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Table 3-2.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Race and Sex Ages Under 1 Year:  Indiana Residents, 1999

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
   
CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM., CHROM.ABNORM. 144 173.6   CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM., CHROM.ABNORM. 84 197.6   CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM., CHROM.ABNORM. 60 148.3
DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION,LBW 105 126.6   DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION,LBW 58 136.5   DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION,LBW 47 116.2
S I D S - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME 53 63.9   S I D S - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME 30 70.6   S I D S - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME 23 56.9
ACCIDENTS 42 50.6   ACCIDENTS 29 68.2   BACTERIAL SEPSIS-NEWBORN 16 *
BACTERIAL SEPSIS-NEWBORN 36 43.4   NEWBORN AFFECTED-MATERNAL COMPLIC. PREG. 22 51.8   RESPIRATORY DISTRESS- NEWBORN 15 *
ALL CAUSES 671 808.9   ALL CAUSES 396 931.7   ALL CAUSES 275 679.8
                     
WHITE POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate   WHITE MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate   WHITE FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
   
CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM., CHROM.ABNORM. 125 170.2   CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM., CHROM.ABNORM. 70 185.3   CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM., CHROM.ABNORM. 55 154.1
DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION,LBW 72 98.0   DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION,LBW 41 108.6   DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION,LBW 31 86.9
S I D S - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME 42 57.2   S I D S - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME 25 66.2   S I D S - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME 17 *
BACTERIAL SEPSIS-NEWBORN 30 40.8   NEWBORN AFFECTED-MATERNAL COMPLIC. PREG. 20 53.0   BACTERIAL SEPSIS-NEWBORN 13 *
NEWBORN AFFECTED-MATERNAL COMPLIC. PREG. 27 36.8   BACTERIAL SEPSIS-NEWBORN 17 *   RESPIRATORY DISTRESS- NEWBORN 10 *
        ACCIDENTS 17 *   NEWBORN AFFECTED-PLACENTA,CORD,MEMBRANES 10 *
ALL CAUSES 506 688.8   ALL CAUSES 300 794.3   ALL CAUSES 206 577.2
                     
BLACK POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate   BLACK MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate   BLACK FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
   
DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION,LBW 32 388.9   DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION,LBW 16 *   DISORDERS RELATED TO SHORT GESTATION,LBW 16 *
CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM., CHROM.ABNORM. 17 *   CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM., CHROM.ABNORM. 14 *   S I D S - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME 6 *
ACCIDENTS 17 *   ACCIDENTS 12 *   ACCIDENTS 5 *
S I D S - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME 11 *   S I D S - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME 5 *   NEWBORN AFFECTED-MATERNAL COMPLIC. PREG. 4 *
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS- NEWBORN 8 *   PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 *   RESPIRATORY DISTRESS- NEWBORN 4 *
        RESPIRATORY DISTRESS- NEWBORN 4 *        
ALL CAUSES 157 1,908.1   ALL CAUSES 92 2,231.9   ALL CAUSES 65 1,583.0

* Numerator is less than 20 and the rate is unstable. 
Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, May 2001