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Table 3-7.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Race and Sex Ages 35-44 Years:  Indiana Residents, 1999

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 340 35.3 DISEASES OF THE HEART 236 49.4 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 189 38.9
DISEASES OF THE HEART 327 34.0 ACCIDENTS 204 42.7 DISEASES OF THE HEART 91 18.7
ACCIDENTS 284 29.5 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 151 31.6 ACCIDENTS 80 16.5
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 144 15.0 INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 115 24.1 INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 29 6.0
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 70 7.3 ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 49 10.3 ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 21 4.3
ALL CAUSES 1,742 180.9 ALL CAUSES 1,120 234.5 ALL CAUSES 622 128.2
                 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 299 34.3 DISEASES OF THE HEART 199 45.7 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 163 37.3
DISEASES OF THE HEART 267 30.6 ACCIDENTS 187 42.9 ACCIDENTS 70 16.0
ACCIDENTS 257 29.4 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 136 31.2 DISEASES OF THE HEART 68 15.6
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 135 15.5 INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 107 24.6 INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 28 6.4
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE, CIRRHOSIS 43 4.9 CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE, CIRRHOSIS 33 7.6 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 15 *
ALL CAUSES 1,451 166.2 ALL CAUSES 942 216.2 ALL CAUSES 509 116.4
                 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
DISEASES OF THE HEART 60 77.0 DISEASES OF THE HEART 37 102.8 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 26 62.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 40 51.4 ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 24 66.7 DISEASES OF THE HEART 23 54.9
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 34 43.7 ACCIDENTS 17 47.2 ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) 10 *
ACCIDENTS 26 33.4 HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) DIS. 14 * ACCIDENTS 9 *
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) DIS. 17 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 14 * HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) DIS. 3 *
            DIABETES MELLITUS 3 *
            PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 3 *
            CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 3 *
ALL CAUSES 284 364.7 ALL CAUSES 172 477.8 ALL CAUSES 112 267.4

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