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Table 3-1a.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Ethnicity and Sex:  Indiana Residents, 1999

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age-Adj Rate TOTAL MALE Number Age-Adj Rate TOTAL FEMALE Number Age-Adj Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 16,734 285.5 DISEASES OF THE HEART 7,980 353.0 DISEASES OF THE HEART 8,754 235.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 12,788 217.2 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 6,655 276.4 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 6,132 179.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 3,965 67.8 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 1,483 65.4 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 2,530 67.1
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 3,014 51.3 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1,435 66.8 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 1,531 43.2
ACCIDENTS 2,252 38.0 ACCIDENTS 1,389 52.2 DIABETES MELLITUS 878 24.8
ALL CAUSES 54,761 932.3 ALL CAUSES 26,281 1,127.4 ALL CAUSES 28,479 790.0
                 
TOTAL NON-HISPANIC Number Age-Adj Rate TOTAL NON-HISPANIC MALE Number Age-Adj Rate TOTAL NON-HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age-Adj Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 16,555 285.8 DISEASES OF THE HEART 7,869 353.4 DISEASES OF THE HEART 8,686 236.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 12,674 218.1 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 6,579 277.3 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 6,094 180.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 3,922 67.8 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 1,472 65.8 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 2,509 67.2
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 2,992 51.6 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1,413 66.9 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 1,520 43.3
ACCIDENTS 2,175 37.5 ACCIDENTS 1,334 51.5 DIABETES MELLITUS 862 24.5
ALL CAUSES 54,077 933.0 ALL CAUSES 25,873 1,128.6 ALL CAUSES 28,203 791.2
                 
TOTAL HISPANIC Number Age-Adj Rate TOTAL HISPANIC MALE Number Age-Adj Rate TOTAL HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age-Adj Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 126 176.1 DISEASES OF THE HEART 78 230.2 DISEASES OF THE HEART 48 128.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 87 112.7 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 58 156.8 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 29 73.1
ACCIDENTS 54 38.4 ACCIDENTS 40 53.7 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 15 *
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 30 38.0 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 15 * DIABETES MELLITUS 14 *
DIABETES MELLITUS 22 29.6 CERT. COND. ORIGINATING IN PERINATAL PERIOD 15 * ACCIDENTS 14 *
ALL CAUSES 506 598.8 ALL CAUSES 303 716.9 ALL CAUSES 203 485.6

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