TABLE M12. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH BY AGE GROUP
NEW JERSEY, 1998
RANK	1-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65-84	85+	TOTAL
1	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	HEART DISEASE	HEART DISEASE	HEART DISEASE
	75	266	680	3,984	11,717	8,317	23,045
2	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	HOMICIDE & LEGAL INTERVENTION	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	HEART DISEASE	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS
	45	94	633	2,515	10,522	2,457	17,691
3	CONGENITAL ANOMALIES	SUICIDE	HIV INFECTION	DIABETES MELLITUS	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
	21	63	468	440	2,083	1,465	4,088
4	HOMICIDE & LEGAL INTERVENTION	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	HEART DISEASE	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES	PNEUMONIA & INFLUENZA	CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES
	17	36	415	272	1,763	1,110	2,699
5	HEART DISEASE	HEART DISEASE	SUICIDE	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	DIABETES MELLITUS	CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES	PNEUMONIA & INFLUENZA
	16	25	214	404	1,373	646	2,402
6	HIV INFECTION	CONGENITAL ANOMALIES	HOMICIDE & LEGAL INTERVENTION	CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE & CIRRHOSIS	PNEUMONIA & INFLUENZA	SEPTICEMIA	DIABETES MELLITUS
	8	11	142	286	1,055	433	2,325
7	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	HIV INFECTION	CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE & CIRRHOSIS	HIV INFECTION	SEPTICEMIA	DIABETES MELLITUS	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
	5	10	102	252	716	426	2,008
8		CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES	NEPHRITIS & NEPHROSIS	NEPHRITIS & NEPHROSIS	SEPTICEMIA
		7	91	247	566	376	1,357
9		PNEUMONIA & INFLUENZA	DIABETES MELLITUS	SUICIDE	ARTERY, ARTERIOLES, & CAPILLARY DISEASES	ATHEROSCLEROSIS	NEPHRITIS & NEPHROSIS
		7	79	171	500	228	1,098
10		CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	INFECTIOUS & PARASITIC DISEASES	PNEUMONIA & INFLUENZA	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	ARTERY, ARTERIOLES, & CAPILLARY DISEASES	ARTERY, ARTERIOLES, & CAPILLARY DISEASES
		5	58	157	410	188	804
RESIDUAL	113	87	820	2,049	5,213	3,379	13,623
TOTAL	300	611	3,702	10,777	35,918	19,025	71,140
Residual includes deaths from all other causes in the specific age group.
Total column includes deaths of persons under 1 year of age and persons of unknown age.