"Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Selected Causes of Death, United States, Selected Years 1950-2000"				

	Cause of Death			
				
	All causes	Diseases of heart	Cerebrovascular diseases	Malignant neoplasms
2000	872.0	257.9	60.8	201.0
1999	881.9	267.8	61.8	202.7
1998	875.8	272.4	59.6	202.4
1997	887.3	280.4	61.8	205.7
1996	902.4	288.3	63.2	208.7
1995	918.5	296.3	63.9	211.7
1994	920.2	299.7	63.3	213.1
1993	931.5	309.9	63.2	214.6
1992	910.9	306.1	62.1	214.3
1991	925.5	313.8	63.3	215.8
1990	938.7	321.8	65.5	216.0
1989	950.5	332.0	67.1	214.2
1988	975.5	352.5	70.8	212.5
1987	970.0	355.9	71.8	211.7
1986	978.6	365.1	73.3	211.5
1985	988.1	375.0	76.6	211.3
1984	982.5	378.8	79.0	210.8
1983	990.0	388.9	81.4	209.1
1982	985.0	389.0	84.4	208.3
1981	"1,007.0"	397.0	89.7	206.4
1980	"1,039.1"	412.1	96.4	207.9
1979	"1,010.9"	401.6	97.3	204.0
1978	"1,043.7"	409.9	103.7	204.9
1977	"1,051.6"	413.7	110.4	203.5
1976	"1,084.1"	426.9	117.4	202.5
1975	"1,094.4"	431.2	123.5	200.1
1974	"1,151.8"	458.8	136.8	201.5
1973	"1,201.2"	482.0	145.2	200.0
1972	"1,214.8"	490.2	147.3	200.3
1971	"1,213.1"	492.9	147.6	199.3
1970	"1,222.6"	492.7	147.7	198.6
1969	"1,271.8"	516.8	155.4	198.5
1968	"1,304.5"	531.0	162.5	198.8
1967	"1,274.0"	524.7	159.3	197.3
1966	"1,309.0"	541.2	165.8	196.5
1965	"1,306.5"	542.5	166.4	195.6
1964	"1,303.8"	543.3	167.0	193.6
1963	"1,346.3"	563.4	173.9	194.7
1962	"1,323.6"	556.9	174.0	193.3
1961	"1,298.8"	545.3	173.1	193.4
1960	"1,339.2"	559.0	177.9	193.9
1959	"1,317.3"	552.1	179.0	191.6
1958	"1,343.4"	563.6	183.0	192.0
1957	"1,356.7"	568.5	183.0	195.4
1956	"1,333.7"	560.6	177.4	195.6
1955	"1,332.3"	556.7	177.3	194.5
1954	"1,314.8"	544.6	173.4	194.3
1953	"1,385.6"	570.1	179.2	194.6
1952	"1,394.6"	568.8	180.2	194.2
1951	"1,423.5"	577.9	181.4	192.0
1950	"1,446.0"	588.8	180.7	193.9
				
"Notes: Rates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population and signify deaths per 100,000 resident population.  "				
				
"Sources: A.M. Minino et al. “Deaths: Final Data for 2000,” National Vital Statistics Reports, 50, Number 15 (2002): "				
"Table 9; National Center for Health Statistics, ""Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Selected Causes, Death Registration States, 1900-32, and "				
"United States, 1933-98"" accessed online at www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/unpubd/mortabs/hist293.htm on October 23, 2002."