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INDIANA MORTALITY REPORT - 2001
TABLE 3-10
5 Leading Causes of Death by Reported RACE and Sex
AGES 65-74 YEARS
INDIANA RESIDENTS, 2001

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 3,519 890.00   Malignant Neoplasms 2,026 1,145.59   Malignant Neoplasms 1,493 683.17
Diseases of the Heart 2,620 662.63   Diseases of the Heart 1,584 895.66   Diseases of the Heart 1,036 474.05
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 827 209.16   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 415 234.66   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 412 188.52
Cerebrovascular Diseases 534 135.06   Cerebrovascular Diseases 290 163.98   Cerebrovascular Diseases 244 111.65
Diabetes Mellitus 381 96.36   Diabetes Mellitus 194 109.70   Diabetes Mellitus 187 85.57
ALL CAUSES 10,126 2,561.00   ALL CAUSES 5,710 3,228.69   ALL CAUSES 4,416 2,020.67
 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 3,242 888.71   Malignant Neoplasms 1,878 1,146.72   Malignant Neoplasms 1,364 678.51
Diseases of the Heart 2,351 644.46   Diseases of the Heart 1,427 871.33   Diseases of the Heart 924 459.64
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 799 219.02   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 401 244.85   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 398 197.98
Cerebrovascular Diseases 475 130.21   Cerebrovascular Diseases 257 156.93   Cerebrovascular Diseases 218 108.44
Diabetes Mellitus 324 88.82   Diabetes Mellitus 160 97.70   Diabetes Mellitus 164 81.58
ALL CAUSES 9,225 2,528.78   ALL CAUSES 5,208 3,180.03   ALL CAUSES 4,017 1,998.23
 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 267 1,071.17   Diseases of the Heart 149 1,410.18   Malignant Neoplasms 127 884.40
Diseases of the Heart 258 1,035.06   Malignant Neoplasms 140 1,325.00   Diseases of the Heart 109 759.05
Cerebrovascular Diseases 57 228.68   Diabetes Mellitus 33 312.32   Cerebrovascular Diseases 25 174.09
Diabetes Mellitus 56 224.67   Cerebrovascular Diseases 32 302.86   Diabetes Mellitus 23 160.17
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 28 112.33   Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis 14 **   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 14 **
      Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 14 **      
ALL CAUSES 866 3,474.28   ALL CAUSES 482 4,561.80   ALL CAUSES 384 2,674.09

Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, March 2003 (table run on March 20, 2003).
**Numerator is less than twenty and the rate is unstable.
Population data from the 2000 Census, U.S. Bureau of Census
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