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Table 16 Leading causes of YLL by sex and race – Blacks

From: The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996

 

Cause list

YLL

% total

 

Total Black males

1,978,704

 

1

Homicide and Violence

250,257

12.6%

2

HIV

234,400

11.8%

3

Ischaemic heart disease

189,031

9.6%

4

Lung trachea or bronchial cancer

109,191

5.5%

5

Motor vehicle accidents

99,734

5.0%

6

Conditions arising during the perinatal period

92,854

4.7%

7

Cerebrovascular Disease

69,225

3.5%

8

Self-inflicted

47,940

2.4%

9

Hypertension and hypertensive heart disease

44,841

2.3%

10

Inflammatory Cardiac

41,409

2.1%

11

Diabetes mellitus

40,795

2.1%

12

Lower respiratory infections

38,675

2.0%

13

Congenital Abnomalities

30,182

1.5%

14

Cirrhosis of the liver

30,182

1.5%

15

Poisoning

30,101

1.5%

16

Prostate cancer

30,075

1.5%

17

Cancer colon or rectum

28,380

1.4%

18

COPD

21,382

1.1%

19

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

19,017

1.0%

20

Nephritis or nephrosis

17,092

0.9%

 

Sub-total

1,464,762

74.0%

 

Cause list

YLL

% total

 

Total Black females

1,342,205

 

1

Ischaemic heart disease

141,305

10.5%

2

HIV

89,973

6.7%

3

Cerebrovascular Disease

74,323

5.5%

4

Conditions arising during the perinatal period

73,969

5.5%

5

Breast cancer

70,421

5.2%

6

Lung trachea or bronchial cancer

55,561

4.1%

7

Diabetes mellitus

54,669

4.1%

8

Homicide and Violence

52,280

3.9%

9

Motor vehicle accidents

42,499

3.2%

10

Hypertension and hypertensive heart disease

39,005

2.9%

11

Cancer colon or rectum

28,896

2.2%

12

Congenital Abnomalities

28,218

2.1%

13

Lower respiratory infections

28,108

2.1%

14

Inflammatory Cardiac

25,707

1.9%

15

Nephritis or nephrosis

15,811

1.2%

16

Cirrhosis of the liver

15,701

1.2%

17

COPD

14,858

1.1%

18

Cancer pancreas

14,132

1.1%

19

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

13,841

1.0%

20

Cancer cervix

13,786

1.0%

 

Sub-total

893,064

66.5%