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Table 3-4.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Race and Sex Ages 5-14 Years:  Indiana Residents, 1999

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
ACCIDENTS 64 7.5 ACCIDENTS 32 7.3 ACCIDENTS 32 7.7
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 18 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 14 * DISEASES OF THE HEART 5 *
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 11 * INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 8 * CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 5 *
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 10 * ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 8 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 4 *
DISEASES OF THE HEART 8 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 5 * PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 *
CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 8 *       ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 3 *
ALL CAUSES 184 21.6 ALL CAUSES 101 23.1 ALL CAUSES 83 20.1
                 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
ACCIDENTS 55 7.3 ACCIDENTS 26 6.8 ACCIDENTS 29 8.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 17 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 13 * DISEASES OF THE HEART 5 *
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 10 * INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 8 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 4 *
DISEASES OF THE HEART 8 * ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 6 * CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 4 *
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 8 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 4 * PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 *
ALL CAUSES 155 20.7 ALL CAUSES 83 21.6 ALL CAUSES 72 19.8
                 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
ACCIDENTS 9 * ACCIDENTS 6 * ACCIDENTS 3 *
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 3 * ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 2 * ANEMIAS 2 *
ANEMIAS 2 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1 * CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 1 *
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1 * ESSENTIAL HTN, HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DIS 1 * ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 1 *
ESSENTIAL HTN, HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DIS 1 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 1 *      
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 1 * DISEASES OF APPENDIX 1 *      
DISEASES OF APPENDIX 1 * COMPLICATIONS-MEDICAL, SURGICAL CARE 1 *      
CONG. MALFORM., DEFORM.,CHROM.ABNORM. 1 *            
COMPLICATIONS-MEDICAL, SURGICAL CARE 1 *            
ALL CAUSES 28 30.9 ALL CAUSES 17 36.7 ALL CAUSES 11 24.8

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