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Indiana Mortality Report - 2003
Table 3a-2. The Five Leading Causes of Death by Reported Ethnicity and Sex:
Ages Under 1 Year, Indiana Residents

TOTAL POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   TOTAL FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
ALL CAUSES 641 764.14   ALL CAUSES 384 896.48   ALL CAUSES 256 623.61
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 129 153.78   Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 74 172.76   Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 58 141.29
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 118 140.67   Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 71 165.76   Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 44 107.18
Accidents 45 53.64   Sudden infant death syndrome 29 67.70   Newborn affected by maternal complication of pregnancy 19 **
Newborn affected by maternal complication of pregnancy 41 48.88   Accidents 26 60.70   Accidents 19 **
Sudden infant death syndrome 41 48.88   Newborn affected by maternal complication of pregnancy 22 51.36   Sudden infant death syndrome 12 **
Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord, and membranes 25 29.80         Diseases of the circulatory system 11 **

NON-HISPANIC POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   NON-HISPANIC MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   NON-HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
ALL CAUSES 600 766.37   ALL CAUSES 358 896.14   ALL CAUSES 241 628.55
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 121 154.55   Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 72 180.23   Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 56 146.05
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 113 144.33   Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 65 162.71   Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 41 106.93
Accidents 45 57.48   Sudden infant death syndrome 27 67.59   Newborn affected by maternal complication of pregnancy 19 **
Newborn affected by maternal complication of pregnancy 38 48.54   Accidents 26 65.08   Accidents 19 **
Sudden infant death syndrome 38 48.54   Newborn affected by maternal complication of pregnancy 19 **   Sudden infant death syndrome 11 **
Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord, and membranes 23 29.38         Diseases of the circulatory system 9 **

HISPANIC POPULATION Number Age_Spc Rate   HISPANIC MALE Number Age_Spc Rate   HISPANIC FEMALE Number Age_Spc Rate
ALL CAUSES 38 679.30   ALL CAUSES 24 831.89   ALL CAUSES 14 **
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 8 **   Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 6 **   Diseases of the circulatory system 2 **
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 4 **   Newborn affected by maternal complication of pregnancy 3 **   Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 2 **
Newborn affected by maternal complication of pregnancy 3 **   Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 2 **   Bacterial sepsis of newborn 2 **
Sudden infant death syndrome 3 **   Sudden infant death syndrome 2 **   Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 2 **
Diseases of the circulatory system 2 **   Influenza and Pneumonia 1 **   Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord, and membranes 1 **
Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord, and membranes 2 **   Newborn affected by maternal hypertensive disorders 1 **   Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn 1 **
Bacterial sepsis of newborn 2 **   Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord, and membranes 1 **   Sudden infant death syndrome 1 **
Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn 2 **   Pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period 1 **      
Influenza and Pneumonia 1 **   Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn 1 **      
Newborn affected by maternal hypertensive disorders 1 **   Assault (homicide) 1 **      
Pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period 1 **            
Assault (homicide) 1 **            

Source: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team.
** Numerator is less than 20 and the rate is unstable.
Age-specific rates are per 100,000 population.
Population data from the July 1, 2003 Population Estimate, U.S. Bureau of Census. See the Technical Notes.
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