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DEATHS 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT
Cause of Death
(ICD-10 Codes)
All Causes
Diseases of the Heart
(I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51)
Malignant Neoplasms
(C00-C97)
Cerebrovascular Disease
(I60-I69)
Accidents
(V01-X59, Y85-Y86)
Diabetes Mellitus
(E10-E14)
Chronic Lower Respiratory
Diseases
(J40-J47)
Table 5.5: Rankings, Count and Rates for the Leading Causes of Death by Race
Louisiana, 2003
Rank*
All Races White
Count
Crude
Rate +
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Rank*
Count
Crude
Rate +
Rank*
Black
Count
Crude
Rate +
- 42297 940.7 - 28947 995.7 - 13075 876.4
1 11440 254.4 1 8069 277.6 1 330.2 221.3
2 9459 210.4 2 6576 226.2 2 2829 189.6
3 2504 55.7 3 1671 57.5 3 822 55.1
4 2143 47.7 4 1550 53.3 5 571 38.3
5 1730 38.5 7 948 32.6 4 767 51.4
6 1708 38.0 5 1389 47.8 9 312 20.9
Alzheimer’s Disease
(G30) 7 1176 26.2 6 980 33.7 12 194 13.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome,
& Nephrosis
(N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27)
Influenza & Pneumonia
(J10-J18)
Septicemia
(A40-A41)
Homicide
(X85-Y09, Y87.1)
Suicide
(X60-X84, Y87.0)
HIV Infection
(B20-B24)
Essential(Primary) Hypertension
& Hypertensive Renal Disease
(I10, I12)
Chronic Liver Disease &
Cirrhosis
(K70, K73-K74)
8 1058 23.5 9 608 20.9 7 437 29.3
9 908 20.2 8 682 23.5 11 219 14.7
10 811 18.0 10 494 17.0 8 313 21.0
11 596 13.3 - 116 4.0 6 473 31.7
12 456 10.1 11 395 13.6 - 53 3.6
13 389 8.7 - 85 2.9 10 303 20.3
14 354 7.9 14 181 6.2 14 170 11.4
15 345 7.7 12 251 8.6 15 91 6.1
Residual 7294 5049 2199
*Rank is based on rate per 100,000 race-specific population. For "Other" rank is based on number of deaths.
+
Rate per 100,000 race-specific population
****Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality
Notes: White: 12 th Parkinson’s Disease, 225 deaths, rate=7.7
15 th Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids, 170 deaths, rate=5.8
Black: 14 th rank is Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal period(P00-P96), 190 deaths, rate=12.7
1
Other: rate not calculated because of instability due to low frequency
“-“in cell indicates the race-specific rate is not ranked in the top fifteen.
In 2003, the top three causes of death for both whites and blacks were diseases of the heart, malignant neoplasms, and
cerebrovascular disease. Although the leading causes of death were similar among all race groups, there were considerable
differences in race-specific crude death rates (Figure 5.11, and Table 5.5). Crude death rates among whites were notably
higher than those among blacks for diseases of the heart (277.6 vs. 221.3), malignant neoplasms (226.2 vs. 189.6), chronic
lower respiratory disease (47.8 vs. 20.9), Alzheimer’s disease (33.7 vs. 13.0), and suicide (13.6 vs. 3.6). Crude death rates for
blacks substantially exceeded those for whites for Diabetes Mellitus (51.4 vs. 32.6), Homicide (31.7 vs. 4.0), HIV infection (20.3
vs. 2.9), and Essential (Primary) Hypertension & Hypertensive Renal Disease (11.4 vs. 6.2).