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INDIANA MORTALITY REPORT - 2001
TABLE 3-9
5 Leading Causes of Death by Reported RACE and Sex
AGES 55-64 YEARS
INDIANA RESIDENTS, 2001

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 2,157 407.10   Malignant Neoplasms 1,179 460.24   Malignant Neoplasms 978 357.36
Diseases of the Heart 1,472 277.82   Diseases of the Heart 989 386.07   Diseases of the Heart 483 176.49
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 297 56.05   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 140 54.65   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 157 57.37
Cerebrovascular Diseases 207 39.07   Cerebrovascular Diseases 119 46.45   Cerebrovascular Diseases 88 32.15
Diabetes Mellitus 193 36.43   Diabetes Mellitus 107 41.77   Diabetes Mellitus 86 31.42
ALL CAUSES 5,567 1,050.69   ALL CAUSES 3,277 1,279.23   ALL CAUSES 2,290 836.76
 
WHITE POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   WHITE FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 1,971 406.42   Malignant Neoplasms 1,080 459.04   Malignant Neoplasms 891 356.84
Diseases of the Heart 1,287 265.38   Diseases of the Heart 876 372.33   Diseases of the Heart 411 164.60
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 280 57.74   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 129 54.83   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 151 60.47
Cerebrovascular Diseases 176 36.29   Cerebrovascular Diseases 104 44.20   Diabetes Mellitus 73 29.24
Diabetes Mellitus 171 35.26   Diabetes Mellitus 98 41.65   Cerebrovascular Diseases 72 28.84
ALL CAUSES 4,969 1,024.61   ALL CAUSES 2,936 1,247.91   ALL CAUSES 2,033 814.21
 
BLACK POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   BLACK FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
Diseases of the Heart 179 521.93   Diseases of the Heart 108 692.71   Malignant Neoplasms 85 454.42
Malignant Neoplasms 174 507.35   Malignant Neoplasms 89 570.84   Diseases of the Heart 71 379.58
Cerebrovascular Diseases 31 90.39   Cerebrovascular Diseases 15 **   Cerebrovascular Diseases 16 **
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis 24 69.98   Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis 15 **   Diabetes Mellitus 13 **
Diabetes Mellitus 22 64.15   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 11 **   Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome & Nephrosis 9 **
      Diabetes Mellitus 9 **      
ALL CAUSES 579 1,688.24   ALL CAUSES 326 2,090.95   ALL CAUSES 253 1,352.58

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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