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INDIANA MORTALITY REPORT - 2001
TABLE 3-11
5 Leading Causes of Death by Reported RACE and Sex
AGES 75-84 YEARS
INDIANA RESIDENTS, 2001

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Diseases of the Heart 4,859 1,827.52   Diseases of the Heart 2,438 2,398.26   Diseases of the Heart 2,421 1,474.21
Malignant Neoplasms 3,653 1,373.93   Malignant Neoplasms 1,892 1,861.16   Malignant Neoplasms 1,761 1,072.32
Cerebrovascular Diseases 1,296 487.44   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 606 596.12   Cerebrovascular Diseases 750 456.70
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,235 464.50   Cerebrovascular Diseases 546 537.10   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 629 383.02
Diabetes Mellitus 545 204.98   Diabetes Mellitus 214 210.51   Diabetes Mellitus 331 201.56
ALL CAUSES 16,211 6,097.11   ALL CAUSES 7,779 7,652.20   ALL CAUSES 8,432 5,134.48
 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Diseases of the Heart 4,579 1,833.79   Diseases of the Heart 2,305 2,415.64   Diseases of the Heart 2,274 1,473.93
Malignant Neoplasms 3,390 1,357.62   Malignant Neoplasms 1,748 1,831.90   Malignant Neoplasms 1,642 1,064.29
Cerebrovascular Diseases 1,219 488.18   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 582 609.94   Cerebrovascular Diseases 702 455.01
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,195 478.57   Cerebrovascular Diseases 517 541.82   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 613 397.33
Diabetes Mellitus 478 191.43   Diabetes Mellitus 185 193.88   Diabetes Mellitus 293 189.91
ALL CAUSES 15,191 6,083.68   ALL CAUSES 7,266 7,614.76   ALL CAUSES 7,925 5,136.73
 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Diseases of the Heart 275 2,028.32   Malignant Neoplasms 138 2,687.44   Diseases of the Heart 144 1,709.60
Malignant Neoplasms 251 1,851.31   Diseases of the Heart 131 2,551.12   Malignant Neoplasms 113 1,341.56
Cerebrovascular Diseases 75 553.18   Cerebrovascular Diseases 29 564.75   Cerebrovascular Diseases 46 546.12
Diabetes Mellitus 63 464.67   Diabetes Mellitus 28 545.28   Diabetes Mellitus 35 415.53
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 38 280.28   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 22 428.43   Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis 19 **
ALL CAUSES 986 7,272.46   ALL CAUSES 497 9,678.68   ALL CAUSES 489 5,805.53

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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