

2.2

8.4

430

2.1

8.0

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

310 5,008

1.5 24.1

5.8 93.3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

39,063 12,322 11,346 2,269 2,136

100.0 1,736.7 31.5 547.8 29.0 504.4 5.8 100.9 5.5 95.0

1,085

2.8

48.2

1,047

2.7

46.5

879 716

2.3 1.8

39.1 31.8

691

1.8

30.7

613 5,959

1.6 15.3

27.3 264.9

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 65 years and over

...

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3

Percent of total Number deaths2 Rate2 2

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 55–64 years

...

... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

162,096 53,883 37,077 13,750 7,757

100.0 5,817.9 33.2 1,934.0 22.9 1,330.8 8.5 493.5 4.8 278.4

5,620

3.5

201.7

4,655 4,253 4,006

2.9 2.6 2.5

167.1 152.6 143.8

2,612

1.6

93.7

2,514 25,969

1.6 16.0

90.2 932.1

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 65–74 years 31,377 7,749 7,448

100.0 24.7 23.7

835.2 206.3 198.2

2,057

6.6

54.8

1,903 1,662 1,219

6.1 5.3 3.9

50.7 44.2 32.4

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

905

2.9

24.1

7 8

615 557

2.0 1.8

16.4 14.8

9 10

556 6,706

1.8 21.4

14.8 178.5

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

55,567 17,019 16,625 3,792 3,120

100.0 3,434.7 30.6 1,052.0 29.9 1,027.6 6.8 234.4 5.6 192.9

2,090

3.8

129.2

1,554 1,212

2.8 2.2

96.1 74.9

943 880

1.7 1.6

58.3 54.4

764 7,568

1.4 13.6

47.2 467.8

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total 2 Number deaths2

2

Rate

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . . (I10,I12) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0 32.7 23.4 8.8 4.9

7,028.4 2,296.0 1,645.1 616.0 347.2

2,364

3.9

274.0

1,750 1,513 1,410

2.9 2.5 2.3

202.9 175.4 163.4

1,006

1.7

116.6

9

925 9,357

1.5 15.4

107.2 1,084.6

9 ...

7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

734

100.0

69.8

260

35.4

24.7

79 74 27 25 24

10.8 10.1 3.7 3.4 3.3

7.5 7.0 2.6 2.4 2.3

19

2.6

*

13

1.8

*

11 11 191

1.5 1.5 26.0

* * 18.2

508

100.0

33.8

254 40 34

50.0 7.9 6.7

16.9 2.7 2.3

24 18

4.7 3.5

1.6 *

14

2.8

*

13 7

2.6 1.4

* *

6 5 93

1.2 1.0 18.3

* * 6.2

573

100.0

38.6

213 55 54

37.2 9.6 9.4

14.3 3.7 3.6

33

5.8

2.2

29 27

5.1 4.7

2.0 1.8

22

3.8

1.5

9 9 6 116

1.6 1.6 1.0 20.2

* * * 7.8

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 5–9 years 45,895 17,056 6,260 4,644 1,963 1,642 1,351 1,281

100.0 15,015.8 37.2 5,580.3 13.6 2,048.1 10.1 1,519.4 4.3 642.2 3.6 537.2 2.9 2.8

442.0 419.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1,166 1,159

2.5 2.5

381.5 379.2

842 8,531

1.8 18.6

275.5 2,791.1

8 9 10 ...

Black, non-Hispanic, male, all ages

4 5 6

... 1

60,634 19,808 14,192 5,314 2,995

3

... 1 2 3

Rank

2

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 1–4 years

Black, non-Hispanic, both sexes, 85 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

143,883 37,077 32,542

100.0 25.8 22.6

918.0 236.6 207.6

8,629 7,823 6,131

6.0 5.4 4.3

55.1 49.9 39.1

5,377 4,718

3.7 3.3

34.3 30.1

4,452

3.1

28.4

2,984

2.1

19.0

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 10–14 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2,818 31,332

2.0 21.8

18.0 199.9

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Legal intervention . . . . . . . . . (Y35,Y89.0) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0 45.4

145.2 66.0

568

26.6

38.7

3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2 3

152 90 84

7.1 4.2 3.9

10.3 6.1 5.7

26

1.2

1.8

23 13 10

1.1 0.6 0.5

1.6 * *

8

0.4

*

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

8 182

0.4 8.5

* 12.4

3,153 1,464

100.0 46.4

249.7 115.9

713

22.6

56.5

4

256 122 97

8.1 3.9 3.1

20.3 9.7 7.7

5 6

44 37

1.4 1.2

3.5 2.9

7 8 9

29

0.9

2.3

10

24 21 346

0.8 0.7 11.0

1.9 1.7 27.4

...

6,633 1,771

100.0 26.7

281.0 75.0

1,313

19.8

55.6

919 546

13.9 8.2

38.9 23.1

67 1,062

6.5 4.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 16.0

18.3 12.5 3.6 3.0 3.0 2.8 45.0

12,384 2,165

100.0 17.5

493.8 86.3

2,157

17.4

86.0

1,628 1,255 980 387

13.1 10.1 7.9 3.1

64.9 50.0 39.1 15.4

353

2.9

14.1

293 276 173

2.4 2.2 1.4

11.7 11.0 6.9

173 2,544

1.4 20.5

6.9 101.4

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

19,026 4,716 4,098

100.0 24.8 21.5

1,119.2 277.4 241.1

1,552

8.2

91.3

1,441 900

7.6 4.7

84.8 52.9

649 641 431

3.4 3.4 2.3

38.2 37.7 25.4

353

1.9

20.8

284 3,961

1.5 20.8

16.7 233.0

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

432 294 85 72 72

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Black, non-Hispanic, male, 45–54 years

... 1 2 3

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 25–34 years ... 1 2

Percent of total Number deaths2 Rate2 2

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 35–44 years 2,133 969

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 20–24 years ... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

22,493 6,933 6,907 1,235 986

100.0 2,316.1 30.8 713.9 30.7 711.2 5.5 127.2 4.4 101.5

742

3.3

76.4

624

2.8

64.3

471

2.1

48.5

453

2.0

46.6

426 392 3,324

1.9 1.7 14.8

43.9 40.4 342.3

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total 2 Number deaths2 Rate2

Rank

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Number deaths2 2

Rate2

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 85 years and over 71,439 22,377 19,659 5,182 3,235 2,704

100.0 6,530.3 31.3 2,045.5 27.5 1,797.1 7.3 473.7 4.5 3.8

295.7 247.2

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

1,942 1,882 1,637

2.7 2.6 2.3

177.5 172.0 149.6

1,347

1.9

123.1

955 10,519

1.3 14.7

87.3 961.6

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 65–74 years ... 1 2 3 4 5

1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

29,259 9,228 9,016 1,857 1,262

100.0 4,294.4 31.5 1,354.4 30.8 1,323.3 6.3 272.6 4.3 185.2

7 8 9 10 ...

... 1 2 3 4 5

4.2

181.7

6

691 609

2.4 2.1

101.4 89.4

7

2.0 1.8

87.5 76.0

348 3,896

1.2 13.3

51.1 571.8

14,628 4,945 2,828 1,225 676

100.0 16,321.0 33.8 5,517.3 19.3 3,155.3 8.4 1,366.8 4.6 754.2

595

4.1

663.9

448 426 380 270

3.1 2.9 2.6 1.8

499.8 475.3 424.0 301.2

268 2,567

1.8 17.5

299.0 2,864.1

138,096 40,636 28,867 10,908 7,112

100.0 29.4 20.9 7.9 5.2

792.8 233.3 165.7 62.6 40.8

3,904

2.8

22.4

3,675

2.7

21.1

3,388 3,178 3,008

2.5 2.3 2.2

19.5 18.2 17.3

2,374 31,046

1.7 22.5

13.6 178.2

549

100.0

53.7

168 77

30.6 14.0

16.4 7.5

58 23 22 15

10.6 4.2 4.0 2.7

5.7 2.2 2.2 *

10 9

1.8 1.6

* *

7 6

1.3 1.1

* *

6 6 142

1.1 1.1 25.9

* * 13.9

Black, non-Hispanic, female, all ages3

1,238

596 518

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Black, non-Hispanic, female, 1–4 years

