The 10 leading causes of death in different age groups; and by sex: 1997

The 10 leading causes of death in different age groups; and by sex: 1997
Rank	1 – 4 Y	5 – 14 Y	15 – 24 Y	24 – 44 Y	45 – 64 Y	> 65 Y	Male	Female
1	Accidents and adverse effects	Accidents and adverse effects	Accidents and adverse effects	Accidents and adverse effects	Malignant Neoplasms	Diseases of the Heart	Diseases of the Heart	Diseases of the Heart
2	Congenital Anomalies	Malignant Neoplasms	Homicide and Legal Intervention	Malignant Neoplasms	Diseases of the Heart	Malignant Neoplasms	Malignant neoplasms	Malignant neoplasms
3	Malignant Neoplasms	Homicide and Legal Intervention	Suicide	Diseases of the Heart	Accidents and adverse effects	Cerebro Vascular Disease	Cerebro Vascular Disease	Cerebro Vascular Disease
4	Homicide and Legal Intervention	Congenital Anomalies	Malignant Neoplasms	Suicide	Cerebro Vascular Disease	COPDs and allied conditions	Accidents and adverse effects	COPDs and allied conditions
5	Diseases of the heart	Diseases of the heart	Diseases of the Heart	HIV Infection	COPDs and allied conditions	Pneumonia and Influenza	COPDs and allied conditions	Pneumonia and Influenza
6	Pneumonia and Influenza	Suicide	Congenital Anomalies	Homicide and Legal Intervention	Diabetes Mellitus	Diabetes Mellitus	Pneumonia and Influenza	Diabetes Mellitus
7	Certain conditions beginning in the perinatal period	Pneumonia and Influenza	HIV Infection	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	Accidents and adverse effects	Diabetes Mellitus	Accidents and adverse effects
8	Septicemia	COPDs and allied conditions	Pneumonia and Influenza	Cerebro Vascular Disease	Suicide	Alzheimer’s disease	Suicide	Alzheimer’s disease
9	Other neoplasms	HIV Infection	COPDs and allied conditions	Diabetes Mellitus	Pneumonia and Influenza	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis
10	Cerebro Vascular Disease	Cerebro Vascular Disease; Other neoplasms	Cerebro Vascular Disease	Pneumonia and Influenza	HIV Infection	Septicemia	Homicide and Legal Intervention	Septicemia

From: Table 8. Deaths and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in specified age groups, by race and sex: United States, 1997 [*Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. For explanation of asterisks preceding cause-of-death categories, see Technical notes]* Rank Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Cause of death (Based on the Ninth Revision, International Classification of Diseases