Table 15 Leading causes of YLL by sex and race – Whites
From: The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996
| Â | Cause list | YLL | % total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Total White males | 8,293,920 | Â |
1 | Ischaemic heart disease | 1,584,087 | 19.1% |
2 | Lung trachea or bronchial cancer | 656,850 | 7.9% |
3 | Road Traffic Accidents | 573,953 | 6.9% |
4 | Self-inflicted | 469,430 | 5.7% |
5 | HIV | 334,425 | 4.0% |
6 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 276,544 | 3.3% |
7 | COPD | 244,401 | 2.9% |
8 | Homicide and Violence | 221,000 | 2.7% |
9 | Cirrhosis of the liver | 183,600 | 2.2% |
10 | Cancer colon or rectum | 180,184 | 2.2% |
11 | Diabetes mellitus | 173,405 | 2.1% |
12 | Conditions arising during the perinatal period | 158,462 | 1.9% |
13 | Lower respiratory infections | 158,231 | 1.9% |
14 | Congenital Abnomalities | 135,970 | 1.6% |
15 | Poisoning | 134,929 | 1.6% |
16 | Prostate cancer | 128,058 | 1.5% |
17 | Inflammatory Cardiac | 121,438 | 1.5% |
18 | Lymphomas | 116,804 | 1.4% |
19 | Leukemias | 99,137 | 1.2% |
20 | Cancer pancreas | 89,780 | 1.1% |
| Â | Sub-total | 6,040,688 | 72.8% |
| Â | Cause list | YLL | % total |
| Â | Total White females | 6,018,361 | Â |
1 | Ischaemic heart disease | 895,819 | 14.9% |
2 | Lung trachea or bronchial cancer | 460,651 | 7.7% |
3 | Breast cancer | 370,855 | 6.2% |
4 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 342,620 | 5.7% |
5 | Road Traffic Accidents | 268,996 | 4.5% |
6 | COPD | 240,803 | 4.0% |
7 | Diabetes mellitus | 169,449 | 2.8% |
8 | Cancer colon or rectum | 163,068 | 2.7% |
9 | Lower respiratory infections | 153,465 | 2.5% |
10 | Conditions arising during the perinatal period | 124,599 | 2.1% |
11 | Congenital Abnomalities | 112,925 | 1.9% |
12 | Self-inflicted | 112,621 | 1.9% |
13 | Ovarian cancer | 108,262 | 1.8% |
14 | Lymphomas | 87,677 | 1.5% |
15 | Cancer pancreas | 83,238 | 1.4% |
16 | Cirrhosis of the liver | 81,843 | 1.4% |
17 | Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders | 76,867 | 1.3% |
18 | Leukemias | 74,069 | 1.2% |
19 | Homicide and Violence | 72,469 | 1.2% |
20 | Hypertension and hypertensive heart disease | 72,258 | 1.2% |
| Â | Sub-total | 4,072,553 | 67.7% |