Black, non-Hispanic, male, 75–84 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

27,552 8,416 7,603 2,100

100.0 8,530.3 30.5 2,605.7 27.6 2,353.9 7.6 650.2

1,402 1,016

5.1 3.7

434.1 314.6

803 688 648

2.9 2.5 2.4

248.6 213.0 200.6

483

1.8

149.5

381 4,012

1.4 118.0 14.6 1,242.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . (P00–P96) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Complications of medical and surgical care . . . . . . . . . (Y40–Y84,Y88) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 2. Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race]

1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

1

Rank

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 5–9 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D00–D48) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2

Number

Percent of total deaths2 Rate2

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 20–24 years 361

100.0

24.8

138 44 31

38.2 12.2 8.6

9.5 3.0 2.1

25 14

6.9 3.9

1.7 *

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

12 10

3.3 2.8

* *

7 8 9 10 10 10

6

1.7

*

6 3 3 69

1.7 0.8 0.8 19.1

* * * 4.7

329

100.0

22.8

96 41

29.2 12.5

6.7 2.8

27 25 18

8.2 7.6 5.5

1.9 1.7 *

14 7

4.3 2.1

* *

3 4 5 6 7 8

7

2.1

*

9

6 6 82

1.8 1.8 24.9

* * 5.7

10 ...

...

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 10–14 years ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1,014

100.0

78.4

217 171 86 81

21.4 16.9 8.5 8.0

16.8 13.2 6.7 6.3

65

6.4

5.0

31

3.1

2.4

28 24 18 16 16

2.8 2.4 1.8 1.6 1.6

2.2 1.9 * * *

16 245

1.6 24.2

* 18.9

3,359

100.0

127.4

560

16.7

21.2

425 367 366 351 77 75

12.7 10.9 10.9 10.4 2.3 2.2

16.1 13.9 13.9 13.3 2.9 2.8

73

2.2

2.8

70 67 928

2.1 2.0 27.6

2.7 2.5 35.2

8,386 1,794 1,341

100.0 21.4 16.0

293.4 62.8 46.9

997

11.9

34.9

617 421 325 226

7.4 5.0 3.9 2.7

21.6 14.7 11.4 7.9

160

1.9

5.6

137

1.6

4.8

137 2,231

1.6 26.6

4.8 78.0

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 25–34 years ... 1 2

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Anemias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D50–D64) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Black, non-Hispanic, female, 35–44 years

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 15–19 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Intentional self-harm (suicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X60–X84,Y87.0) Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. . . . . . . . . . . .(O00–O99) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . .(Q00–Q99) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

680

100.0

47.8

196 148 52 38

28.8 21.8 7.6 5.6

13.8 10.4 3.7 2.7

... 1 2 3 4

24

3.5

1.7

18

2.6

*

5 6 7 8

16

2.4

*

9

13

1.9

*

9

13 11 151

1.9 1.6 22.2

* * 10.6

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Assault (homicide). . . . . . (X85–Y09,Y87.1) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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1

Rank

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total 2 Number deaths2 Rate2

Rank

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 45–54 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B20–B24) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, sex, and age

Percent of total Number deaths2

Rate2

26,308 8,003 7,397 1,935 1,858

100.0 30.4 28.1 7.4 7.1

2,809.3 854.6 789.9 206.6 198.4

863

3.3

92.2

852 603

3.2 2.3

91.0 64.4

416 362

1.6 1.4

44.4 38.7

347 3,672

1.3 14.0

37.1 392.1

33,082 11,392 6,589 3,214 1,979

100.0 34.4 19.9 9.7 6.0

6,129.6 2,110.8 1,220.8 595.5 366.7

962

2.9

178.2

947 865 722

2.9 2.6 2.2

175.5 160.3 133.8

625 593 5,194

1.9 1.8 15.7

115.8 109.9 962.4

2

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 65–74 years 12,351 3,651 2,732 762 578

100.0 29.6 22.1 6.2 4.7

600.4 177.5 132.8 37.0 28.1

505

4.1

24.5

... 1 2 3 4 5 6

462

3.7

22.5

272

2.2

13.2

262

2.1

12.7

256 239 2,632

2.1 1.9 21.3

12.4 11.6 127.9

7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Black, non-Hispanic, female, 75–84 years

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 55–64 years ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59,Y85–Y86) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis . . . . . . . . . . . . (K70,K73–K74) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

16,570 5,389 4,439 1,150 1,034

100.0 1,296.5 32.5 421.6 26.8 347.3 6.9 90.0 6.2 80.9

461

2.8

36.1

6

453 324

2.7 2.0

35.4 25.4

7 8 9

305

1.8

23.9

250

1.5

19.6

238 2,527

1.4 15.3

18.6 197.7

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 65 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

... 1 2 3 4 5

90,657 31,506 17,418 8,568 5,053

100.0 5,357.4 34.8 1,861.9 19.2 1,029.3 9.5 506.3 5.6 298.6

10 ...

Black, non-Hispanic, female, 85 years and over ... 1 2 3 4 5 6

2,713

3.0

160.3

7 8 9

2,385 2,371 2,369

2.6 2.6 2.6

140.9 140.1 140.0

10 ...

1,657 1,619 14,998

1.8 1.8 16.5

97.9 95.7 886.3

. . . Category not applicable. * Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision; see Technical notes. 1 Rank based on number of deaths. 2 Figures for age not stated are included in ‘‘All ages’’ but not distributed among age groups. 3 Includes deaths for ‘‘Under 1 year.’’

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diseases of heart . . (I00–I09,I11,I13,I20–I51) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Cerebrovascular diseases . . . . . . (I60–I69) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . (J10–J18) Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . (E10–E14) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis . . (N00–N07,N17–N19,N25–N27) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Alzheimer’s disease . . . . . . . . . . . . (G30) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease . . . . (I10,I12) Chronic lower respiratory diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (J40–J47) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

31,267 12,111 3,432 3,419 1,287 1,216

100.0 14,474.3 38.7 5,606.5 11.0 1,588.8 10.9 1,582.7 4.1 595.8 3.9 562.9

903 901 889

2.9 2.9 2.8

418.0 417.1 411.5

616

2.0

285.2

571 5,922

1.8 18.9

264.3 2,741.4

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Table 3. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by race and sex: United States, 1999 [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution. Deaths based on race of decedent; live births based on race of mother; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Rank1

Infants, all races, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,937 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 5,473 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 4,392 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 2,648 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 1,399 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 1,110 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 1,025 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 845 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 691 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 667 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 647 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 9,040

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Infants, white, both sexes 100.0

705.6

19.6

138.2

... 1 2

15.7 9.5

110.9 66.9

5.0 4.0

35.3 28.0

3.7 3.0 2.5 2.4 2.3 32.4

25.9 21.3 17.5 16.8 16.3 228.3

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,067 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 4,211 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 2,366 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 1,711 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 859 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 704 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 633 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 562 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 452 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 451 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 429 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 5,689

100.0

576.8

23.3

134.4

13.1 9.5

75.5 54.6

4.8 3.9

27.4 22.5

3.5 3.1 2.5 2.5

20.2 17.9 14.4 14.4

2.4 31.5

13.7 181.6

100.0

635.1

22.0

139.5

12.9 9.9

82.0 63.1

4.8 4.0

30.5 25.2

3.3

20.7

3.2 2.8 2.4 2.3 32.5

20.4 17.8 15.1 14.3 206.3

7,870

100.0

515.4

1,971

25.0

129.1

1,049 698

13.3 8.9

68.7 45.7

370

4.7

24.2

305 299 229 209

3.9 3.8 2.9 2.7

20.0 19.6 15.0 13.7

200 187 2,353

2.5 2.4 29.9

13.1 12.2 154.1

Infants, all races, male ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,646 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 2,875 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 2,455 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 1,553 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 791 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 655 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 533 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 494 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 397 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 392 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 360 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 5,141

100.0 18.4

141.8

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,291 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 2,598 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,937 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 1,095 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 608 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 492 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 455 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 351 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 307 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 294 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 278 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 3,876

See footnotes at end of table.

