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Deaths and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in specified age groups: United States, preliminary 1998

[Data are based on a continuous file of records received from the States. Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. For explanation of asterisks preceding cause-of-death categories, see Technical notes. Figures are based on weighted data rounded to the nearest individual, so categories may not add to totals]

Rank1 Cause of death and age (Based on Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases, 1975) Number Rate
All ages 2
. . .  All causes  2,337,256  864.7 
1  Diseases of heart (390- 398, 402, 404- 429)  724,859  268.2 
2  Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (140-208)  541,532  200.3
3  Cerebrovascular diseases (430- 438)  158,448  58.6 
4  Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions (490-496)  112,584  41.7 
5  Accidents and adverse effects (E800-E949)  97,835  36.2
. . .  [>]Motor vehicle accidents (E810-E825)  43,501  16.1
. . .  [>]All other accidents and adverse effects (E800-E807, E826-E949)  54,334  20.1
6  Pneumonia and influenza (480- 487)  91,871  34.0
7  Diabetes mellitus (250)  64,751  24.0
8  Suicide (E950- E959)  30,575  11.3
9  Nephritis, Nephrotic syndrome and Nephrosis (580-589) 26,182   9.7
10  Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (571)  25,192  9.3
. . .  All other causes (Residual)  463,427  171.5 
1-4 years 
. . .  All causes  5,251  34.6 
1  Accidents and adverse effects (E800-E949)  1,935  12.7 
. . .  [>]Motor vehicle accidents (E810-E825)  759  5.0 
. . .  [>]All other accidents and adverse effects (E800-E807, E826-E949)  1,176  7.7 
2  Congenital anomalies (740-759)  564  3.7 
3  Homicide and legal intervention (E960-E978) 438  2.9
4  Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (140-208)  365  2.4
5  Diseases of heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)  214  1.4
6  Pneumonia and influenza (480-487)  146  1.0
7  Septicemia (038) 89  0.6
8  Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (760-779) 75  0.5
9  Cerebrovascular diseases (430-438) 57  0.4
10  Benign neoplasms, carcinoma in situ, and neoplasms of uncertain behavior and of unspecified nature (210-239) 53  0.3
. . .  All other causes (Residual)  1,354  8.9 
5-14 years 
. . .  All causes  7,791  19.9
1  Accidents and adverse effects (E800-E949)  3,254  8.3
. . .  [>]Motor vehicle accidents (E810-E825)  1,868  4.8
. . .  [>]All other accidents and adverse effects (E800-E807, E826-E949)  1,386  3.5
2  Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (140-208)  1,013  2.6
3  Homicide and legal intervention (E960-E978)  460  1.2
4  Congenital anomalies (740-759)  371  0.9 
5  Diseases of heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)  326  0.8
6 Suicide (E950-E959)  324  0.8
7  Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions (490-496) 152  0.4
8  Pneumonia and influenza (480-487) 121  0.3
9  Benign neoplasms, carcinoma in situ, and neoplasms of uncertain behavior and of unspecified nature (210-239)  84  0.2 
10  Cerebrovascular diseases (430-438) 82  0.2
. . .  All other causes (Residual)  1,604  4.1
15-24 years 
. . .  All causes  30,627  82.3
1  Accidents and adverse effects (E800-E949)  13,349  35.9
. . .  [>]Motor vehicle accidents (E810-E825)   10,026  26.9
. . .  [>]All other accidents and adverse effects (E800-E807, E826-E949)   3,323  8.9
2  Homicide and legal intervention (E960-E978)  5,506  14.8
3  Suicide (E950- E959) .  4,135  11.1
4  Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (140-208)  1,699  4.6
5  Diseases of heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)  1,057  2.8
6  Congenital anomalies (740-759)  450  1.2
7  Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions (490-496)  239  0.6
8  Pneumonia and influenza (480-487)  215  0.6
9  Human immunodeficiency virus infection (*042-*044) 194  0.5
10  Cerebrovascular diseases (430-438)  178  0.5
. . .  All other causes (Residual)  3,605  9.7
25-44 years 
. . .  All causes  131,382  157.7 
1  Accidents and adverse effects (E800-E949)  27,172  32.6 
. . .  [>]Motor vehicle accidents (E810-E825)  14,095  16. 9
. . .  [>]All other accidents and adverse effects (E800-E807, E826-E949)  13,077 15.7 
2  Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (140-208)  21,407  25.7 
3  Diseases of heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)  16,800  20.2 
4  Suicide (E950-E959)  12,202  14.6 
5  Human immunodeficiency virus infection (*042-*044) 8,658  10.4 
6  Homicide and legal intervention (E960-E978)  8,132   9.8 
7  Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (571)  3,876  4.7 
8  Cerebrovascular diseases (430-438) 3,320  4.0  
9  Diabetes mellitus (250)  2,521  3.0 
10 Pneumonia and influenza (480-487)  1,931  2.3 
45-64 years 
. . .  All causes  380,203  664.0 
1  Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (140-208)  132,771  231.9 
2  Diseases of heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)  100,124  174.9 
3  Accidents and adverse effects (E800-E949)  18,286  31.9 
. . .  [>]Motor vehicle accidents (E810-E825)  8,416  14.7 
. . .  [>]All other accidents and adverse effects (E800-E807, E826-E949)  9,870  17.2 
4  Cerebrovascular diseases (430-438)  15,362  26.8 
5  Diabetes mellitus (250)  13,091  22.9 
6  Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions (490-496) 12,990  22.7 
7  Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (571)  11,023  19.3 
8   Suicide (E950-E959)  8,094  14.1 
9  Pneumonia and influenza (480-487)  6,023  10.5 
10  Human immunodeficiency virus infection (*042-*044)  4,099  7.2 
. . .  All other causes (Residual)  58,340  101.9 
65 years and over 
. . .  All causes  1,753,220  5,096.4 
1  Diseases of heart (390-398, 402, 404-429)  605,673  1,760.6 
2  Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (140-208)  384,186  1,116.8 
3  Cerebrovascular diseases (430-438)  139,144  404.5  
4  Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions (490-496)  97,896  284.6 
5  Pneumonia and influenza (480-487)  82,989  241.2 
6  Diabetes mellitus (250)  48,974  142.4 
7  Accidents and adverse effects (E800-E949)  32,975  95.9 
. . .  [>]Motor vehicle accidents (E810-E825)  8,145  23.7 
. . .  [>]All other accidents and adverse effects (E800-E807, E826-E949)  24,830  72.2 
8  Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (580-589) 22,640  65.8 
9  Alzheimer's disease (331.0)  22,416   65.2 
10  Septicemia (038)    19,012  55.3 
. . .  All other causes (Residual)  297,315  864.3 
1 Rank based on number of deaths; see Technical notes. 
2 Includes deaths under 1 year of age. 

Suggested citation: Murphy, SL. Deaths Final Data for 1998. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no. 11.  Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr48/nvs48_11.pdf) For more information go to the National Center for Health Statistics.

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