The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996

Table 18 Leading causes of YLL by sex and race – Asians

	Cause list	YLL	% total
	Total Asian males	173,201
1	Ischaemic heart disease	24,497	14.1%
2	Motor vehicle accidents	13,759	7.9%
3	Self-inflicted	10,032	5.8%
4	Homicide and Violence	9,584	5.5%
5	Lung trachea or bronchial cancer	8,892	5.1%
6	Cerebrovascular Disease	8,875	5.1%
7	Cancer liver	6,330	3.7%
8	Conditions arising during the perinatal period	6,188	3.6%
9	Congenital Abnomalities	4,590	2.7%
10	HIV	4,520	2.6%
11	Diabetes mellitus	3,684	2.1%
12	Lower respiratory infections	3,593	2.1%
13	Cancer colon or rectum	3,578	2.1%
14	Inflammatory Cardiac	3,276	1.9%
15	Drowning	3,256	1.9%
16	Cancer stomach	2,935	1.7%
17	Leukemias	2,601	1.5%
18	Hypertension and hypertensive heart disease	2,365	1.4%
19	COPD	2,272	1.3%
20	Cirrhosis of the liver	2,113	1.2%
	Sub-total	126,941	73.3%
	Cause list	YLL	% total
	Total Asian females	121,261
1	Ischaemic heart disease	10,953	9.0%
2	Cerebrovascular Disease	8,881	7.3%
3	Road Traffic Accidents	7,970	6.6%
4	Breast cancer	7,150	5.9%
5	Lung trachea or bronchial cancer	5,455	4.5%
6	Conditions arising during the perinatal period	4,451	3.7%
7	Congenital Abnomalities	4,223	3.5%
8	Self-inflicted	4,112	3.4%
9	Cancer colon or rectum	3,761	3.1%
10	Diabetes mellitus	3,331	2.7%
11	Homicide and Violence	2,920	2.4%
12	Cancer stomach	2,873	2.4%
13	Ovarian cancer	2,776	2.3%
14	Lower respiratory infections	2,677	2.2%
15	Cancer liver	2,210	1.8%
16	Leukemias	2,126	1.8%
17	Cancer cervix	1,892	1.6%
18	Cancer pancreas	1,888	1.6%
19	Inflammatory Cardiac	1,602	1.3%
20	Lymphomas	1,479	1.2%
	Sub-total	82,729	68.2%

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