... 1 2

15.7 9.9 5.1 4.2

121.1 76.6 39.0 32.3

3 4 5 6

3.4 3.2 2.5 2.5 2.3 32.9

26.3 24.4 19.6 19.3 17.8 253.6

100.0

636.0

21.1

134.4

... 1

15.8 8.9

100.2 56.7

2

4.9

31.5

3 4

4.0 3.7 2.9 2.5 2.4

25.5 23.5 18.2 15.9 15.2

2.3 31.5

14.4 200.6

Infants, all races, female ... 1

Infants, white, male

771.9

7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,197 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 2,240 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,317 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 1,013 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 489 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 405 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59) 333 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 328 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 286 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 243 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 230 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 3,313 Infants, white, female

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 3. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution. Deaths based on race of decedent; live births based on race of mother; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Rank1

Infants, black, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . (P02) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

8,822

100.0

1,455.8

... 1

1,898

21.5

313.2

2 3

1,025 839

11.6 9.5

169.2 138.5

496 375

5.6 4.3

81.9 61.9

358 253 252 182 181 2,963

4.1 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.1 33.6

59.1 41.8 41.6 30.0 29.9 489.0

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,897 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,068 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 531 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 477 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 284 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 233 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) 187 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 156 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 141 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 102 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 99 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,619

4 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 ...

100.0

1,591.6

21.8

347.1

10.8 9.7

172.6 155.0

5.8 4.8

92.3 75.7

3.8 3.2 2.9 2.1 2.0 33.1

60.8 50.7 45.8 33.2 32.2 526.2

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,925 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 830 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 494 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 362 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 212 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) 171 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 142 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 111 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 97 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 84 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 83 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,339

100.0

1,315.8

21.1

278.2

See footnotes at end of table.

12.6 9.2

165.6 121.4

5.4

71.1

4.4 3.6 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.1 34.1

57.3 47.6 37.2 32.5 28.2 27.8 448.9

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

343

100.0

853.9

67 48

19.5 14.0

166.8 119.5

37 13 11

10.8 3.8 3.2

92.1 * *

10

2.9

*

10 10 9

2.9 2.9 2.6

* * *

9 9 110

2.6 2.6 32.1

* * 273.8

180 29

100.0 16.1

883.7 142.4

28

15.6

137.5

19 8 8 6 5

10.6 4.4 4.4 3.3 2.8

* * * * *

5 5 4

2.8 2.8 2.2

* * *

4 4 55

2.2 2.2 30.6

* * 270.0

163

100.0

823.2

39 19

23.9 11.7

197.0 *

18

11.0

*

6

3.7

*

6 5

3.7 3.1

* *

5 5 5 5 50

3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 30.7

* * * * 252.5

Infants, American Indian, male ... 1 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 7 10 10

Infants, black, female ... 1

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Infants, American Indian, both sexes

Infants, black, male ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) Infants, American Indian, female

... 1 2 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 3. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution. Deaths based on race of decedent; live births based on race of mother; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Infants, Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Neonates, all races, both sexes 705

100.0

390.0

170

24.1

94.0

... 1 2

91 50 34 26 25 21 18 17 16 237

12.9 7.1 4.8 3.7 3.5 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.3 33.6

50.3 27.7 18.8 14.4 13.8 11.6 * * * 131.1

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,728 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 4,320 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 3,892 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 1,391 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 1,050 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) 1,010 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 662 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 638 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 572 Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 496 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 361 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 4,336

100.0

473.0

23.1

109.1

20.8

98.3

7.4 5.6

35.1 26.5

5.4 3.5 3.4

25.5 16.7 16.1

3.1 2.6 1.9 23.2

14.4 12.5 9.1 109.5

100.0

510.9

23.3

119.1

19.9

101.7

7.6 5.9

38.7 30.2

5.1 3.7 3.7

25.9 19.0 18.6

3.0 2.9 2.1 22.8

15.5 14.9 10.5 116.7

8,373

100.0

433.3

1,906

22.8

98.6

1,831

21.9

94.7

607

7.2

31.4

486 437 284

5.8 5.2 3.4

25.1 22.6 14.7

258 252 193 148 1,971

3.1 3.0 2.3 1.8 23.5

13.4 13.0 10.0 7.7 102.0

Neonates, all races, male Infants, Asian or Pacific Islander, male ... 1 2 3 4 4 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

372

100.0

399.1

76

20.4

81.5

... 1 2

51 34 15

13.7 9.1 4.0

54.7 36.5 *

15

4.0

*

14 12

3.8 3.2

* *

11 11 9 124

3.0 3.0 2.4 33.3

* * * 133.0

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,355 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 2,414 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 2,061 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01) 784 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 613 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) 524 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 386 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 378 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 314 Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 303 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 213 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 2,365 Neonates, all races, female

Infants, Asian or Pacific Islander, female ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

333

100.0

380.3

94

28.2

107.3

... 1 2

40

12.0

45.7

3

20 16 12 11

6.0 4.8 3.6 3.3

22.8 * * *

4

10 8 6

3.0 2.4 1.8

* * *

6 6 104

1.8 1.8 31.2

* * 118.8

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 3. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution. Deaths based on race of decedent; live births based on race of mother; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Rank1

Neonates, white, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,164 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 3,067 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 2,329 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 856 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 665 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) 626 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 444 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 403 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 401 Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 347 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 189 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 2,837

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0

388.3

25.2

97.9

... 1 2

19.1

74.3 3

7.0 5.5

27.3 21.2

5.1 3.7 3.3

20.0 14.2 12.9

3.3 2.9 1.6 23.3

12.8 11.1 6.0 90.6

6,734

100.0

419.4

1,634

24.3

101.8

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,920 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,866 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 661 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 491 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 356 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) 350 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 239 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 180 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 161 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 146 Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 125 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,345

100.0

976.9

31.5

307.9

11.2

109.1

8.3 6.0

81.0 58.7

5.9 4.0 3.0 2.7

57.8 39.4 29.7 26.6

2.5 2.1 22.7

24.1 20.6 222.0

100.0

1,071.6

31.9

341.6

10.8

116.0

8.5 6.7

91.0 71.8

5.5 4.4 3.0 2.8

59.2 47.5 31.9 29.9

2.6 2.2 21.6

27.6 23.7 231.4

100.0

879.3

31.1

273.2

11.6

101.9

8.0

70.7

6.4 5.1 3.5 3.1 2.6

56.3 45.3 31.2 27.5 23.1

2.3 2.0 24.1

20.4 17.4 212.2

Neonates, black, male ... 1 2 1,295

19.2

80.7 3

486 377

7.2 5.6

30.3 23.5

324 281 221 216

4.8 4.2 3.3 3.2

20.2 17.5 13.8 13.5

214 114 1,572

3.2 1.7 23.3

13.3 7.1 97.9

5,430

100.0

355.6

1,433

26.4

93.9

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Neonates, white, female ... 1

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Neonates, black, both sexes

Neonates, white, male ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,297 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,051 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 357 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 280 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 221 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) 182 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 146 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 98 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 92 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 85 Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 73 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 712 Neonates, black, female

... 1 2

1,034

19.0

67.7 3

370

6.8

24.2 4

302 288

5.6 5.3

19.8 18.9

187 182 163 131 86 1,254

3.4 3.4 3.0 2.4 1.6 23.1

12.2 11.9 10.7 8.6 5.6 82.1

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,623 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 815 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 304 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . (P01) 211 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) 168 Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) 135 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) 93 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 82 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 69 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 61 Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 52 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 633

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Rank1

... 1 2 3 3 5 5 5 8 9 10 ...

