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Table 3-3.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Race and Sex Ages 1-4 Years:  Indiana Residents, 1999

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
   
ACCIDENTS 59 17.8   ACCIDENTS 39 23.1   ACCIDENTS 20 12.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 13 *   MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 8 *   CONG. MALFORM.,DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 8 *
CONG. MALFORM.,DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 11 *   ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 6 *   MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 5 *
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 10 *   CERTAIN COND. ORIG. IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 *   DISEASES OF THE HEART 4 *
DISEASES OF THE HEART 6 *   CONG. MALFORM.,DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 3 *   ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 4 *
ALL CAUSES 141 42.6   ALL CAUSES 84 49.7   ALL CAUSES 57 35.3
                     
WHITE POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate   WHITE MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate   WHITE FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
   
ACCIDENTS 45 15.4   ACCIDENTS 28 18.7   ACCIDENTS 17 *
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 13 *   MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 8 *   CONG. MALFORM.,DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 8 *
CONG. MALFORM.,DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 10 *   ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 4 *   MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 5 *
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 6 *   CERTAIN COND. ORIG. IN PERINATAL PERIOD 3 *   DISEASES OF THE HEART 3 *
DISEASES OF THE HEART 5 *   DISEASES OF THE HEART 2 *   CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 2 *
        CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 2 *   ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 2 *
        CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 2 *        
        CONG. MALFORM.,DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 2 *        
ALL CAUSES 115 39.3   ALL CAUSES 67 44.7   ALL CAUSES 48 33.6
                     
BLACK POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate   BLACK MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate   BLACK FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
   
ACCIDENTS 14 *   ACCIDENTS 11 *   ACCIDENTS 3 *
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 3 *   ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 2 *   DISEASES OF THE HEART 1 *
SEPTICEMIA, STREPTOCOCCAL, OTH 1 *   SEPTICEMIA, STREPTOCOCCAL, OTH 1 *   PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 *
ANEMIAS 1 *   ANEMIAS 1 *   ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 1 *
DISEASES OF THE HEART 1 *   CONG. MALFORM.,DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 1 *        
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 *                
CONG. MALFORM.,DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 1 *                
ALL CAUSES 24 73.0   ALL CAUSES 16 96.2   ALL CAUSES 8 49.3

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