Table 16 B
Leading Causes of African American Deaths by Selected Age Groups
2007 Resident Data
 
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