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex Neonates, American Indian, both sexes All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(P07) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(P01) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . .(P22) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . .(P02) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . .(P77) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . (P20–P21) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . .(P36) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

190

100.0

473.0

47

24.7

117.0

Rank1

... 1 2

37

19.5

92.1 3

10 10

5.3 5.3

* *

4

9 9 9 8 6 4 41

4.7 4.7 4.7 4.2 3.2 2.1 21.6

* * * * * * 102.1

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

88

100.0

432.0

... 1

19

21.6

*

2

17 8 5 5

19.3 9.1 5.7 5.7

* * * *

4 4 4

4.5 4.5 4.5

* * *

3

3.4

*

2 2 15

2.3 2.3 17.0

* * *

Neonates, American Indian, male ... 1 2 3 4 4 6 6 6 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(P07) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . .(P22) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . .(P36) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . .(P77) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(P01) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . .(P20–P21) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . .(P02) Newborn affected by other complications of labor and delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . .(P03) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex Neonates, Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . .(P20–P21) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . .(P50–P52,P54) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Residual)

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

454

100.0

251.1

117

25.8

64.7

88

19.4

48.7

34

7.5

18.8

25 19 17 15 14 10 8 107

5.5 4.2 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.2 1.8 23.6

13.8 * * * * * * 59.2

236

100.0

253.2

53

22.5

56.9

49

20.8

52.6

15

6.4

*

14 11 10 7 6 5 5 5 56

5.9 4.7 4.2 3.0 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.1 23.7

* * * * * * * * 60.1

218

100.0

249.0

64

29.4

73.1

39

17.9

44.5

20 12

9.2 5.5

22.8 *

10 8 6 5 5 3

4.6 3.7 2.8 2.3 2.3 1.4

* * * * * *

3 3

1.4 1.4

* *

3 37

1.4 17.0

* 42.3

Neonates, Asian or Pacific Islander, male

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . .(P20–P21) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . .(P50–P52,P54) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Hematological disorders . . . . . . . . (P60–P61) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Residual) Neonates, Asian or Pacific Islander, female

Neonates, American Indian, female ... 1 2 3 3 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(P07) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(P01) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . .(P02) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . .(P20–P21) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . .(P77) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . .(P22) Neonatal aspiration syndromes . . . . . . . .(P24) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . (R95) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

102

100.0

515.2

... 1

30

29.4

151.5

2

18

17.6

*

3

6

5.9

*

4 5

6 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 19

5.9 4.9 3.9 3.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 18.6

* * * * * * * * * *

6 7 8 8 10 10 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P01) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . (P02) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . .(P20–P21) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Neonatal hemorrhage . . . . . . .(P50–P52,P54) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Interstitial emphysema and related conditions originating in the perinatal period . . . . . (P25) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) Hydrops fetalis not due to hemolytic disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P83.2) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Residual)

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Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Rank1

Postneonates, all races, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 ...

9,209 2,440

100.0 26.5

232.6 61.6

1,581 743 399 288 283

17.2 8.1 4.3 3.1 3.1

39.9 18.8 10.1 7.3 7.1

272 272

3.0 3.0

6.9 6.9

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9

224 88 2,619

2.4 1.0 28.4

5.7 2.2 66.1

10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,291 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 1,441 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 814 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 436 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 213 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 175 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 167 Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 156 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 155 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 143 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism . . . . . . .(D50–D89) 47 Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) 47 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,497

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,918 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 999 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 767 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 307 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 186 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 133 Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 116 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 108 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 105 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 81 Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) 41 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,075

See footnotes at end of table.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

5,903 1,566

100.0 26.5

188.4 50.0

1,144 479 263 167 164 164

19.4 8.1 4.5 2.8 2.8 2.8

36.5 15.3 8.4 5.3 5.2 5.2

157

2.7

5.0

127 52 1,620

2.2 0.9 27.4

4.1 1.7 51.7

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,463 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 931 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 606 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 287 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 140 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 106 Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 101 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 100 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 93 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 84 Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) 37 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 978

100.0 26.9

215.7 58.0

17.5 8.3 4.0 3.1 2.9

37.7 17.9 8.7 6.6 6.3

2.9 2.7

6.2 5.8

2.4 1.1 28.2

5.2 2.3 60.9

100.0 26.0

159.8 41.6

22.0 7.9 5.0 3.0 2.6 2.4

35.2 12.6 8.1 4.8 4.1 3.8

2.3

3.7

1.8 0.7 26.2

2.8 * 41.8

Postneonates, white, male 100.0 27.2

261.0 71.1

15.4 8.2 4.0 3.3

40.2 21.5 10.5 8.6

3.2 2.9 2.9

8.2 7.7 7.6

2.7

7.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

0.9 0.9 28.3

2.3 2.3 73.9

100.0 25.5

202.7 51.7

19.6 7.8 4.7 3.4 3.0 2.8

39.7 15.9 9.6 6.9 6.0 5.6

2.7

5.4

2.1 1.0 27.4

4.2 2.1 55.6

Postneonates, all races, female ... 1 2

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Postneonates, white, both sexes

Postneonates, all races, male ... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

Postneonates, white, female ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,440 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 635 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) 538 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 192 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 123 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 74 Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 63 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 58 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 57 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 43 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . .(C00–C97) 18 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 639

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Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Percent Revision, International Classification of Diseases, of total Mortality 1992), race, and sex Number deaths rate

Rank1

Postneonates, black, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,902 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . (R95) 782 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) 364 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 234 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 113 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 108 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 107 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 104 Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 97 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . .(K29,K50–K55) 88 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 32 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Residual) 873

Postneonates, American Indian, both sexes 100.0 26.9

478.9 129.0

12.5 8.1 3.9

60.1 38.6 18.6

3.7 3.7 3.6 3.3

17.8 17.7 17.2 16.0

3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . (R95) 450 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) 174 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 130 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 63 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 61 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 59 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 53 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . .(K29,K50–K55) 50 Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 50 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism . . . . . . . (D50–D89) 18 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Residual) 492

... 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 7 7

3.0

14.5 10

1.1 30.1

5.3 144.1

Postneonates, black, male ... 1 2

100.0 28.1

520.0 146.3

10.9 8.1

56.6 42.3

10 10 10 10 ...

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,302 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . (R95) 332 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) 190 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 104 Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) 54 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 51 Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 47 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 46 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 45 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . .(K29,K50–K55) 38 Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) 23 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Residual) 372

3.9 3.8 3.7 3.3

20.5 19.8 19.2 17.2

3.1 3.1

16.3 16.3

1.1 30.8

* 159.9

6 9

100.0 25.5

436.5 111.3

9

14.6 8.0 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.5

63.7 34.9 18.1 17.1 15.8 15.4

See footnotes at end of table.

3.5

15.1

2.9 1.8 28.6

12.7 7.7 124.7

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . (R95) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . .(K29,K50–K55) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism . . . . . . . (D50–D89) Volume depletion, disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid–base balance . . . .(E86–E87) Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . .(P20–P21) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Residual)

153 46

100.0 30.1

380.9 114.5

20 12 8 5 5 3

13.1 7.8 5.2 3.3 3.3 2.0

49.8 * * * * *

3

2.0

*

3

2.0

*

2

1.3

*

2 2 2 2 38

1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 24.8

* * * * 94.6

92 29

100.0 31.5

451.6 142.4

11 7 4 4 3

12.0 7.6 4.3 4.3 3.3

* * * * *

3 3

3.3 3.3

* *

2

2.2

*

2 24

2.2 26.1

* 117.8

61 17

100.0 27.9

308.1 *

9 5 4 2 1

14.8 8.2 6.6 3.3 1.6

* * * * *

1 1 1 1

1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

* * * *

1 1

1.6 1.6

* *

1 1 1 14

1.6 1.6 1.6 23.0

* * * *

Postneonates, American Indian, male ... 1 2 3 4 4 6 6

Postneonates, black, female ... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Percent Revision, International Classification of Diseases, of total Mortality 1992), race, and sex Number deaths rate

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . (R95) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . .(V01–X59) Diseases of the circulatory system . . . . .(I00–I99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . .(K29,K50–K55) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism . . . . . . . (D50–D89) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Residual) Postneonates, American Indian, female

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . . (R95) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . . (Q00–Q99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . .(V01–X59) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . (C00–C97) Volume depletion, disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid–base balance . . . .(E86–E87) Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Diseases of the circulatory system . . . . .(I00–I99) Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified . . (J40–J42) Hernia of abdominal cavity and intestinal obstruction without hernia . . . .(K40–K46,K56) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . .(P20–P21) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . (P36) Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Residual)

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Table 3. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by race and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Data for races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution. Deaths based on race of decedent; live births based on race of mother; see Technical notes]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Postneonates, Asian or Pacific Islander, both sexes ... 1 2 3 3 5 5 7 7 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G93.1) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Rank1

251

100.0

138.8

53 46 18 18 9 9

21.1 18.3 7.2 7.2 3.6 3.6

29.3 25.4 * * * *

6 6

2.4 2.4

* *

4

1.6

*

4 78

1.6 31.1

* 43.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 8 9 9 9

Postneonates, Asian or Pacific Islander, male

3 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . .(C00–C97) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Respiratory distress of newborn . . . . . . (P22) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rat e

Postneonates, Asian or Pacific Islander, female

9 ... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), race, and sex

136 31

100.0 22.8

145.9 33.3

23 12 10

16.9 8.8 7.4

24.7 * *

6 5 5 2

4.4 3.7 3.7 1.5

* * * *

2 2

1.5 1.5

* *

2 2 34

1.5 1.5 25.0

* * 36.5

. . . Category not applicable. * Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision; see Technical notes. 1 Rank based on number of deaths.

