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17-8. Mortality in SC From Five Leading Causes of Death by Age Group and Race: 1996

                                                                  TOTAL                WHITE            BLACK & OTHER

 AGE AND CAUSE OF DEATH                                     NUMBER    PERCENT    NUMBER    PERCENT    NUMBER    PERCENT

Under 1 Year All Causes. 424 100.0 179 100.0 245 100.0 Congenital Anomalies (740-759). 85 20.0 47 26.3 38 15.5 Disorders Relating to Short Gestation, Etc. (765) 55 13.0 19 10.6 36 14.7 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (798.0). 40 9.4 23 12.8 17 6.9 Respiratory Distress Syndrome (769) 36 8.5 12 6.7 24 9.8 Newborn Affected by Maternal Compl. of Preg. (761) 20 4.7 6 3.4 14 5.7 All Other Causes 188 44.3 72 40.2 116 47.3 1 - 4 Years 29 All Causes 116 100.0 56 100.0 60 100.0 Accidents (E800-E949) 57 49.1 28 50.0 29 48.3 Malignant Neoplasms (140-208). 7 6.0 6 10.7 1 1.7 Diseases of Heart (390-398,402,404-429) 6 5.2 1 1.8 5 8.3 Congenial Anomalies (740-759) 5 4.3 1 1.8 4 6.7 All Other Causes 41 35.3 20 35.7 21 35.0 5 - 14 Years All Causes 165 100.0 89 100.0 76 100.0 Accidents (E800-E949) 79 47.9 49 55.1 30 39.5 Malignant Neoplasms (140-208). 18 10.9 14 15.7 4 5.3 Congenital Anomalies (740-759). 10 6.1 6 6.7 4 5.3 Homicide and Legal Intervention (E960-E978) 10 6.1 1 1.1 9 11.8 Suicide (E950-E959) 5 3.0 3 3.4 2 2.6 All Other Causes 43 26.1 16 18.0 27 35.5 15 - 24 Years All Causes 579 100.0 299 100.0 280 100.0 Accidents (E800-E949) 273 47.2 178 59.5 95 33.9 Homicide and Legal Intervention (E960-E978). 91 15.7 17 5.7 74 26.4 Suicide (E950-E959). 78 13.5 48 16.1 30 10.7 Malignant Neoplasms (140-208) 21 3.6 13 4.3 8 2.9 Diseases of the Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429) . 20 3.5 7 2.3 13 4.6 All Other Causes 96 16.6 36 12.0 60 21.4 25 - 44 Years All Causes 2,617 100.0 1,365 100.0 1,252 100.0 Accidents (E800-E949) 525 20.1 334 24.5 191 15.3 HIV Infection (042-044) 402 15.4 87 6.4 315 25.2 Malignant Neoplasms (140-208). 362 13.8 206 15.1 156 12.5 Diseases of the Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429) 320 12.2 171 12.5 149 11.9 Suicide (E950-E959). 195 7.5 167 12.2 28 2.2 All Other Causes 813 31.1 400 29.3 413 33.0 45 - 64 Years All Causes 6,939 100.0 4,349 100.0 2,588 100.0 Malignant Neoplasms (140-208). 2,148 31.0 1,446 33.2 702 27.1 Diseases of Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429). 1,995 28.8 1,283 29.5 712 27.5 Cerebrovascular Diseases (430-438). 374 5.4 160 3.7 194 7.5 Accidents (E800-E949). 320 4.6 180 4.1 140 5.4 Chr. Obs. Pulm. Dis. & Allied Conditions (490-496) 254 3.7 213 4.9 41 1.6 All Other Causes 1,848 26.6 1,047 24.1 799 30.9 65 - 74 Years All Causes 7,567 100.0 5,372 100.0 2,195 100.0 Malignant Neoplasms (140-208). 2,344 31.0 1,740 32.4 604 27.5 Diseases of Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429). 2,284 30.2 1,626 30.3 658 30.0 Cerebrovascular Disease (430-438) 551 7.3 317 5.9 234 10.7 Chr. Obs. Pulm. Dis. & Allied Conditions (490-496) 471 6.2 399 7.4 72 3.3 Diabetes Mellitus (250). 285 3.8 150 2.8 135 6.2 All Other Causes 1,632 21.6 1,140 21.2 492 22.4 75 Years and Over All Causes 15,618 100.0 11,870 100.0 3,748 100.0 Diseases of Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429). 5,455 34.9 4,178 35.2 1,277 34.1 Malignant Neoplasms (140-208). 2,713 17.4 2,011 16.9 702 18.7 Cerebrovascular Disease (430-438) 1,837 11.8 1,343 11.3 494 13.2 Pneumonia and Influenza (480-487). 773 4.9 626 5.3 147 3.9 Chr. Obs. Pulm. Dis. & Allied Conditions (490-496) 713 4.6 618 5.2 95 2.5 All Other Causes 4,127 26.4 3,094 26.1 1,033 27.6
Note: Residence data.

Source: S.C. Dept. of Health & Environmental Control, Div. of Biostatistics, Office of Public Health Statistics, January 1998.

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