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Table 3-9.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Race and Sex Ages 55-64 Years:  Indiana Residents, 1999

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 2,156 412.3 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,169 468.1 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 987 361.3
DISEASES OF THE HEART 1,531 292.8 DISEASES OF THE HEART 1,020 408.4 DISEASES OF THE HEART 511 187.0
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 292 55.8 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 137 54.9 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 155 56.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 187 35.8 ACCIDENTS 103 41.2 DIABETES MELLITUS 91 33.3
DIABETES MELLITUS 182 34.8 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 96 38.4 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 91 33.3
ALL CAUSES 5,469 1,045.8 ALL CAUSES 3,183 1,274.6 ALL CAUSES 2,286 836.7
                 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate WHITE FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,935 399.9 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,052 452.9 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 883 350.9
DISEASES OF THE HEART 1,359 280.8 DISEASES OF THE HEART 911 392.2 DISEASES OF THE HEART 448 178.0
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 278 57.4 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 128 55.1 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 150 59.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 149 30.8 ACCIDENTS 94 40.5 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 72 28.6
DIABETES MELLITUS 136 28.1 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 77 33.1 DIABETES MELLITUS 65 25.8
ALL CAUSES 4,858 1,003.9 ALL CAUSES 2,834 1,220.1 ALL CAUSES 2,024 804.4
                 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate BLACK FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 209 613.5 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 112 741.6 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 97 511.4
DISEASES OF THE HEART 169 496.1 DISEASES OF THE HEART 107 708.5 DISEASES OF THE HEART 62 326.9
DIABETES MELLITUS 46 135.0 DIABETES MELLITUS 20 132.4 DIABETES MELLITUS 26 137.1
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 37 108.6 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 19 * CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 18 *
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 14 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 9 * SEPTICEMIA, STREPTOCOCCAL, OTH 5 *
      ACCIDENTS 9 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS 5 *
            NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYN., NEPHROSIS 5 *
ALL CAUSES 590 1,731.8 ALL CAUSES 341 2,258.0 ALL CAUSES 249 1,312.9

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