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- In 2014, a total of 60,798 Indiana residents died. This is a slight increase from the 60,445 deaths that occurred in 2013. For additional details, see Table 1.
- The five leading causes of death in 2014 were diseases of the heart, malignant neoplasms (cancer), chronic lower respiratory diseases, cerebrovascular diseases (stroke), and accidents (unintentional injuries). Together, these five causes accounted for 61.3 percent of Indiana deaths. These were the same top five causes in 2013 which accounted for 61.2 percent of the deaths. For details, see Table 3-1.
- Diseases of the heart accounted for 22.5 percent of all deaths (13,701 deaths). The number of deaths remained nearly unchanged from 2013 (13,718 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- Malignant neoplasms (cancer) accounted for 22.2 percent of all deaths (13,494 deaths). This is a 2.2 percent increase from 2013 (13,198 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- Diseases of the heart and malignant neoplasms (cancer) were the two leading causes of death regardless of race. Chronic lower respiratory diseases was the third leading cause of death for total and white residents; cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) was the third leading cause for black residents. See Table 3-1.
- Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) was the fourth leading cause of death (2,825 deaths) for white residents; accidents (unintentional injuries) was the fifth leading cause of death (2,685 deaths); Alzheimer's disease was the sixth leading cause of death (2,078 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- Diabetes mellitus was the fourth leading cause of death for black residents (223 deaths); accidents (unintentional injuries) was the fifth leading cause of death (210 deaths); assault (homicide) was the sixth leading cause of death (198 deaths). Assault (homicide) was the third leading cause of death for black males (173 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- For the Hispanic population (who can be of any race), the leading cause of death was malignant neoplasms (cancer) (174 deaths). This is a 16 percent increase from 2013 (150 deaths). In 2014 diseases of the heart (149 deaths) was the second leading cause, which was a 5.7 precent decrease from 2013 (158 deaths). Accidents (unintentional injuries) were the third leading cause of death (77 deaths). Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) was the fourth leading cause (53 deaths). Diabetes mellitus was the fifth leading cause (52 deaths). See Table 3a-1.
- The infant mortality rate (infants whose age at death was 0–364 days) was 7.1 per 1,000 live births (597 deaths). The number and rate remained stable from 2013 (594 deaths and a rate of 7.1), but decreased slightly from 2009 (675 deaths and a rate of 7.8). For additional details, see Table 8a.
- The white infant mortality rate was 5.9 per 1,000 live births (403 deaths). The black infant mortality rate was 14.7 per 1,000 live births (153 deaths). The gap between white and black infant mortality decreased slightly since 2009 when the white infant mortality rate was 6.4 and the black infant mortality rate was 16.1 per 1,000 live births. See Table 8a.
- The neonatal mortality rate (infants whose age at death was less than 28 days) was 4.6 per 1,000 live births (388 deaths). The white neonatal mortality rate was 3.7 per 1,000 live births (258 deaths), and the black neonatal mortality rate was 9.4 per 1,000 live births (98 deaths). See Table 8a.
- The postneonatal mortality rate (infants whose age at death was 28–364 days) was 2.5 per 1,000 live births (209 deaths). The white postneonatal mortality rate was 2.1 per 1,000 live births (145 deaths), and the black postneonatal mortality rate was 5.3 per 1,000 live births (55 deaths). See Table 8a.
- The Hispanic (any race) infant mortality rate was 6.9 per 1,000 live births (50 deaths). The neonatal mortality rate was 4.6 per 1,000 live births (33 deaths) and the postneonatal mortality rate was unstable (17 deaths). See Table 8a.
- For the total and black populations, the leading cause of death for infants under one year of age was disorders related to short gestation and low birthweight, not elsewhere classified (135 and 41 deaths, respectively). See Table 3-2.
- For the white population, the leading cause of death for infants under one year of age was congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (90 deaths). See Table 3-2.
- The leading cause of infant death for the Hispanic population (who can be of any race) was disorders related to short gestation and low birthweight, not elsewhere classified (13 deaths). See Table 3a-2.
- The leading cause of death for residents ages 1–4, for total, white and black populations was accidents (unintentional injuries) (30, 21 and 5 deaths respectively). There were a total of 84 deaths for ages 1–4 from all causes; 61 were white, 18 were black and 5 were other or unknown race. See Table 3-3.
- The leading causes of death for residents ages 5–34 were accidents (unintentional injuries) (708 deaths), intentional self-harm (suicide) (303 deaths), and assault (homicide) ( 198 deaths). For whites in this age group, accidents (unintentional injuries) were the leading cause of death (625 deaths), while for blacks, assault (homicide) was the leading cause (131 deaths).
- Assault (homicide) was the leading cause of death for black residents ages 15–34 (128 deaths). Assault (homicide) was the fifth leading cause of death for whites ages 15–34 (57 deaths).