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% |