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Table 3-9a.  Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Ethnicity 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
                 
TOTAL NON-HISPANIC Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL NON-HISPANIC MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL NON-HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 2,127 412.3 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 1,151 467.1 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 976 362.2
DISEASES OF THE HEART 1,507 292.1 DISEASES OF THE HEART 999 405.4 DISEASES OF THE HEART 508 188.5
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 288 55.8 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 135 54.8 CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 153 56.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 185 35.9 ACCIDENTS 100 40.6 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 90 33.4
DIABETES MELLITUS 178 34.5 CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 95 38.6 DIABETES MELLITUS 89 33.0
ALL CAUSES 5,383 1,043.4 ALL CAUSES 3,127 1,269.0 ALL CAUSES 2,256 837.1
                 
TOTAL HISPANIC Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL HISPANIC MALE Number Age-Spec. Rate TOTAL HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age-Spec. Rate
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 25 355.8 MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 16 * MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 9 *
DISEASES OF THE HEART 14 * DISEASES OF THE HEART 13 * DIABETES MELLITUS 2 *
DIABETES MELLITUS 3 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 2 * CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE, CIRRHOSIS 2 *
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 3 * DIABETES MELLITUS 1 * ACCIDENTS 2 *
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE, CIRRHOSIS 3 * CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1 * DISEASES OF THE HEART 1 *
ACCIDENTS 3 * PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA 1 * CEREBROVASCULAR DIS.- STROKES 1 *
      CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE, CIRRHOSIS 1 * CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DIS. 1 *
      ACCIDENTS 1 * COMPLICATIONS-MEDICAL, SURGICAL CARE 1 *
      INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) 1 *      
ALL CAUSES 61 868.1 ALL CAUSES 39 1,177.2 ALL CAUSES 22 592.4

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