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- In 2016, a total of 63,492 Indiana residents died. This is an increase from the 62,666 deaths that occurred in 2015. For additional details, see Table 1.
- The five leading causes of death in 2016 were diseases of the heart, malignant neoplasms (cancer), chronic lower respiratory diseases, accidents (unintentional injuries), and cerebrovascular diseases (stroke). Together, these five causes accounted for 60 percent of Indiana deaths. These have remained the leading causes of death for the past five years. For details, see Table 3-1.
- Diseases of the heart accounted for 22 percent of all deaths (13,954 deaths). The number of deaths slightly increased from 2015 (13,927 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- Malignant neoplasms (cancer) accounted for 21.1 percent of all deaths (13,423 deaths). This number of deaths decreased slightly from 2015 (13,496 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- Diseases of the heart and malignant neoplasms (cancer) were the two leading causes of death regardless of race. Chronic lower respiratory diseases were the third leading cause of death for total and white residents; Accidents (unintentional injuries) were the third leading cause for black residents. See Table 3-1.
- Accidents (unintentional injuries) were the fourth leading cause of death (3,115 deaths) for white residents; cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) were the fifth leading cause of death (2,764 deaths); Alzheimer's disease was the sixth leading cause of death (2,522 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- Diabetes mellitus was the fourth leading cause of death for black residents (268 deaths); assault (homicide) was the fifth leading cause of death (263 deaths); cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) were the sixth leading cause of death (241 deaths). See Table 3-1.
- For the Hispanic population (who can be of any race), the leading cause of death was malignant neoplasms (cancer) (185 deaths). This is a 6.6 percent decrease from 2015 (198 deaths). In 2016, diseases of the heart (164 deaths) were the second leading cause, which was a 15.5 percent increase from 2015 (142 deaths). Accidents (unintentional injuries) were the third leading cause of death (82 deaths). Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) were the fourth leading cause (38 deaths). Diabetes mellitus was the fifth leading cause (37 deaths). See Table 3a-1.
- The infant mortality rate (infants whose age at death was 0–364 days) was 7.5 per 1,000 live births (623 deaths). The number and rate slightly increased from 2015 (613 deaths and a rate of 7.3), but decreased from 2006 (702 deaths and a rate of 7.9). For additional details, see Table 8a.
- The white infant mortality rate was 6.4 per 1,000 live births (435 deaths). The black infant mortality rate was 14.4 per 1,000 live births (151 deaths). The gap between white and black infant mortality has decreased since 2006 when the white infant mortality rate was 6.4 and the black infant mortality rate was 18.1 per 1,000 live births. See Table 8a.
- The neonatal mortality rate (infants whose age at death was less than 28 days) was 5.0 per 1,000 live births (413 deaths). The white neonatal mortality rate was 4.2 per 1,000 live births (286 deaths), and the black neonatal mortality rate was 10.2 per 1,000 live births (107 deaths). See Table 8a.
- The postneonatal mortality rate (infants whose age at death was 28–364 days) was 2.5 per 1,000 live births (210 deaths). The white postneonatal mortality rate was 2.2 per 1,000 live births (149 deaths), and the black postneonatal mortality rate was 4.2 per 1,000 live births (44 deaths). See Table 8a.
- The Hispanic (any race) infant mortality rate was 9.0 per 1,000 live births (67 deaths). The neonatal mortality rate was 6.2 per 1,000 live births (46 deaths) and the postneonatal mortality rate was 2.8 per 1,000 live births (21 deaths). See Table 8a.
- For the total and white populations, the leading cause of death for infants under one year of age was congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (151 and 123 deaths, respectively). See Table 3-2.
- For the black population, the leading cause of death for infants under one year of age was disorders related to short gestation and low birthweight, not elsewhere classified (50 deaths). See Table 3-2.
- The leading cause of infant death for the Hispanic population (who can be of any race) was congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (18 deaths). See Table 3a-2.
- The leading cause of death for residents age 1–4 years, for total, white and black populations were accidents (unintentional injuries) (26, 20 and 4 deaths respectively). There were a total of 94 deaths for age 1–4 years from all causes; 70 were white, 17 were black, and 7 were other or unknown race. See Table 3-3.
- The leading causes of death for residents age 5–34 years were accidents (unintentional injuries) (980 deaths), intentional self-harm (suicide) (320 deaths), and homicide (283 deaths). For whites in this age group, accidents (unintentional injuries) were the leading cause of death (844 deaths), while for blacks, assault (homicide) was the leading cause (198 deaths).
- Assault (homicide) was the leading cause of death for black residents age 15–34 years (190 deaths). Assault (homicide) was the sixth leading cause of death for whites age 15–34 years (69 deaths).