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Table 16 B Leading Causes of African American Deaths by Selected Age Groups 2009 Resident Data |
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| Age Group | Number | Percent | |
| Under 1 | Total | 24 | |
| Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period | 16 | 66.7 | |
| Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities | 5 | 20.8 | |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | 2 | 8.3 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 1 | 4.2 | |
| 1 – 4 | Total | 3 | |
| All Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 33.3 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1 | 33.3 | |
| Unintentional Injuries | 1 | 33.3 | |
| 5 – 14 | Total | 8 | |
| Unintentional Injuries | 7 | 87.5 | |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 1 | 12.5 | |
| 15 – 24 | Total | 14 | |
| Unintentional Injuries | 3 | 21.4 | |
| All Other External Causes | 2 | 14.3 | |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 2 | 14.3 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 2 | 14.3 | |
| All Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 7.1 | |
| All Other Diseases | 1 | 7.1 | |
| Anemias | 1 | 7.1 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 1 | 7.1 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 1 | 7.1 | |
| 25 – 44 | Total | 52 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 13 | 25.0 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 7 | 13.5 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 7 | 13.5 | |
| Unintentional Injuries | 6 | 11.5 | |
| All Other Diseases | 5 | 9.6 | |
| All Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 3 | 5.8 | |
| 45 – 54 | Total | 66 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 20 | 30.3 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 17 | 25.8 | |
| All Other Diseases | 8 | 12.1 | |
| All Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Unintentional Injuries | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 2 | 3.0 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 2 | 3.0 | |
| 55 – 64 | Total | 73 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 24 | 32.9 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 18 | 24.7 | |
| All Other Diseases | 9 | 12.3 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 6 | 8.2 | |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 5 | 6.8 | |
| 65 – 84 | Total | 148 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 46 | 31.1 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 35 | 23.6 | |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 14 | 9.5 | |
| All Other Diseases | 11 | 7.4 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 10 | 6.8 | |
| 85 and | Total | 59 | |
| Over | All Other Diseases | 11 | 18.6 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | 10 | 16.9 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 9 | 15.3 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 7 | 11.9 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 4 | 6.8 | |