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Liver cirrhosissubcategory, Hispanic subgroup,** and sex
Deaths per 100,000 population, by age group
Age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 population
All***
25–34
35–44
45–54
55–64
65–74
75–84
85+
Alcohol-related cirrhosis
Both sexes
Mexican
2001–2005
4.5
0.8
6.2
17.8
22.6
25.1
16.1
5.4
8.0
2000–2004
4.6
1.0
6.6
18.2
23.4
25.3
16.5
8.2
Puerto Rican
0.2
3.6
13.6
20.8
16.6
18.1
4.1
5.0
4.3
15.3
23.6
17.1
17.5
3.3
6.8
Cuban
2.3
0.1
1.1
6.0
3.1
1.4
1.8
2.6
1.2
4.4
7.1
5.8
3.8
2.0
Other Hispanic****
5.1
12.2
14.7
12.7
6.4
5.7
4.2
12.4
15.2
13.7
Male
7.2
1.3
9.7
29.9
39.9
45.0
31.1
12.3
13.8
7.5
1.5
10.3
30.8
41.5
46.0
14.3
0.4
5.9
23.9
35.6
32.8
34.4
8.3
11.2
8.5
0.3
7.3
26.8
42.2
33.2
4.0
1.7
6.9
13.3
10.6
5.6
3.4
1.9
13.9
10.2
7.7
1.6
8.1
21.8
29.2
30.3
24.7
16.2
10.4
22.9
29.4
32.1
27.2
11.1
10.8
Female
2.2
8.4
2.4
6.1
7.9
4.7
0.5
–
0.6
0.7
5.3
6.5
All other cirrhosis
3.0
10.9
20.3
40.0
49.4
34.3
9.2
19.9
40.4
49.3
34.0
6.7
17.2
24.1
35.1
54.7
19.5
5.2
16.7
24.8
35.8
52.0
0.9
5.5
16.4
30.4
17.6
4.9
9.5
29.5
18.5
25.2
41.3
43.4
7.4
27.5
42.9
40.9
16.0
25.8
38.3
50.3
25.4
38.2
46.4
32.9
8.9
27.7
36.8
44.2
61.4
14.0
9.0
26.5
36.9
44.1
53.5
15.7
17.7
28.0
25.5
7.0
17.9
27.8
27.0
3.2
42.1
27.1
12.5
48.6
28.5
15.1
41.4
48.8
37.2
3.7
42.3
51.4
34.6
2.1
28.3
50.5
7.6
14.8
29.7
51.1
30.0
32.6
15.5
30.9
3.5
2.9
8.8
24.0
40.8
52.3
39.8
49.0
– No deaths in this table cell.
* Rates per 100,000 population computed by the direct standardization method, using the Year 2000 total population of the United States as the standard age distribution.
** Includes all races, and excludes deaths for which Hispanic origin was unknown.
*** Includes deaths for which age of decedent was unknown.
**** Includes Central and South American and Other and unknown Hispanic.
Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Yoon, Y.H., and Yi, H. Surveillance Report #83: Liver Cirrhosis Mortality in the United States, 1970–2005. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (August 2008).