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Table 3-12a.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Ethnicity and Sex Ages 85+ 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 5,567 6,168.1 DISEASES OF THE HEART 1,689 6,702.1 DISEASES OF THE HEART 3,878 5,961.2
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,721 1,906.8 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 718 2,849.1 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1,228 1,887.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1,614 1,788.3 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 386 1,531.7 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,003 1,541.8
ALZHEIMERS 660 731.3 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 254 1,007.9 ALZHEIMERS 510 784.0
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 608 673.6 PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 166 658.7 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 354 544.2
ALL CAUSES 14,721 16,310.5 ALL CAUSES 4,563 18,106.4 ALL CAUSES 10,158 15,614.7
                 
TOTAL NON-HISPANIC Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL NON-HISPANIC MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL NON-HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 5,533 6,196.2 DISEASES OF THE HEART 1,673 6,740.0 DISEASES OF THE HEART 3,860 5,986.8
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,712 1,917.2 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 714 2,876.5 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1,222 1,895.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1,606 1,798.5 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 384 1,547.0 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 998 1,547.9
ALZHEIMERS 656 734.6 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 251 1,011.2 ALZHEIMERS 506 784.8
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 605 677.5 PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 165 664.7 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 354 549.1
ALL CAUSES 14,625 16,377.9 ALL CAUSES 4,527 18,237.9 ALL CAUSES 10,098 15,661.9
                 
TOTAL HISPANIC Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL HISPANIC MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 23 2,400.8 DISEASES OF THE HEART 10 * DISEASES OF THE HEART 13 *
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 5 * SEPTICEMIA, STREPTOCOCCAL, OTH 2 * ALZHEIMERS 4 *
ALZHEIMERS 4 * CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 2 * CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 3 *
PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 4 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 2 * PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 *
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 4 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1 * PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 3 *
      DIABETES MELLITUS 1 *      
      PARKINSONS DISEASE 1 *      
      PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 *      
      PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS & LIQUIDS 1 *      
      NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYN., NEPHROSIS 1 *      
ALL CAUSES 61 6,367.4 ALL CAUSES 22 5,804.7 ALL CAUSES 39 *

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