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- In 2015, a total of 62,666 Indiana residents died. This is an increase from the 60,798 deaths that occurred in 2014. For additional details, see Table 1.
- The five leading causes of death in 2015 were diseases of the heart, malignant neoplasms (cancer), chronic lower respiratory diseases, accidents (unintentional injuries), and cerebrovascular diseases (stroke). Together, these five causes accounted for 60.4 percent of Indiana deaths. These were the same top five causes in 2014 which accounted for 61.3 percent of the deaths. For details, see Table 3-1.
- Diseases of the heart accounted for 22.2 percent of all deaths (13,927 deaths). The number of deaths slightly increased from 2014 (13,701 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- Malignant neoplasms (cancer) accounted for 21.5 percent of all deaths (13,496 deaths). This number of deaths reamined nearly unchanged from 2014 (13,494 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- Diseases of the heart and malignant neoplasms (cancer) were the two leading causes of death regardless of race. Chronic lower respiratory diseases were the third leading cause of death for total and white residents; diabetes mellitus was the third leading cause for black residents. See Table 3-1.
- Accidents (unintentional injuries) were the fourth leading cause of death (2,935 deaths) for white residents; cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) were the fifth leading cause of death (2,675 deaths); Alzheimer's disease was the sixth leading cause of death (2,376 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- Accidents (unintentional injuries) were the fourth leading cause of death for black residents (247 deaths); cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) were the fifth leading cause of death (240 deaths); assault (homicide) was the sixth leading cause of death (211 deaths). Assault (homicide) was the third leading cause of death for black males (178 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- For the Hispanic population (who can be of any race), the leading cause of death was malignant neoplasms (cancer) (198 deaths). This is a 13.8 percent increase from 2014 (174 deaths). In 2015, diseases of the heart (142 deaths) were the second leading cause, which was a 4.7 percent decrease from 2014 (149 deaths). Accidents (unintentional injuries) were the third leading cause of death (92 deaths). Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) were the fourth leading cause (45 deaths). Doiabetes mellitus was the fifth leading cause (44 deaths). See Table 3a-1.
- The infant mortality rate (infants whose age at death was 0–364 days) was 7.3 per 1,000 live births (613 deaths). The number and rate slightly increased from 2014 (597 deaths and a rate of 7.1), but decreased slightly from 2009 (675 deaths and a rate of 7.8). For additional details, see Table 8a.
- The white infant mortality rate was 6.3 per 1,000 live births (437 deaths). The black infant mortality rate was 13.2 per 1,000 live births (137 deaths). The gap between white and black infant mortality has decreased slightly since 2009 when the white infant mortality rate was 6.4 and the black infant mortality rate was 16.1 per 1,000 live births. See Table 8a.
- The neonatal mortality rate (infants whose age at death was less than 28 days) was 4.8 per 1,000 live births (407 deaths). The white neonatal mortality rate was 4.3 per 1,000 live births (295 deaths), and the black neonatal mortality rate was 8.2 per 1,000 live births (85 deaths). See Table 8a.
- The postneonatal mortality rate (infants whose age at death was 28–364 days) was 2.5 per 1,000 live births (206 deaths). The white postneonatal mortality rate was 2.1 per 1,000 live births (142 deaths), and the black postneonatal mortality rate was 5.0 per 1,000 live births (52 deaths). See Table 8a.
- The Hispanic (any race) infant mortality rate was 8.5 per 1,000 live births (65 deaths). The neonatal mortality rate was 6.0 per 1,000 live births (46 deaths) and the postneonatal mortality rate was unstable (19 deaths). See Table 8a.
- For the total and white populations, the leading cause of death for infants under one year of age was congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (140 and 116 deaths, respectively). See Table 3-2.
- For the black population, the leading cause of death for infants under one year of age was disorders related to short gestation and low birthweight, not elsewhere classified (26 deaths). See Table 3-2.
- The leading cause of infant death for the Hispanic population (who can be of any race) was congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (19 deaths). See Table 3a-2.
- The leading cause of death for residents ages 1–4, for total, white and black populations were accidents (unintentional injuries) (21, 16 and 4 deaths respectively). There were a total of 87 deaths for ages 1–4 from all causes; 68 were white, 16 were black, and 3 were other or unknown race. See Table 3-3.
- The leading causes of death for residents ages 5–34 were accidents (unintentional injuries) (844 deaths), intentional self-harm (suicide) (305 deaths), and homicide (235 deaths). For whites in this age group, accidents (unintentional injuries) were the leading cause of death (735 deaths), while for blacks, assault (homicide) was the leading cause (151 deaths).
- Assault (homicide) was the leading cause of death for black residents ages 15–34 (148 deaths). Assault (homicide) was the fifth leading cause of death for whites ages 15–34 (64 deaths).