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities . . . . (Q00–Q99) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Diseases of the circulatory system . . (I00–I99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Assault (homicide) . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G93.1) Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism . . . . . . . . .(D50–D89) Meningitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) Renal failure and other disorders of kidney . . . . . . . . . . . (N17–N19,N25,N27) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

115

100.0

131.3

30 15 8 6 4 4 4

26.1 13.0 7.0 5.2 3.5 3.5 3.5

34.3 * * * * * *

3

2.6

*

2 2

1.7 1.7

* *

2

1.7

*

2 33

1.7 28.7

* 37.7

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Table 4. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by Hispanic origin, races for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999 [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated separately by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race. Data for Hispanic origin should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting Hispanic origin on birth and death certificates; see Technical notes. National linked files should be used to measure infant mortality for specific Hispanic subgroups]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Rank1

Infants, Hispanic, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,412 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 1,072 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 642 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 312 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 177 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 171 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 134 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 127 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 117 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 107 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 101 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,452

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Infants, white, non-Hispanic, both sexes 100.0

577.2

24.3

140.3

... 1 2

14.6 7.1 4.0

84.0 40.8 23.2

3 4

3.9 3.0

22.4 17.5

5 6

2.9 2.7 2.4 2.3 32.9

16.6 15.3 14.0 13.2 190.0

7 8 9

100.0

618.4

10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,553 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 3,127 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,692 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 1,403 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 686 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 514 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 490 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 435 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 341 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 339 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 335 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 4,191

100.0

577.6

23.1

133.3

12.5 10.4

72.1 59.8

5.1 3.8

29.2 21.9

3.6 3.2 2.5

20.9 18.5 14.5

2.5 2.5 30.9

14.4 14.3 178.6

7,718

100.0

640.8

1,693

21.9

140.6

939 837

12.2 10.8

78.0 69.5

390 297

5.1 3.8

32.4 24.7

264 258 218 198

3.4 3.3 2.8 2.6

21.9 21.4 18.1 16.4

184 2,440

2.4 31.6

15.3 202.6

5,835

100.0

511.0

1,434

24.6

125.6

753 566

12.9 9.7

65.9 49.6

296

5.1

25.9

226 217 177

3.9 3.7 3.0

19.8 19.0 15.5

155 144 143 1,724

2.7 2.5 2.5 29.5

13.6 12.6 12.5 151.0

Infants, Hispanic, male ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 10 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,411 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 534 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 360 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 177 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 102 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 96 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 80 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 62 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 62 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 57 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 49 Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 49 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 783

22.1

137.0

Infants, white, non-Hispanic, male ... 1 2

14.9 7.3 4.2

92.3 45.4 26.2

4.0 3.3 2.6 2.6

24.6 20.5 15.9 15.9

2.4 2.0 2.0 32.5

14.6 12.6 12.6 200.8

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

Infants, Hispanic, female ... 1 2 3 4 4 6 7 8 9 9 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,001 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 538 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 282 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 135 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 75 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 75 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 70 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 68 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 54 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 45 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 45 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 614

See footnotes at end of table.

100.0 26.9

Infants, white, non-Hispanic, female

534.4 143.7

... 1 2

14.1 6.7 3.7 3.7

75.3 36.1 20.0 20.0

3 4 5

3.5 3.4 2.7

18.7 18.2 14.4

2.2 2.2 30.7

12.0 12.0 164.0

6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

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Table 4. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by Hispanic origin, races for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated separately by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race. Data for Hispanic origin should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting Hispanic origin on birth and death certificates; see Technical notes. National linked files should be used to measure infant mortality for specific Hispanic subgroups]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Rank1

Infants, black, non-Hispanic, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,589 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,836 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 994 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 827 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 486 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 362 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 349 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 251 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 249 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 179 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 175 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 2,881

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Neonates, Hispanic, both sexes 100.0

1,458.3

... 1

21.4

311.7

2

11.6 9.6

168.8 140.4

3

5.7 4.2

82.5 61.5

4 5

4.1 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.0 33.5

59.3 42.6 42.3 30.4 29.7 489.1

6 7 8 9

100.0

1,593.2

10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,986 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 760 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 631 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 169 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 164 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 127 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 107 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 98 Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 91 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 79 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 58 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 702

100.0

390.7

25.5

99.4

21.1

82.6

5.7 5.5

22.1 21.5

4.3 3.6 3.3 3.0

16.6 14.0 12.8 11.9

2.6 1.9 23.5

10.3 7.6 91.8

100.0

415.3

23.5

97.7

21.8

90.5

5.8 5.7 3.8 3.7

24.1 23.9 15.9 15.4

3.5 3.0

14.6 12.3

2.4

10.0

2.0 24.6

8.5 102.3

100.0

365.1

27.7

101.2

20.3

74.2

5.5 5.2

20.0 19.0

5.1 3.3 3.1

18.7 12.0 11.5

2.9 2.8 2.0 21.9

10.7 10.1 7.5 80.1

Infants, black, non-Hispanic, male ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,765 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,033 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 518 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 470 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 278 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 225 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 180 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 152 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 140 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 98 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 97 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,574

Neonates, Hispanic, male ... 1

21.7

345.4 2

10.9 9.9

173.2 157.1 3

5.8 4.7

92.9 75.2

3.8 3.2 2.9 2.1 2.0 33.0

60.2 50.8 46.8 32.8 32.4 526.3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Infants, black, non-Hispanic, female ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,824 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 803 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 476 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 357 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 208 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 169 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 137 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 111 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 97 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 82 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 81 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,303

See footnotes at end of table.

100.0

1,319.1

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 381 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 353 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 94 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 93 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 62 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 60 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 57 Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 48 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 39 Pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P26) 33 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 399 Neonates, Hispanic, female

21.0

277.0

12.4 9.3

164.2 123.1

5.4

71.8

... 1 2 3

4.4 3.6 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.1 34.1

58.3 47.3 38.3 33.5 28.3 27.9 449.5

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,367 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 379 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 278 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 75 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 71 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 70 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 45 Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 43 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 40 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 38 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 28 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 300

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Table 4. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by Hispanic origin, races for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated separately by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race. Data for Hispanic origin should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting Hispanic origin on birth and death certificates; see Technical notes. National linked files should be used to measure infant mortality for specific Hispanic subgroups]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Rank1

Neonates, white, non-Hispanic, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

100.0

385.9

2,296

25.4

97.8

... 1 2

1,666

18.4

71.0 3

685 488

7.6 5.4

29.2 20.8

484 329

5.3 3.6

20.6 14.0

323 299 256 146 2,082

3.6 3.3 2.8 1.6 23.0

13.8 12.7 10.9 6.2 88.7

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,036 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 1,239 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 924 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 389 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 278 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 261 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 214 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 174 Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 166 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 159 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 85 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,147

100.0

418.1

24.6

102.9

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,018 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 1,057 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 742 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 296 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 223 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 210 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 149 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 140 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 115 Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 90 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 65 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 931

See footnotes at end of table.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,739 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,804 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 640 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 481 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 343 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 341 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 235 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 177 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 155 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 141 Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 121 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,301

100.0

974.4

31.4

306.3

11.2

108.7

8.4 6.0

81.7 58.2

5.9 4.1 3.1 2.7

57.9 39.9 30.1 26.3

2.5 2.1 22.7

23.9 20.5 220.9

100.0

1,067.6

31.8

339.7

10.9

116.4

8.6 6.7

91.6 71.2

5.5 4.4 3.0 2.8

58.5 47.5 32.1 29.4

2.6 2.3 21.5

27.8 24.4 229.0

100.0

878.3

31.0

271.8

11.5

100.7

8.1

71.4

6.5 5.1 3.7 3.2 2.6

57.3 44.8 32.1 27.9 23.1

2.3 1.9 24.2

20.0 16.6 212.5

Neonates, black, non-Hispanic, male ... 1 2 18.3

76.7 3

7.7 5.5

32.3 23.1

5.2 4.2

21.7 17.8

3.5 3.3 3.2 1.7 22.8

14.4 13.8 13.2 7.1 95.2

100.0

351.9

26.3

92.6

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Neonates, white, non-Hispanic, female ... 1

