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Table 3-5a.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Ethnicity and Sex Ages 15-24 Years:  Indiana Residents, 1999

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
ACCIDENTS 326 38.8 ACCIDENTS 221 51.7 ACCIDENTS 105 25.4
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 119 14.1 ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 97 22.7 ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 22 5.3
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 93 11.1 INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 80 18.7 DISEASES OF THE HEART 13 *
DISEASES OF THE HEART 31 3.7 DISEASES OF THE HEART 18 * INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 13 *
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 26 3.1 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 16 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 10 *
ALL CAUSES 702 83.5 ALL CAUSES 506 118.5 ALL CAUSES 196 47.3
                 
TOTAL NON-HISPANIC Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL NON-HISPANIC MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL NON-HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
ACCIDENTS 310 38.1 ACCIDENTS 210 50.9 ACCIDENTS 100 25.0
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 113 13.9 ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 93 22.5 ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 20 5.0
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 92 11.3 INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 79 19.1 DISEASES OF THE HEART 13 *
DISEASES OF THE HEART 30 3.7 DISEASES OF THE HEART 17 * INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 13 *
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 25 3.1 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 15 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 10 *
ALL CAUSES 671 82.5 ALL CAUSES 483 117.0 ALL CAUSES 188 47.0
                 
TOTAL HISPANIC Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL HISPANIC MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
ACCIDENTS 12 * ACCIDENTS 10 * ACCIDENTS 2 *
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 6 * ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 4 * ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 2 *
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 2 * CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 2 * CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM.,CHROM. ABNORM. 1 *
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1 *      
DISEASES OF THE HEART 1 * DISEASES OF THE HEART 1 *      
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 * PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 *      
CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM.,CHROM. ABNORM. 1 * INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 1 *      
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 1 *            
ALL CAUSES 27 96.2 ALL CAUSES 22 152.7 ALL CAUSES 5 36.6

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