Number of deaths and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death for Hispanic and white non-Hispanic origins, for specified age groups: Total of 49 reporting States and the District of Columbia, 1995

[Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. For explanation of asterisks preceding cause-of-death categories, or for a listing of reporting States, see Technical notes in Monthly vital statistics report; vol 45 no 11, supp 2.]

Hispanic
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	Hispanic origin, all ages3
. . .	All causes. . . .	94,776	352.3
1	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	22,403	83.3
2	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	17,419	64.7
3	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	7,784	28.9
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	4,306	16.0
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	3,478	12.9
4	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	6,110	22.7
5	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	4,992	18.6
6	Diabetes mellitus. . . .250	4,194	15.6
7	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	4,009	14.9
8	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	2,694	10.0
9	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . .571	2,684	10.0
10	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	2,329	8.7
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	20,158	74.9
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	Hispanic origin, 1-4 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	933	36.7
1	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	326	12.8
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	149	5.9
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	177	7.0
2	Congenital anomalies. . . .740-759	128	5.0
3	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	74	2.9
4	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	68	2.7
5	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	35	1.4
6	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	28	1.1
7	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	23	0.9
8	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . .760-779	13	*
9	Benign neoplasms, carcinoma in situ, and neoplasms of uncertain behavior and of unspecified nature. . . .210-239	9	*
9	Meningococcal infection. . . .036	9	*
9	Septicemia. . . .038	9	*
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	211	8.3
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	Hispanic origin, 5-14 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	1,037	20.5
1	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	378	7.5
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	239	4.7
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	139	2.7
2	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	159	3.1
3	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	122	2.4
4	Suicide. . . .E950-E959	40	0.8
4	Congenital anomalies. . . .740-759	40	0.8
6	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	29	0.6
7	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	27	0.5
8	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	13	*
9	Benign neoplasms, carcinoma in situ, and neoplasms of uncertain behavior and of unspecified nature. . . .210-239	12	*
10	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	9	*
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	208	4.1
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	Hispanic origin, 15-24 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	4,928	107.1
1	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	1,762	38.3
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	1,296	28.2
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	466	10.1
2	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	1,670	36.3
3	Suicide. . . .E950-E959	495	10.8
4	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	205	4.5
5	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	108	2.3
6	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	101	2.2
7	Congenital anomalies. . . .740-759	57	1.2
8	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	31	0.7
9	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	29	0.6
10	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	21	0.5
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	449	9.8
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	Hispanic origin, 25-44 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	16,289	183.3
1	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	4,423	49.8
2	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	3,113	35.0
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	1,647	18.5
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	1,466	16.5
3	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	1,716	19.3
4	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	1,555	17.5
5	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	937	10.5
6	Suicide. . . .E950-E959	830	9.3
7	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . .571	571	6.4
8	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	343	3.9
9	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	185	2.1
10	Diabetes mellitus. . . .250	176	2.0
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	2,440	27.5
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	Hispanic origin, 45-64 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	19,883	543.7
1	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	5,253	143.6
2	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	4,512	123.4
3	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	1,413	38.6
4	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . .571	1,288	35.2
5	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	1,157	31.6
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	578	15.8
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	579	15.8
6	Diabetes mellitus. . . .250	1,156	31.6
7	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	965	26.4
8	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	324	8.9
9	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	314	8.6
10	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	312	8.5
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	3,189	87.2
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	Hispanic origin, 65 years and over
. . .	All causes. . . .	47,481	3,178.2
1	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	16,704	1,118.1
2	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	10,168	680.6
3	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	3,610	241.6
4	Diabetes mellitus. . . .250	2,851	190.8
5	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	2,054	137.5
6	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	1,880	125.8
7	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	906	60.6
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	339	22.7
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	567	38.0
8	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . .571	810	54.2
9	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis. . . .580-589	550	36.8
10	Septicemia. . . .038	419	28.0
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	7,529	504.0
White non-Hispanic
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	White non-Hispanic origin, all ages3
. . .	All causes. . . .	1,856,052	972.5
1	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	613,933	321.7
2	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	443,638	232.5