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Neonates, black, non-Hispanic, both sexes 9,054

Neonates, white, non-Hispanic, male ... 1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,193 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 1,016 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 348 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 274 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 213 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 175 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 142 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 96 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 88 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 83 Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 73 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 685 Neonates, black, non-Hispanic, female

... 1 2

18.5

65.0 3

7.4

25.9 4

5.6 5.2

19.5 18.4

3.7 3.5 2.9 2.2 1.6 23.2

13.0 12.3 10.1 7.9 5.7 81.5

5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,546 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 788 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 292 Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy. . . . . . . . . (P01) 207 Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes . . . . . . (P02) 166 Respiratory distress of newborn. . . . . . . (P22) 130 Bacterial sepsis of newborn . . . . . . . . . (P36) 93 Atelectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P28.0–P28.1) 81 Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn . . . . (P77) 67 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P20–P21) 58 Neonatal hemorrhage. . . . . . . (P50–P52,P54) 48 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 616

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Table 4. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by Hispanic origin, races for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated separately by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race. Data for Hispanic origin should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting Hispanic origin on birth and death certificates; see Technical notes. National linked files should be used to measure infant mortality for specific Hispanic subgroups]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Rank1

Postneonates, Hispanic, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59) Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis. . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism . . . . . . . . . .(D50–D89) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis. . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) Meningitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

100.0

186.6

312 286

21.9 20.1

40.8 37.4

... 1 2 3

116 72 57

8.1 5.0 4.0

15.2 9.4 7.5

50 46 43

3.5 3.2 3.0

6.5 6.0 5.6

28

2.0

3.7

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10

16 400

1.1 28.1

* 52.3

792 161

100.0 20.3

203.1 41.3

153

19.3

39.2

...

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59) Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis. . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism . . . . . . . . . .(D50–D89) All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual)

See footnotes at end of table.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,499 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 1,285 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 831 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59) 371 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 195 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 128 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 121 Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 119 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 111 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis. . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 77 Meningitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) 37 Renal failure and other disorders of kidney . . . . . . . . . . . (N17–N19,N25,N27) 37 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 1,187

100.0 28.6

191.7 54.8

18.5

35.4

8.2 4.3

15.8 8.3

2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5

5.5 5.2 5.1 4.7

1.7 0.8

3.3 1.6

0.8 26.4

1.6 50.6

100.0 28.7

222.7 64.0

16.9

37.7

8.2 4.4

18.3 9.7

3.1 2.9 2.9 2.2

6.9 6.6 6.6 4.9

1.6 1.0 27.9

3.7 2.2 62.2

100.0 28.3

159.1 45.0

20.7

33.0

8.3 4.3 2.9

13.1 6.8 4.6

2.5 2.3 2.2

3.9 3.7 3.5

1.8 0.8

2.9 *

0.8 25.2

* 40.1

Postneonates, white, non-Hispanic, male ... 1 2 3 71

9.0

18.2

39 35 27 26 23

4.9 4.4 3.4 3.3 2.9

10.0 9.0 6.9 6.7 5.9

17 11 229

2.1 1.4 28.9

* * 58.7

634

100.0

169.3

159 125 46

25.1 19.7 7.3

42.5 33.4 12.3

45 23 22 16

7.1 3.6 3.5 2.5

12.0 6.1 5.9 *

4 5 6 6 8 9 10 ...

Postneonates, Hispanic, female ... 1

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Postneonates, white, non-Hispanic, both sexes 1,426

Postneonates, Hispanic, male ... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,682 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 771 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 454 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59) 221 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 117 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 83 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 79 Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 79 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 59 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis. . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 44 Meningitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) 26 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 749 Postneonates, white, non-Hispanic, female

11

1.7

*

11

1.7

*

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10

8 168

1.3 26.5

* 44.9

...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,817 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 514 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 377 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (V01–X59) 150 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 78 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 52 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 45 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 42 Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 40 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis. . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 33 Malignant neoplasms . . . . . . . . . .(C00–C97) 14 Renal failure and other disorders of kidney . . . . . . . . . . . (N17–N19,N25,N27) 14 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 458

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Table 4. Infant, neonatal, and postneonatal deaths, percent of total deaths, and mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of infant death by Hispanic origin, races for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, 1999—Con. [Rates are infant (under 1 year), neonatal (under 28 days), and postneonatal (28 days–11 months) deaths per 100,000 live births in specified group. Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Data for Hispanic persons are not tabulated separately by race, data for non-Hispanic persons are tabulated by race. Data for Hispanic origin should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting Hispanic origin on birth and death certificates; see Technical notes. National linked files should be used to measure infant mortality for specific Hispanic subgroups]

Rank1

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Rank1

Postneonates, black, non-Hispanic, both sexes ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,850 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 771 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 354 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 233 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 110 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 107 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 106 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 103 Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 95 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis. . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 84 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 32 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 855

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,572 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 444 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 170 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 129 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 62 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 60 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 57 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 53 Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 49 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis. . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 48 Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (P07) 17 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 483

Percent of total Mortality Number deaths rate

Postneonates, black, non-Hispanic, female 100.0 27.1

483.9 130.9

12.4 8.2 3.9

60.1 39.6 18.7

3.8 3.7 3.6 3.3

18.2 18.0 17.5 16.1

... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9

2.9

14.3 10 ...

1.1 30.0

5.4 145.2

100.0 28.2

525.6 148.5

10.8 8.2

56.8 43.1

3.9 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.1

20.7 20.1 19.1 17.7 16.4

3.1

16.0

1.1 30.7

* 161.5

Postneonates, black, non-Hispanic, male ... 1 2

Cause of death (Based on the Tenth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1992), Hispanic origin, and sex

. . . Category not applicable. * Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision; see Technical notes. 1 Rank based on number of deaths.

All causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278 Sudden infant death syndrome . . . . . . .(R95) 327 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. . . . . (Q00–Q99) 184 Accidents (unintentional injuries) . . . (V01–X59) 104 Diseases of the circulatory system . . . (I00–I99) 53 Influenza and pneumonia . . . . . . . (J10–J18) 50 Septicemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A40–A41) 46 Assault (homicide). . . . . . . . . . . . (X85–Y09) 46 Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period. . . . . . . . . . . . (P27) 45 Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis. . . . . . . . (K29,K50–K55) 36 Meningitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G00,G03) 21 All other causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Residual) 366

100.0 25.6

440.9 112.8

14.4 8.1 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.6

63.5 35.9 18.3 17.2 15.9 15.9

3.5

15.5

2.8 1.6 28.6

12.4 7.2 126.3

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Technical notes Nature and sources of data Data in this report are based on information from all death certificates filed in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The U.S. Standard Certificate of Death—which is used as a model by the States—was last revised in 1989; for additional details see the 1989 revision of the U.S. standard certificates and reports (11) and Technical Appendix of Vital Statistics of the United States, 1989, Volume II, Mortality, part A (12). Information from death certificates are coded by the States and provided to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program (VSCP) and from copies of the original certificates received by NCHS from the State registration offices. In 1999 all the States and the District of Columbia participated in this program and submitted part or all of the mortality data for 1999 in electronic data files to NCHS. All States provided precoded medical (cause-of-death) data to NCHS except Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia, New York City, and the District of Columbia. For 1999 all States submitted precoded demographic data for all deaths.

