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INDIANA MORTALITY REPORT - 2001
TABLE 3-7
5 Leading Causes of Death by Reported RACE and Sex
AGES 35-44 YEARS
INDIANA RESIDENTS, 2001

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 356 37.06   Diseases of the Heart 244 51.01   Malignant Neoplasms 194 40.22
Diseases of the Heart 329 34.25   Accidents 220 46.00   Diseases of the Heart 85 17.62
Accidents 304 31.64   Malignant Neoplasms 162 33.87   Accidents 84 17.41
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) 153 15.93   Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) 115 24.04   Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) 38 7.88
Assault (Homicide) 80 8.33   Assault (Homicide) 55 11.50   Assault (Homicide) 25 5.18
ALL CAUSES 1,900 197.77   ALL CAUSES 1,208 252.56   ALL CAUSES 692 143.45
 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 315 37.09   Diseases of the Heart 227 53.54   Malignant Neoplasms 170 39.98
Accidents 289 34.03   Accidents 206 48.58   Accidents 83 19.52
Diseases of the Heart 286 33.68   Malignant Neoplasms 145 34.20   Diseases of the Heart 59 13.88
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) 143 16.84   Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) 107 25.24   Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) 36 8.47
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis 48 5.65   Assault (Homicide) 30 7.08   Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis 20 4.70
Assault (Homicide) 48 5.65            
ALL CAUSES 1,632 192.18   ALL CAUSES 1,046 246.69   ALL CAUSES 586 137.83
 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Diseases of the Heart 42 53.87   Assault (Homicide) 25 68.07   Diseases of the Heart 26 63.04
Malignant Neoplasms 37 47.45   Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Disease 19 **   Malignant Neoplasms 22 53.34
Assault (Homicide) 32 41.04   Diseases of the Heart 16 **   Assault (Homicide) 7 **
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Disease 20 25.65   Malignant Neoplasms 15 **   Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis 5 **
Accidents 15 **   Accidents 14 **   Septicemia 4 **
ALL CAUSES 259 332.18   ALL CAUSES 156 424.76   ALL CAUSES 103 249.74

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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