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The most common causes of mortality among "blacks" in the United States
The table is derived from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Health, United States, 2002 With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans." "Black" as defined by the CDC.
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Overall - Raw Numbers | Overall - Percentages
Asian-Descent | Black | Female | Hispanic/Latino | Male | Native American | White
| | | Black - 1980 | | | Black - 2000 | |
| | | All causes | 233,135 | | All causes | 285,826 |
| 1 | | Diseases of heart | 72,956 | | Diseases of heart | 77,523 |
| 2 | | Malignant neoplasms [Cancer of All Types] | 45,037 | | Malignant neoplasms [Cancer of All Types] | 61,945 |
| 3 | | Cerebrovascular diseases | 20,135 | | Cerebrovascular diseases | 19,221 |
| 4 | | Unintentional injuries | 13,480 | | Unintentional injuries | 12,277 |
| 5 | | Homicide | 10,172 | | Diabetes mellitus | 12,021 |
| 6 | | Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 6,961 | | Homicide | 7,867 |
| 7 | | Pneumonia and influenza | 5,648 | | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease | 7,848 |
| 8 | | Diabetes mellitus | 5,544 | | Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 7,607 |
| 9 | | Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 4,790 | | Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 6,911 |
| 10 | | Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis | 3,416 | | Influenza and pneumonia | 5,990 |
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