"Death rates for the 10 leading causes of death for selected age groups, by race/ethnicity, 2000"										
										
										
	Total U.S.	Non-Hispanic white	Non-Hispanic black	Hispanic						
										
All ages										
All causes	 873 	 997 	 844 	 330 						
Diseases of Heart	 258 	 302 	 229 	 80 						
Malignant neoplasms	 201 	 233 	 183 	 65 						
Cerebrovascular diseases	 61 	 70 	 57 	 19 						
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	 44 	 56 	 23 	 8 						
Accidents 	 36 	 37 	 36 	 27 						
Diabetes mellitus	 25 	 26 	 36 	 16 						
Pneumonia and influenza	 24 	 28 	 18 	 8 						
Alzheimer's disease	 18 	 23 	 * 	 * 						
Kidney disease	 14 	 14 	 21 	 * 						
Septicemia	 11 	 * 	 * 	 * 						
										
Ages 1-4										
All causes	 33 	 28 	 59 	 31 						
Accidents	 12 	 11 	 19 	 11 						
Congenital malformations	 3 	 3 	 6 	 4 						
Malignant neoplasms	 3 	 3 	 3 	 3 						
Homicide 	 2 	 2 	 7 	 2 						
Diseases of Heart	 1 	 1 	 2 	 1 						
Pneumonia and influenza	 1 	 1 	 1 	 * 						
Conditions originated in prenatal period	 1 	 0 	 1 	 * 						
Septicemia	 1 	 1 	 1 	 * 						
Neoplasms	 0 	 0 	 * 	 * 						
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	 0 	              * 	 1 	              * 						
										
Ages 25-34										
All causes	 108 	 93 	 204 	 104 						
Accidents	 31 	 31 	 35 	 34 						
Suicide	 13 	 15 	 10 	 8 						
Homicide 	 11 	 4 	 44 	 15 						
Malignant neoplasms	 11 	 10 	 13 	 9 						
Diseases of Heart	 8 	 7 	 19 	 5 						
HIV infection	 7 	 3 	 29 	 7 						
Diabetes mellitus	 2 	 1 	 4 	 1 						
Cerebrovascular diseases	 2 	 1 	 3 	 2 						
Congenital malformations	 1 	 1 	 * 	 * 						
Cirrhosis of the liver	 1 	 1 	              * 	 2 						
										
										
Ages 65+										
All causes	" 5,175 "	" 5,319 "	" 5,759 "	" 3,034 "						
Diseases of Heart	" 1,707 "	" 1,757 "	" 1,885 "	" 1,005 "						
Malignant neoplasms	" 1,128 "	" 1,154 "	" 1,316 "	 639 						
Cerebrovascular diseases	 426 	 435 	 492 	 236 						
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	 306 	 335 	 188 	 114 						
Pneumonia and influenza	 168 	 175 	 158 	 106 						
Diabetes mellitus	 151 	 136 	 282 	 190 						
Alzheimer's disease	 141 	 154 	 95 	 57 						
Kidney disease	 90 	 85 	 167 	 60 						
Accidents	 89 	 93 	 * 	 54 						
Septicemia	 71 	 68 	 142 	 * 						
										
*Not a leading cause of death among persons in this age group										
										
"R.N. Anderson, ""Deaths: Leading Causes for 2000,” National Vital Statistics Reports 50, no. 16 (2002): Table 1."