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INDIANA MORTALITY REPORT - 2002
TABLE 3-10
5 Leading Causes of Death by Reported RACE and Sex
AGES 65-74 YEARS
INDIANA RESIDENTS, 2002

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 3,391 876.54   Malignant Neoplasms 1,837 1,055.00   Malignant Neoplasms 1,554 730.48
Diseases of the Heart 2,596 671.04   Diseases of the Heart 1,569 901.09   Diseases of the Heart 1,027 482.76
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 773 199.81   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 400 229.72   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 373 175.33
Cerebrovascular Diseases 485 125.37   Cerebrovascular Diseases 254 145.87   Cerebrovascular Diseases 231 108.58
Diabetes Mellitus 408 105.46   Diabetes Mellitus 205 117.73   Diabetes Mellitus 203 95.42
ALL CAUSES 9,908 2,561.13   ALL CAUSES 5,483 3,148.92   ALL CAUSES 4,425 2,080.03
 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 3,083 861.12   Malignant Neoplasms 1,686 1,041.18   Malignant Neoplasms 1,397 712.42
Diseases of the Heart 2,371 662.25   Diseases of the Heart 1,452 896.68   Diseases of the Heart 919 468.66
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 745 208.09   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 390 240.84   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 355 181.04
Cerebrovascular Diseases 427 119.27   Cerebrovascular Diseases 221 136.48   Cerebrovascular Diseases 206 105.05
Diabetes Mellitus 356 99.43   Diabetes Mellitus 181 111.78   Diabetes Mellitus 175 89.24
ALL CAUSES 9,042 2,525.54   ALL CAUSES 5,045 3,115.52   ALL CAUSES 3,997 2,038.33
 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 296 1,210.44   Malignant Neoplasms 149 1,454.23   Malignant Neoplasms 147 1,034.63
Diseases of the Heart 215 879.20   Diseases of the Heart 112 1,093.11   Diseases of the Heart 103 724.94
Cerebrovascular Diseases 56 229.00   Cerebrovascular Diseases 32 312.32   Diabetes Mellitus 27 190.03
Diabetes Mellitus 51 208.55   Diabetes Mellitus 24 234.24   Cerebrovascular Diseases 24 168.92
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 26 106.32   Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis 13 **   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 16 **
ALL CAUSES 832 3,402.31   ALL CAUSES 426 4,157.72   ALL CAUSES 406 2,857.55

Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, April 2004.
**Numerator is less than twenty and the rate is unstable.
Population data from the 2002 Population Estimate, U.S. Bureau of Census
This table run on May 4, 2004
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