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INDIANA MORTALITY REPORT - 2002
TABLE 3-1
5 Leading Causes of Death by Reported RACE and Sex
All Age Groups
INDIANA RESIDENTS, 2002

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age_Adj Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age_Adj Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age_Adj Rate
Diseases of the Heart 15,180 246.09   Diseases of the Heart 7,353 304.84   Diseases of the Heart 7,826 201.42
Malignant Neoplasms 12,771 208.33   Malignant Neoplasms 6,531 256.91   Malignant Neoplasms 6,240 176.97
Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,674 59.42   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,569 66.28   Cerebrovascular Diseases 2,338 59.21
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 3,127 51.11   Cerebrovascular Diseases 1,336 57.74   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,558 42.41
Accidents 2,086 33.75   Accidents 1,270 45.15   Alzheimer's Disease 1,048 25.40
ALL CAUSES 55,123 895.16   ALL CAUSES 26,579 1,073.47   ALL CAUSES 28,541 761.59
 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age_Adj Rate   WHITE MALE Number Age_Adj Rate   WHITE FEMALE Number Age_Adj Rate
Diseases of the Heart 14,065 244.27   Diseases of the Heart 6,802 303.67   Diseases of the Heart 7,263 198.98
Malignant Neoplasms 11,684 205.42   Malignant Neoplasms 5,978 253.19   Malignant Neoplasms 5,706 174.67
Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,379 58.36   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,519 68.68   Cerebrovascular Diseases 2,172 58.44
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 3,023 52.95   Cerebrovascular Diseases 1,207 56.39   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,504 43.92
Accidents 1,931 34.42   Accidents 1,164 45.63   Alzheimer's Disease 992 25.58
ALL CAUSES 50,472 881.91   ALL CAUSES 24,170 1,056.79   ALL CAUSES 26,301 751.27
 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age_Adj Rate   BLACK MALE Number Age_Adj Rate   BLACK FEMALE Number Age_Adj Rate
Diseases of the Heart 1,077 295.64   Malignant Neoplasms 535 353.07   Diseases of the Heart 548 252.32
Malignant Neoplasms 1,042 279.94   Diseases of the Heart 528 352.22   Malignant Neoplasms 507 232.09
Cerebrovascular Diseases 288 79.47   Assault (Homicide) 142 53.02   Cerebrovascular Diseases 163 74.60
Assault (Homicide) 186 33.79   Cerebrovascular Diseases 125 83.50   Diabetes Mellitus 93 43.33
Diabetes Mellitus 184 49.17   Accidents 97 48.23   Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis 65 30.03
ALL CAUSES 4,413 1,151.46   ALL CAUSES 2,274 1,406.30   ALL CAUSES 2,137 959.82

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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