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Table 10 Ten leading causes of DALYs by race, US 1996

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

 

Whites

DALYs

% total

 

American Indians

DALYs

% total

Rank

Total

26,510,011

 

Rank

Total

294,474

 

1

Ischaemic heart disease

2,710,918

10.2%

1

Alcohol use

46,419

15.8%

2

Cerebrovascular Disease

1,201,246

4.5%

2

Motor vehicle accidents

23,112

7.8%

3

Lung trachea or bronchial cancer

1,170,492

4.4%

3

Ischaemic heart disease

14,598

5.0%

4

Motor vehicle accidents

1,148,293

4.3%

4

Unipolar major depression

11,815

4.0%

5

Unipolar major depression

1,127,045

4.3%

5

Cirrhosis of the liver

9,293

3.2%

6

COPD

1,111,489

4.2%

6

Diabetes mellitus

9,070

3.1%

7

Alcohol use

857,509

3.2%

7

Self-inflicted

8,336

2.8%

8

Osteoarthritis

820,284

3.1%

8

Cerebrovascular Disease

8,241

2.8%

9

Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders

791,780

3.0%

9

Homicide and Violence

7,754

2.6%

10

Diabetes mellitus

727,575

2.7%

10

Congenital Abnormalities

7,489

2.5%

 

Sub-total

11,666,630

44.0%

 

sub-total

146,128

49.6%

 

Blacks

DALYs

% total

 

Asians

DALYs

% total

Rank

Total

5,552,448

 

Rank

Total

733,279

 

1

HIV/AIDS

429,383

7.7%

1

Unipolar major depression

54,264

7.4%

2

Ischaemic heart disease

370,170

6.7%

2

Ischaemic heart disease

39,046

5.3%

3

Homicide and Violence

336,215

6.1%

3

Cerebrovascular Disease

33,883

4.6%

4

Cerebrovascular Disease

266,918

4.8%

4

COPD

29,040

4.0%

5

Alcohol use

230,780

4.2%

5

Osteoarthritis

29,027

4.0%

6

Motor vehicle accidents

193,159

3.5%

6

Motor vehicle accidents

28,714

3.9%

7

Diabetes mellitus

189,656

3.4%

7

Congenital Abnormalities

28,238

3.9%

8

Unipolar major depression

177,162

3.2%

8

Asthma

26,137

3.6%

9

Conditions arising during the perinatal period

174,558

3.1%

9

Diabetes mellitus

19,989

2.7%

10

Lung trachea or bronchial cancer

172,425

3.1%

10

Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders

17,831

2.4%

 

sub-total

2,540,426

45.8%

 

sub-total

306,170

41.8%