Cause-of-death classification The mortality statistics presented here were compiled in accor­ dance with the World Health Organization (WHO) regulations, which specify that member nations classify and code causes of death in accordance with the current revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD–10). The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) provides the basic guidance used in virtually all countries to code and classify causes of death. Effective with deaths occurring in 1999, the United States began using the 10th revision of this classification, (ICD–10) (4); during the period 1979–98, causes were coded and classified according to the 9th revision (ICD–9) (5). For earlier years causes of death were classified according to the revisions then in use—1968–78, eighth revision, adapted for use in the United States; 1958–67, seventh revision; and 1949–57, sixth revision. One of the efforts to maintain the tradition of progress in the classification of diseases has been the practice, begun in 1900, to revise about every 10 to 20 years what is now the ICD. Each of these revisions has produced some break in the comparability of cause-ofdeath statistics. ICD–10 has many changes from ICD–9, including considerably greater detail, shifts of inclusion terms and titles from one category, section, or chapter to another; regroupings of diseases; new titles and sections; and modifications in coding rules (10). As a result, serious breaks occur in comparability for a number of causes of death. Measures of this discontinuity are essential to the interpretation of mortality trends. Ratios of comparability between ICD–9 and ICD–10 have been computed for this purpose and are presented in a separate report (10). Comparability ratios measuring discontinuities between previous revisions of the ICD have also been published (13–15). The ICD not only details disease classification but also provides definitions, tabulation lists, the format of the death certificate, and the rules for coding cause of death. Cause-of-death data presented in this publication were coded by procedures outlined in annual issues of the NCHS Instruction Manual (16–18). The manual includes rules for

selecting the underlying cause of death for tabulation purposes, defi­ nitions, tabulation lists, and regulations on the use of the classification. Before data for 1968, mortality medical data were based on manual coding of an underlying cause of death for each certificate in accordance with WHO rules. Effective with data year 1968, NCHS converted to computerized coding of the underlying cause and manual coding of all causes (multiple causes) on the death certificate. In this system, called ‘‘Automated Classification of Medical Entities’’ (ACME) (19), multiple cause codes serve as inputs to the computer software that employs WHO rules to select the underlying cause. Many States have implemented ACME and provide multiple cause and underlying cause data to NCHS in electronic form; for those States that have not, NCHS coded the mortality medical data using ACME. The ACME system is used to select the underlying cause of death on all death certificates in the United States. In addition, NCHS has developed two computer systems as inputs to ACME. Beginning with 1990 data, the Mortality Medical Indexing, Classification, and Retrieval system (MICAR) (20,21), was introduced to automate coding multiple causes of death. In addition, MICAR provides more detailed information on the conditions reported on death certificates than is available through the ICD code structure. Then, beginning with data year 1993, SuperMICAR, an enhancement of the MICAR system, was introduced. SuperMICAR allows for literal entry of the multiple cause-of-death text as reported by the certifier. This information is then automatically processed by the MICAR and ACME computer systems. Records that cannot be automatically processed by MICAR or SuperMICAR are manually multiple-cause coded and then further processed through ACME. In this report tabulations of cause-of-death statistics are based solely on the underlying cause of death. The underlying cause is defined by WHO as the disease or injury that initiated the train of events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury (4). It is selected from the conditions entered by the physician in the cause-of-death section of the death certificate. When more than one cause or condition is entered by the physician, the underlying cause is determined by the sequence of conditions on the certificate, provisions of the ICD, and associated selection rules and modifications. Generally, more medical information is reported on death certificates than is directly reflected in the underlying cause of death. This is captured in NCHS multiple cause-of-death statistics (22–24).

Race and Hispanic origin Race and Hispanic origin are reported separately on the death certificate. Therefore, data shown by race include persons of Hispanic or non-Hispanic origin, and data for Hispanic origin include persons of any race. In this report, unless otherwise specified, deaths of Hispanic origin are included in the totals for each race group—white, black, American Indian, and API—according to the decedent’s race as reported on the death certificate. Data shown for Hispanic persons include all persons of Hispanic origin of any race. Mortality data for the Hispanic-origin population are based on deaths to residents of all 50 States and the District of Columbia. Data year 1997 was the first year that mortality data for the Hispanic population were available for the entire United States. Quality of race and Hispanic origin data—Death rates for Hispanic, American Indian, and API persons should be interpreted with caution

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because of inconsistencies in reporting race on the death certificate as compared with race on censuses, surveys, and birth certificates. Studies have shown underreporting on death certificates of American Indians, API, and Hispanic decedents; and undercounts of these groups in the censuses (25,26). A number of studies have been conducted on the reliability of race reported on the death certificate by comparing race on the death certificate with that reported on another data collection instrument, such as the census or a survey. Differences may arise because of differences in who provides race information on the compared records. Race information on the death certificate is reported by the funeral director as provided by an informant or in the absence of an informant, on the basis of observation. In contrast, race on the census or on the Current Population Survey (CPS) is obtained while the individual is alive and is self-reported or reported by another member of the household familiar with the individual and, therefore, may be considered more valid. A high level of agreement between the death certificate and the census or survey report is essential to assure unbiased death rates by race. Studies (26,27) show that a person self-reported as American Indian or Asian on census or survey records was sometimes reported as white on the death certificate. The net effect of misclassification is an underestimation of deaths and death rates for races other than white and black. In addition, undercoverage of minority groups in the census and resultant population estimates, introduces biases into death rates by race (25,28). Estimates of the approximate effect of the combined bias due to race misclassification on death certificates and underenu­ meration on the 1990 census are as follows: white, –1.0 percent; black, –5.0; American Indian, +20.6; Asian or Pacific Islander, +10.7 (25). The National Longitudinal Mortality Study (NLMS) examined the reliability of Hispanic origin reported on 43,520 death certificates with that reported on a total of 12 Current Population Surveys conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the years 1979–85 (25). In this study, agreement—on a record-by-record basis—was 89.7 percent for any report of Hispanic origin. The ratio of deaths for CPS divided by deaths for death certificate was 1.07 indicating net underreporting of Hispanic origin on death certificates of 7 percent as compared with self-reports on the surveys. Death rates for the Hispanic-origin popu­ lation are also affected by undercoverage of this population group in the census and resultant population estimates; the estimated net correction, taking into account both sources of bias, is 1.6 percent (25,28). Other races and race not stated—Beginning in 1992 all records coded as ‘‘Other races’’ (0.02 percent of the total deaths in 1999) were assigned to the specified race of the previous record. Records for which race was unknown, not stated, or not classifiable (0.10 percent) were assigned the racial designation of the previous record. Infant mortality rates—For 1989–99, as in previous years, infant deaths continue to be tabulated by the race of the decedent. However, beginning with the 1989 data year, the method of tabulating live births by race was changed from race of parents to race of mother as stated on the birth certificate. This change affects infant mortality rates because live births are the denominators of these rates (29,30). Quantitatively, the change in the basis for tabulating live births by race results in more white births and fewer black births and births of other races. Consequently, infant and maternal mortality rates under the new tabulating procedure tend to be about 2 percent lower for white

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infants and about 5 percent higher for black infants than when they are computed by the previous method of tabulating live births by race of parents. Rates for most other minority races also are higher when computed by race of mother (12,30). Infant mortality rates for specified race are in error because of reporting problems that affect the classification of race on the birth and death certificates for the same infant. Infant mortality rates by specified race are more accurate when based on the linked file of infant deaths and live births (31). The linked file computes infant mortality rates using the race of the mother from the birth certificate in both the numerator and denominator. Race information on the birth certificate is considered to be more accurate than that on the death certificate because, on the birth certificate, race is generally reported by the mother at the time of delivery. Estimates of reporting errors have been made by comparing rates based on the linked files with those in which the race of infant death is based on information from the death certificate (12,25). Infant mortality rates for the Hispanic-origin population are based on numbers of resident infant deaths reported to be of Hispanic origin and numbers of resident live births by Hispanic origin of mother for the United States. In computing infant mortality rates, deaths and live births of unknown origin are not distributed among the specified Hispanic and non-Hispanic groups. The percent of infant deaths of unknown origin was 1.4 and the percent of live births to mothers of unknown origin was 1.2 for the United States for 1999. Infant mortality rates by Hispanic origin are more accurate when based on linked files of infant deaths and live births (31).

