Table 42
Ten Leading Causes Of Death By Sex,
Number, Rate And Average Age At Death
Kansas, 1998

                                                                   Number of Deaths           Cause-Specific Death Rate*   Average Age at Death

Leading Causes of Death
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
(ICD Codes)
All Causes 23,928 11,592 12,336 910.1 897.0 922.9 74.3 70.2 78.1
Heart Disease
(390-398, 402, 404-429) 7,164 3,458 3,706 272.5 267.6 277.2 78.9 74.8 82.8
Malignant Neoplasms
(140-208) 5,109 2,657 2,452 194.3 205.6 183.4 71.6 71.1 72.1
Cerebrovascular Disease
(430-438) 1,821 675 1,146 69.3 52.2 85.7 81.6 78.2 83.6
Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Diseases
(490-496) 1,194 657 537 45.4 50.8 40.2 76.2 75.5 77.1
Unintentional Injuries
(E800-E949) 1,129 703 426 42.9 54.4 31.9 51.9 47.3 59.6
Pneumonia & Influenza
(480-487) 984 416 568 37.4 32.2 42.5 83.3 80.6 85.3
Diabetes Mellitus
(250) 643 281 362 24.5 21.7 27.1 74.4 72.2 76.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic
Syndrome, & Nephrosis
(580-589) 348 164 184 13.2 12.7 13.8 79.2 78.2 80.0
Suicide
(E950-E959) 328 277 51 12.5 21.4 3.8 42.3 41.7 45.5
Atherosclerosis
(440) 272 74 198 10.3 5.7 14.8 87.0 82.9 88.6
*Rate per 100,000 population
Note: Rates are based on 1998 population estimates from the United States Bureau of the Census
Residence data

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