3	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	128,961	67.6
4	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	90,914	47.6
5	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	69,396	36.4
6	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	68,328	35.8
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	31,205	16.4
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	37,123	19.5
7	Diabetes mellitus. . . .250	42,671	22.4
8	Suicide. . . .E950-E959	25,784	13.5
9	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	19,181	10.1
10	Alzheimer's disease. . . .331.0	18,773	9.8
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	334,473	175.3
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	White non-Hispanic origin, 1-4 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	3,378	33.9
1	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	1,295	13.0
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	444	4.4
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	851	8.5
2	Congenital anomalies. . . .740-759	373	3.7
3	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	306	3.1
4	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	156	1.6
5	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	123	1.2
6	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	67	0.7
7	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	53	0.5
8	Septicemia. . . .038	45	0.5
9	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period. . . .760-779	34	0.3
10	Benign neoplasms, carcinoma in situ, and neoplasms of uncertain behavior and of unspecified nature. . . .210-239	28	0.3
10	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	28	0.3
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	870	8.7
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	White non-Hispanic origin, 5-14 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	5,090	20.1
1	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	2,211	8.7
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	1,331	5.3
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	880	3.5
2	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	633	2.5
3	Congenital anomalies. . . .740-759	295	1.2
4	Suicide. . . .E950-E959	239	0.9
5	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	190	0.8
6	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	163	0.6
7	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	80	0.3
8	Benign neoplasms, carcinoma in situ, and neoplasms of uncertain behavior and of unspecified nature. . . .210-239	67	0.3
9	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	53	0.2
9	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	53	0.2
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	1,106	4.4
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	White non-Hispanic origin, 15-24 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	18,852	78.1
1	Accidents andadverse effects. . . .E800-E949	9,551	39.6
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	7,468	30.9
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	2,083	8.6
2	Suicide. . . .E950-E959	3,420	14.2
3	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	1,300	5.4
4	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	1,058	4.4
5	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	511	2.1
6	Congenital anomalies. . . .740-759	291	1.2
7	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	175	0.7
8	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	120	0.5
9	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	115	0.5
10	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	89	0.4
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	2,222	9.2
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	White non-Hispanic origin, 25-44 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	95,582	159.5
1	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	18,668	31.2
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	10,017	16.7
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	8,651	14.4
2	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	15,459	25.8
3	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	13,707	22.9
4	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	10,969	18.3
5	Suicide. . . .E950-E959	10,195	17.0
6	Homicide and legal intervention. . . .E960-E978	3,256	5.4
7	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . .571	2,729	4.6
8	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	1,829	3.1
9	Diabetes mellitus. . . .250	1,576	2.6
10	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	1,181	2.0
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	16,013	26.7
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	White non-Hispanic origin, 45-64 years
. . .	All causes. . . .	275,721	674.7
1	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	102,623	251.1
2	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	75,624	185.0
3	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	11,454	28.0
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	5,473	13.4
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	5,981	14.6
4	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	10,545	25.8
5	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	9,594	23.5
6	Diabetes mellitus. . . .250	7,523	18.4
7	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. . . .571	7,227	17.7
8	Suicide. . . .E950-E959	6,414	15.7
9	Human immunodeficiency virus infection. . . .*042-*044	4,839	11.8
10	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	3,740	9.2
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	36,138	88.4
Rank1	Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) and age	Number2	Rate2
	White non-Hispanic origin, 65 years and over
. . .	All causes. . . .	1,442,412	5,103.0
1	Diseases of heart. . . .390-398,402,404-429	526,156	1,861.5
2	Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues. . . .140-208	323,512	1,144.5
3	Cerebrovascular diseases. . . .430-438	117,243	414.8
4	Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions. . . .490-496	79,492	281.2
5	Pneumonia and influenza. . . .480-487	63,984	226.4
6	Diabetes mellitus. . . .250	33,486	118.5
7	Accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E949	24,717	87.4
. . .	Motor vehicle accidents. . . .E810-E825	6,379	22.6
. . .	All other accidents and adverse effects. . . .E800-E807,E826-E949	18,338	64.9
8	Alzheimer's disease. . . .331.0	18,450	65.3
9	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis. . . .580-589	16,003	56.6
10	Atherosclerosis. . . .440	13,931	49.3
. . .	All other causes. . . .Residual	225,438	797.6
* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision (see Technical notes in Monthly vital statistics report; vol 45 no 11, supp 2.).
. . . Category not applicable.
1 Rank based on number of deaths; see Technical notes in Monthly vital statistics report; vol 45 no 11, supp 2.
2 Figures for age not stated are included in "All ages" but not distributed among age groups.
3 Includes races other than white and black.
4 Includes deaths under 1 year of age.

Suggested citation:

Anderson RN, Kochanek KD, Murphy SL. Report of final mortality statistics, 1995. Monthly vital statistics report; vol 45 no 11, supp 2, table 15. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 1997. (The NCHS Web site contains instructions on downloading the Acrobat® reader required to view this publication.)

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