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Table 3-8.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Race and Sex Ages 45-54 Years:  Indiana Residents, 1999

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,075 137.0 DISEASES OF THE HEART 628 163.1 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 509 127.3
DISEASES OF THE HEART 848 108.1 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 566 147.0 DISEASES OF THE HEART 220 55.0
ACCIDENTS 224 28.5 ACCIDENTS 153 39.7 ACCIDENTS 71 17.8
DIABETES MELLITUS 114 14.5 INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 80 20.8 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 55 13.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 114 14.5 CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE, CIRRHOSIS 79 20.5 DIABETES MELLITUS 41 10.3
ALL CAUSES 3,334 424.8 ALL CAUSES 2,056 533.9 ALL CAUSES 1,278 319.7
                 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 961 133.2 DISEASES OF THE HEART 542 152.2 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 457 125.1
DISEASES OF THE HEART 717 99.4 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 504 141.5 DISEASES OF THE HEART 175 47.9
ACCIDENTS 199 27.6 ACCIDENTS 138 38.7 ACCIDENTS 61 16.7
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 102 14.1 INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 79 22.2 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 41 11.2
DIABETES MELLITUS 101 14.0 CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE, CIRRHOSIS 70 19.7 DIABETES MELLITUS 36 9.9
ALL CAUSES 2,876 398.6 ALL CAUSES 1,787 501.7 ALL CAUSES 1,089 298.0
                 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 127 233.1 DISEASES OF THE HEART 83 333.3 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 50 169.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 107 196.4 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 57 228.9 DISEASES OF THE HEART 44 148.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 24 44.1 ACCIDENTS 15 * CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 13 *
ACCIDENTS 24 44.1 ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 13 * ACCIDENTS 9 *
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE, CIRRHOSIS 14 * CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 11 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 7 *
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 14 *            
ALL CAUSES 440 807.6 ALL CAUSES 259 1,040.0 ALL CAUSES 181 611.9

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