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10 Leading Causes of Death American Indian and Alaskan Native (Both Sexes, Males or Females) 1995-97

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	Age Groups
Rank	<1	1-4	5-9	10-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	Total
1	Congenital Anomalies 183	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 162	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 98	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 112	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 775	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 842	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 721	Heart Disease 755	Heart Disease 1,186	Heart Disease 4,447	Heart Disease 6,849
2	SIDS 170	Homicide & Legal Int. 22	Malignant Neoplasms 12	Homicide & Legal Int. 21	Suicide 253	Suicide 265	Liver Disease 355	Malignant Neoplasms 638	Malignant Neoplasms 1,116	Malignant Neoplasms 2,961	Malignant Neoplasms 5,182
3	Short Gestation 85	Congenital Anomalies 19	Homicide & Legal Int. 11	Suicide 20	Homicide & Legal Int. 205	Homicide & Legal Int. 204	Heart Disease 314	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 431	Diabetes 402	Cerebro- vascular 1,072	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 3,861
4	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 52	Malignant Neoplasms 17	Congenital Anomalies 5	Malignant Neoplasms 8	Malignant Neoplasms 44	HIV 120	Malignant Neoplasms 289	Liver Disease 357	Liver Disease 273	Diabetes 1,026	Diabetes 1,735
5	Placenta Cord Membranes 38	Pneumonia & Influenza 8	Benign Neoplasms 4	Heart Disease 5	Heart Disease 26	Liver Disease 119	Suicide 170	Diabetes 196	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 244	Pneumonia & Influenza 721	Cerebro- vascular 1,496
6	Pneumonia & Influenza 34	Heart Disease 6	Pneumonia & Influenza 3	Congenital Anomalies 4	Cerebro- vascular 10	Malignant Neoplasms 92	Homicide & Legal Int. 141	Cerebro- vascular 134	Cerebro- vascular 174	Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma 675	Liver Disease 1,322
7	Respiratory Distress Synd. 30	Perinatal Period 4	Septicemia 3	Pneumonia & Influenza 4	Congenital Anomalies 9	Heart Disease 88	HIV 133	Pneumonia & Influenza 93	Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma 153	Unintentional Injury and Adv. Effects 422	Pneumonia & Influenza 1,064
8	Maternal Complications 25	Bronchitis 3	Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma 2	Meningo- coccal 3	Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma 6	Pneumonia & Influenza 34	Diabetes 91	Suicide 70	Pneumonia & Influenza 98	Nephritis 252	Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma 928
9	Perinatal Infections 19	Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma 3	Heart Disease 2	Nephritis 3	Pneumonia & Influenza 6	Cerebro- vascular 25	Cerebro- vascular 73	Homicide & Legal Int. 68	Nephritis 54	Liver Disease 212	Suicide 846
10	Homicide & Legal Int. 15	Five Tied 2	Suicide 2	Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma 2	Septicemia 6	Diabetes 19	Pneumonia & Influenza 63	Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma 53	Septicemia 45	Septicemia 184	Homicide & Legal Int. 736

Produced By:	Office of Statistics and Programming, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
Data Source:	National Center for Health Statistics  (NCHS) Vital Statistics System.

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