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INDIANA MORTALITY REPORT - 2001
TABLE 3a-1
5 Leading Causes of Death by Reported ETHNICITY 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
 
NON-HISPANIC POPULATION Number Age_Adj Rate   NON-HISPANIC MALE Number Age_Adj Rate   NON-HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age_Adj Rate
Diseases of the Heart 15,487 262.92   Diseases of the Heart 7,525 334.18   Diseases of the Heart 7,962 212.01
Malignant Neoplasms 12,656 214.31   Malignant Neoplasms 6,673 277.23   Malignant Neoplasms 5,983 175.14
Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,823 64.97   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,496 66.63   Cerebrovascular Diseases 2,375 62.27
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 3,127 53.03   Cerebrovascular Diseases 1,448 67.31   Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 1,631 45.70
Accidents 2,052 34.90   Accidents 1,283 48.73   Diabetes Mellitus 903 25.46
ALL CAUSES 54,465 924.71   ALL CAUSES 26,426 1,137.86   ALL CAUSES 28,039 774.24
 
HISPANIC POPULATION Number Age_Adj Rate   HISPANIC MALE Number Age_Adj Rate   HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age_Adj Rate
Malignant Neoplasms 93 124.97   Malignant Neoplasms 62 178.48   Diseases of the Heart 31 104.10
Diseases of the Heart 77 121.56   Diseases of the Heart 46 133.94   Malignant Neoplasms 31 80.55
Accidents 51 27.21   Accidents 38 41.58   Accidents 13 **
Cerebrovascular Diseases 26 43.56   Assault (Homicide) 19 **   Cerebrovascular Diseases 12 **
Certain Conditions Originating In The Perinatal Period 23 5.42   Certain Conditions Originating In The Perinatal Period 15 **   Congenital Malformations, Deformations, & Chromosomal Abnormalities 8 **
            Certain Conditions Originating In The Perinatal Period 8 **
            Diabetes Mellitus 7 **
ALL CAUSES 438 516.09   ALL CAUSES 277 644.97   ALL CAUSES 161 395.13

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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