TABLE M11. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
NEW JERSEY, 1988-1998
CAUSE GROUP	1988		1989		1990		1991		1992		1993		1994		1995		1996		1997		1998
	Rank	No.	Rank	No.	Rank	No.	Rank	No.	Rank	No.	Rank	No.	Rank	No.	Rank	No.	Rank	No.	Rank	No.	Rank	No.
DISEASES OF THE HEART	1	27,370	1	24,319	1	23,546	1	23,442	1	23,884	1	23,978	1	23,502	1	24,015	1	23,658	1	23,157	1	23,045
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	2	17,082	2	17,835	2	17,756	2	18,253	2	18,102	2	18,467	2	18,532	2	18,588	2	18,124	2	17,910	2	17,691
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	3	4,267	3	4,129	3	4,000	3	4,086	3	3,944	3	4,030	3	4,218	3	4,332	3	4,309	3	4,210	3	4,088
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES	6	2,247	4	2,376	5	2,314	4	2,354	4	2,360	4	2,638	4	2,573	4	2,639	4	2,759	4	2,775	4	2,699
PNEUMONIA & INFLUENZA	4	2,475	5	2,315	4	2,402	5	2,311	5	2,229	5	2,547	6	2,346	5	2,609	5	2,500	5	2,443	5	2,402
DIABETES MELLITUS	7	1,508	6	2,072	6	2,083	7	1,979	6	2,136	7	2,165	7	2,214	7	2,457	6	2,411	6	2,400	6	2,325
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	5	2,332	7	2,052	7	1,954	6	2,016	7	2,094	8	2,109	8	2,072	8	2,198	7	2,113	7	2,159	7	2,008
SEPTICEMIA	8	1,215	9	1,083	9	1,141	9	1,126	9	1,205	9	1,228	9	1,144	9	1,267	9	1,237	8	1,311	8	1,357
NEPHRITIS & NEPHROSIS	11	892	11	823	12	770	11	859	10	895	11	906	10	946	10	972	10	1,020	9	1,091	9	1,098
ARTERY, ARTERIOLES, & CAPILLARY DISEASES	12	731	12	814	11	827	12	816	12	838	12	814	12	776	11	851	11	829	11	818	10	804
HIV INFECTION	9	1,212	8	1,586	8	1,637	8	1,925	8	2,057	6	2,294	5	2,434	6	2,543	8	1,786	10	1,023	11	758
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE & CIRRHOSIS	10	1,025	10	1,049	10	918	10	891	11	860	10	929	11	892	12	825	12	781	12	738	12	722
A death certificate format revision in 1989 may have contributed to the difference in diabetes deaths in 1988 versus 1989 and later.