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INDIANA MORTALITY REPORT - 2001
TABLE 3-1
5 Leading Causes of Death by Reported RACE and Sex
All Age Groups
INDIANA RESIDENTS, 2001

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age_Adj Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age_Adj Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age_Adj Rate
Diseases of the Heart 15,576 261.71   Diseases of the Heart 7,576 332.06   Diseases of the Heart 8,000 211.27
Malignant Neoplasms 12,756 213.32   Malignant Neoplasms 6,742 276.20   Malignant Neoplasms 6,014 174.04
Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,850 64.82   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,500 66.02   Cerebrovascular Diseases 2,387 62.13
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 3,133 52.60   Cerebrovascular Diseases 1,463 67.18   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,633 45.33
Accidents 2,112 34.95   Accidents 1,324 48.62   Diabetes Mellitus 911 25.42
ALL CAUSES 54,944 920.86   ALL CAUSES 26,724 1,132.13   ALL CAUSES 28,220 771.21
 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age_Adj Rate   WHITE MALE Number Age_Adj Rate   WHITE FEMALE Number Age_Adj Rate
Diseases of the Heart 14,417 260.12   Diseases of the Heart 6,998 331.82   Diseases of the Heart 7,419 208.80
Malignant Neoplasms 11,717 211.87   Malignant Neoplasms 6,193 274.22   Malignant Neoplasms 5,524 172.97
Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,557 64.10   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,432 67.84   Cerebrovascular Diseases 2,225 61.65
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 3,010 54.25   Cerebrovascular Diseases 1,332 65.96   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,578 47.08
Accidents 1,943 35.92   Accidents 1,210 49.97   Alzheimer's Disease 838 22.38
ALL CAUSES 50,354 911.81   ALL CAUSES 24,270 1,119.77   ALL CAUSES 26,084 765.77
 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age_Adj Rate   BLACK MALE Number Age_Adj Rate   BLACK FEMALE Number Age_Adj Rate
Diseases of the Heart 1,121 322.41   Diseases of the Heart 558 395.47   Diseases of the Heart 563 269.13
Malignant Neoplasms 979 273.17   Malignant Neoplasms 514 360.04   Malignant Neoplasms 465 219.59
Cerebrovascular Diseases 284 84.29   Assault (Homicide) 183 69.63   Cerebrovascular Diseases 156 75.54
Diabetes Mellitus 213 60.73   Cerebrovascular Diseases 128 98.65   Diabetes Mellitus 111 53.10
Assault (Homicide) 208 38.31   Accidents 105 48.81   Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis 62 29.49
ALL CAUSES 4,405 1,200.95   ALL CAUSES 2,359 1,534.77   ALL CAUSES 2,046 957.26

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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