The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996

Table 17 Leading causes of YLL by sex and race – American Indians

	Cause list	YLL	% total
	Total American Indian males	83,713
1	Motor vehicle accidents	13,665	16.3%
2	Ischaemic heart disease	8,804	10.5%
3	Self-inflicted	6,472	7.7%
4	Homicide and Violence	5,287	6.3%
5	Cirrhosis of the liver	3,982	4.8%
6	Alcohol use	2,849	3.4%
7	Lung trachea or bronchial cancer	2,792	3.3%
8	Diabetes mellitus	2,610	3.1%
9	Lower respiratory infections	2,168	2.6%
10	Conditions arising during the perinatal period	2,078	2.5%
11	Poisoning	2,009	2.4%
12	HIV	1,952	2.3%
13	Cerebrovascular Disease	1,919	2.3%
14	Congenital Abnomalities	1,658	2.0%
15	Drowning	1,489	1.8%
16	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	1,239	1.5%
17	Inflammatory Cardiac	1,193	1.4%
18	Cancer colon or rectum	816	1.0%
19	Falls	755	0.9%
20	COPD	719	0.9%
	Sub-total	64,456	77.0%
	Cause list	YLL	% total
	Total Amerian Indian females	54,732
1	Motor vehicle accidents	6,429	11.7%
2	Ischaemic heart disease	4,247	7.8%
3	Cirrhosis of the liver	3,311	6.0%
4	Diabetes mellitus	2,970	5.4%
5	Cerebrovascular Disease	2,057	3.8%
6	Breast cancer	1,901	3.5%
7	Lung trachea or bronchial cancer	1,788	3.3%
8	Self-inflicted	1,786	3.3%
9	Homicide and Violence	1,534	2.8%
10	Conditions arising during the perinatal period	1,531	2.8%
11	Lower respiratory infections	1,523	2.8%
12	Congenital Abnomalities	1,182	2.2%
13	Alcohol use	1,156	2.1%
14	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	907	1.7%
15	Cancer colon or rectum	851	1.6%
16	Poisoning	809	1.5%
17	COPD	731	1.3%
18	Ovarian cancer	678	1.2%
19	Inflammatory Cardiac	651	1.2%
20	Drowning	633	1.2%
	Sub-total	36,675	67.0%

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