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Table 16 B Leading Causes of African American Deaths by Selected Age Groups 2007 Resident Data |
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| Age Group | Number | Percent | |
| Under 1 | Total | 22 | |
| Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period | 8 | 36.4 | |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | 7 | 31.8 | |
| Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities | 4 | 18.2 | |
| All Other Diseases | 1 | 4.5 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1 | 4.5 | |
| Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified | 1 | 4.5 | |
| 1 – 4 | Total | 3 | |
| Anemias | 1 | 33.3 | |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 1 | 33.3 | |
| Unintentional Injuries | 1 | 33.3 | |
| 5 – 14 | None | 0 | |
| 15 – 24 | Total | 16 | |
| Unintentional Injuries | 5 | 31.3 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3 | 18.8 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 3 | 18.8 | |
| Suicides | 2 | 12.5 | |
| All Other Diseases | 1 | 6.3 | |
| Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium | 1 | 6.3 | |
| Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities | 1 | 6.3 | |
| 25 – 44 | Total | 44 | |
| All Other Diseases | 8 | 18.2 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 8 | 18.2 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 5 | 11.4 | |
| All Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 4 | 9.1 | |
| Unintentional Injuries | 4 | 9.1 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 3 | 6.8 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 3 | 6.8 | |
| Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis | 2 | 4.5 | |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 2 | 4.5 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 2 | 4.5 | |
| Suicides | 2 | 4.5 | |
| 45 – 54 | Total | 54 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 16 | 29.6 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 11 | 20.4 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 6 | 11.1 | |
| All Other Diseases | 5 | 9.3 | |
| Unintentional Injuries | 5 | 9.3 | |
| All Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 3 | 5.6 | |
| 55 – 64 | Total | 79 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 30 | 38.0 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 18 | 22.8 | |
| All Other Diseases | 7 | 8.9 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 5 | 6.3 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 5 | 6.3 | |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 3 | 3.8 | |
| Influenza and Pneumonia | 3 | 3.8 | |
| 65 – 84 | Total | 156 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 45 | 28.8 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 31 | 19.9 | |
| All Other Diseases | 20 | 12.8 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 15 | 9.6 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 11 | 7.1 | |
| 85 and | Total | 58 | |
| Over | Diseases of the Heart | 13 | 22.4 |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 13 | 22.4 | |
| All Other Diseases | 10 | 17.2 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 8 | 13.8 | |
| Alzheimer's Disease | 4 | 6.9 | |
| All Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 2 | 3.4 | |
| Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease | 2 | 3.4 | |
| Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified | 2 | 3.4 | |