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Table 3-11.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Race and Sex Ages 75-84 Years:  Indiana Residents, 1999

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 5,184 1,982.6 DISEASES OF THE HEART 2,484 2,467.8 DISEASES OF THE HEART 2,700 1,678.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 3,693 1,412.3 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,949 1,936.3 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,744 1,084.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1,441 551.1 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 586 582.2 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 855 531.6
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 1,136 434.5 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 566 562.3 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 570 354.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 509 194.7 DIABETES MELLITUS 216 214.6 DIABETES MELLITUS 293 182.2
ALL CAUSES 16,106 6,159.6 ALL CAUSES 7,640 7,590.3 ALL CAUSES 8,466 5,264.1
                 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 4,872 1,970.6 DISEASES OF THE HEART 2,357 2,479.5 DISEASES OF THE HEART 2,515 1,652.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 3,436 1,389.8 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,795 1,888.3 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,641 1,078.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1,359 549.7 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 557 585.9 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 802 527.0
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 1,093 442.1 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 542 570.2 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 551 362.1
DIABETES MELLITUS 465 188.1 DIABETES MELLITUS 204 214.6 DIABETES MELLITUS 261 171.5
ALL CAUSES 15,122 6,116.4 ALL CAUSES 7,193 7,566.8 ALL CAUSES 7,929 5,210.4
                 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 303 2,302.4 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 153 2,978.4 DISEASES OF THE HEART 179 2,231.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 249 1,892.1 DISEASES OF THE HEART 124 2,413.9 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 96 1,196.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 81 615.5 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 28 545.1 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 53 660.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 43 326.7 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 23 447.7 DIABETES MELLITUS 31 386.4
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 42 319.1 DIABETES MELLITUS 12 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 19 *
            NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYN., NEPHROSIS 19 *
ALL CAUSES 950 7,218.8 ALL CAUSES 434 8,448.5 ALL CAUSES 516 6,431.5

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