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10 Leading Causes of Death
American Indian and Alaskan Native 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
85
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
78
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
41
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
41
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
192
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
228
Malignant
Neoplasms
189
Malignant
Neoplasms
335
Malignant
Neoplasms
509
Heart
Disease
2,238
Heart
Disease
3,020
2 SIDS
76
Homicide &
Legal Int.
9
Malignant
Neoplasms
7
Homicide &
Legal Int.
9
Suicide
42
Malignant
Neoplasms
53
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
184
Heart
Disease
223
Heart
Disease
407
Malignant
Neoplasms
1,398
Malignant
Neoplasms
2,520
3 Short
Gestation
38
Malignant
Neoplasms
6
Homicide &
Legal Int.
5
Malignant
Neoplasms
4
Homicide &
Legal Int.
31
Liver
Disease
49
Liver
Disease
142
Liver
Disease
157
Diabetes
205
Cerebro-
vascular
642
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
1,178
4 Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
22
Congenital
Anomalies
5
Congenital
Anomalies
4
Heart
Disease
2
Malignant
Neoplasms
18
Homicide &
Legal Int.
40
Heart
Disease
92
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
140
Liver
Disease
108
Diabetes
641
Diabetes
987
5 Placenta Cord
Membranes
18
Heart
Disease
4
Septicemia
2
Meningo-
coccal
2
Heart
Disease
14
Suicide
39
Diabetes
41
Diabetes
91
Cerebro-
vascular
87
Pneumonia
& Influenza
367
Cerebro-
vascular
848
6 Maternal
Complications
14
Pneumonia
& Influenza
3
Benign
Neoplasms
1
Nephritis
2
Pneumonia
& Influenza
4
Heart
Disease
28
Suicide
41
Cerebro-
vascular
65
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Asthma
77
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Asthma
314
Liver
Disease
571
7 Respiratory
Distress Synd.
14
Bronchitis
2
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Asthma
1
Pneumonia
& Influenza
2
Congenital
Anomalies
3
HIV
21
Homicide &
Legal Int.
34
Pneumonia
& Influenza
33
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
71
Unintentional
Injury and
Adv. Effects
181
Pneumonia
& Influenza
494
8 Perinatal
Infections
12
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Asthma
2
HIV
1
Suicide
2
Septicemia
3
Cerebro-
vascular
14
Cerebro-
vascular
33
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Asthma
28
Pneumonia
& Influenza
42
Nephritis
144
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Asthma
438
9 Homicide &
Legal Int.
9
Cerebro-
vascular
2
Heart
Disease
1
Cerebro-
vascular
1
Five
Tied
2
Diabetes
9
Pneumonia
& Influenza
25
Homicide &
Legal Int.
24
Nephritis
27
Liver
Disease
112
Nephritis
196
10 Pneumonia
& Influenza
9
Meningitis
2



   
Five
Tied
2
Pneumonia
& Influenza
9
HIV
18
Septicemia
24
Septicemia
23
Septicemia
106
Two
Tied
176

 

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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