Computation of rates and population bases Rates in this report (except for infant mortality rates) are crude death rates presented per 100,000 estimated population in a speci­ fied group. Population estimates represent the population at risk of dying in a specified group. The populations used for computing death rates (furnished by the U.S. Bureau of the Census) in this report are estimates as of July 1, 1999 (32) and based on 1990 census level counts. Census level counts by race were modified to be consistent with U.S. Office of Management and Budget categories and historical categories for death data (33). Population estimates by race, sex, and the age categories presented in this report are shown in table I. Population estimates by Hispanic origin, race for the non-Hispanic population, and sex and age are shown in table II. Infant mortality rates are the most commonly used index for measuring the risk of dying during the first year of life. Infant mortality rates use the number of live births to approximate the population at risk of dying before the first birthday. They are calculated by dividing the number of infant deaths in a calendar year by the number of live births registered for the same period and are presented as rates per 100,000 live births. Neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates are also calcu­ lated using live births in the denominator. For final birth figures used in the denominator for infant mortality rates, see ‘‘Births: Final Data for 1999’’ (34).

Random variation The mortality data presented in this report are not subject to sampling error. However, mortality data, even based on complete counts, may be affected by random variation. When the number of

All races Age

Total

White

Male

Female

Total

Male

Black Female

Total

Male

American Indian Female

Total

Male

Asian or Pacific Islander Female

Total

Male

Female

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . 272,690,813 133,276,559 139,414,254 224,610,797 110,336,291 114,274,506 34,862,169 16,557,186 18,304,983 2,397,426 1,186,745 1,210,681 10,820,421 5,196,337 5,624,084 Less than 1 year . 1–4 years. . . . . . 5–9 years. . . . . . 10–14 years . . . . 15–19 years . . . . 20–24 years . . . . 25–34 years . . . . 35–44 years . . . . 45–54 years . . . . 55–64 years . . . . 65 years and over. 65–74 years . . . . 75–84 years . . . . 85 years and over.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,819,903 15,122,239 19,946,746 19,548,484 19,747,923 18,025,589 37,935,812 44,812,649 35,802,358 23,389,085 34,540,025 18,218,248 12,146,695 4,175,082

1,952,133 7,730,542 10,207,957 10,011,707 10,150,997 9,183,052 18,826,288 22,254,316 17,499,088 11,150,407 14,310,072 8,198,696 4,871,134 1,240,242

1,867,770 7,391,697 9,738,789 9,536,777 9,596,926 8,842,537 19,109,524 22,558,333 18,303,270 12,238,678 20,229,953 10,019,552 7,275,561 2,934,840

3,027,180 12,015,456 15,706,268 15,388,526 15,647,637 14,367,068 30,431,393 36,946,545 30,249,529 20,133,661 30,697,534 15,958,629 10,965,640 3,773,265

1,549,389 6,155,680 8,047,451 7,892,905 8,069,271 7,371,872 15,273,321 18,540,240 14,954,220 9,710,115 12,771,827 7,243,777 4,414,172 1,113,878

1,477,791 5,859,776 7,658,817 7,495,621 7,578,366 6,995,196 15,158,072 18,406,305 15,295,309 10,423,546 17,925,707 8,714,852 6,551,468 2,659,387

568,772 2,226,888 3,145,614 3,087,258 3,043,767 2,696,655 5,286,663 5,652,358 3,928,525 2,345,099 2,880,570 1,678,493 889,080 312,997

289,078 1,129,687 1,597,522 1,569,095 1,548,256 1,333,366 2,505,284 2,653,695 1,783,710 1,014,648 1,132,845 707,523 333,297 92,025

279,694 1,097,201 1,548,092 1,518,163 1,495,511 1,363,289 2,781,379 2,998,663 2,144,815 1,330,451 1,747,725 970,970 555,783 220,972

42,542 159,576 219,430 248,536 234,657 194,322 374,047 358,769 256,008 148,113 161,426 90,511 50,534 20,381

21,442 80,755 111,364 126,289 117,925 97,858 191,269 178,119 123,692 69,600 68,432 40,756 21,212 6,464

21,100 78,821 108,066 122,247 116,732 96,464 182,778 180,650 132,316 78,513 92,994 49,755 29,322 13,917

181,409 720,319 875,434 824,164 821,862 767,544 1,843,709 1,854,977 1,368,296 762,212 800,495 490,615 241,441 68,439

92,224 364,420 451,620 423,418 415,545 379,956 856,414 882,262 637,466 356,044 336,968 206,640 102,453 27,875

89,185 355,899 423,814 400,746 406,317 387,588 987,295 972,715 730,830 406,168 463,527 283,975 138,988 40,564

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Table II. Estimated population by age, Hispanic origin, race for non-Hispanic population, and sex: United States, July 1, 1999 All origins

Hispanic

Non-Hispanic White

Non-Hispanic Black

Age

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total . . . . . . . . . . . .

272,690,813

133,276,559

139,414,254

31,337,122

15,761,482

15,575,640

196,049,435

95,962,078

100,087,357

33,092,421

15,674,061

17,418,360

3,819,903 15,122,239 19,946,746 19,548,484 19,747,923 18,025,589 37,935,812 44,812,649 35,802,358 23,389,085 34,540,025 18,218,248 12,146,695 4,175,082

1,952,133 7,730,542 10,207,957 10,011,707 10,150,997 9,183,052 18,826,288 22,254,316 17,499,088 11,150,407 14,310,072 8,198,696 4,871,134 1,240,242

1,867,770 7,391,697 9,738,789 9,536,777 9,596,926 8,842,537 19,109,524 22,558,333 18,303,270 12,238,678 20,229,953 10,019,552 7,275,561 2,934,840

721,512 2,745,592 3,243,040 2,739,391 2,780,366 2,689,820 5,230,158 4,748,233 2,914,659 1,679,018 1,845,333 1,101,725 554,435 189,173

367,921 1,401,915 1,654,620 1,400,143 1,445,082 1,394,818 2,694,451 2,423,106 1,423,934 778,122 777,370 485,843 227,995 63,532

353,591 1,343,677 1,588,420 1,339,248 1,335,284 1,295,002 2,535,707 2,325,127 1,490,725 900,896 1,067,963 615,882 326,440 125,641

2,366,679 9,504,144 12,748,940 12,913,252 13,116,918 11,902,736 25,667,510 32,639,085 27,600,770 18,598,446 28,990,955 14,945,250 10,450,224 3,595,481

1,212,566 4,873,532 6,539,640 6,628,299 6,752,531 6,090,958 12,814,074 16,340,919 13,659,878 8,997,645 12,052,036 6,795,984 4,201,620 1,054,432

1,154,113 4,630,612 6,209,300 6,284,953 6,364,387 5,811,778 12,853,436 16,298,166 13,940,892 9,600,801 16,938,919 8,149,266 6,248,604 2,541,049

528,998 2,074,442 2,961,201 2,925,762 2,890,618 2,555,750 4,996,802 5,366,455 3,757,029 2,249,225 2,786,139 1,617,791 862,703 305,645

268,703 1,051,488 1,502,658 1,485,854 1,469,084 1,262,660 2,360,779 2,507,844 1,699,892 971,145 1,093,954 681,337 322,990 89,627

260,295 1,022,954 1,458,543 1,439,908 1,421,534 1,293,090 2,636,023 2,858,611 2,057,137 1,278,080 1,692,185 936,454 539,713 216,018

Less than 1 year . 1–4 years. . . . . . 5–9 years. . . . . . 10–14 years . . . . 15–19 years . . . . 20–24 years . . . . 25–34 years . . . . 35–44 years . . . . 45–54 years . . . . 55–64 years . . . . 65 years and over. 65–74 years . . . . 75–84 years . . . . 85 years and over.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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Table I. Estimated population by age, race, and sex: United States, July 1, 1999

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events is small (perhaps less than 100) and the probability of such an event is small, caution must be observed when interpreting mortality data. This is less problematic when analyzing the relative ranking of causes of death because the observed frequency of deaths for any particular cause is fixed for any given group in any given year, and the ranking is based on that fixed value. Nevertheless, when comparing rankings based on small numbers of deaths between groups or over time, it is important to be aware that differences in relative rankings may be attributable to random variability (see reference 3 for a more detailed discussion of random variation and formulas for calculating standard errors for death rates and infant mortality rates).

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Contents Abstract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Data and methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Procedures for ranking causes of death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Age groupings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Age differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Sex differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Race differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Hispanic origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Leading causes of infant death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Neonatal and postneonatal mortality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 List of detailed tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Technical notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Anderson, RN. Deaths: Leading causes for 1999. National vital statistics reports; vol 49 no 11. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2001.

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