TABLE M20. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH BY RACE
NEW JERSEY, 1998
CAUSE GROUP (ICD-9 CODES)	WHITE				BLACK
	RANK	DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE	RANK	DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE
DISEASES OF THE HEART (390-398, 402, 404-429)	1	20,619	319.6	117.0	1	2,214	186.3	151.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)	2	15,384	238.4	122.1	2	2,077	174.8	157.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)	3	3,513	54.4	19.2	3	500	42.1	33.7
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496)	4	2,463	38.2	15.3	7.5	221	18.6	15.5
PNEUMONIA & INFLUENZA (480-487)	5	2,164	33.5	10.6	7.5	221	18.6	13.8
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)	6	1,878	29.1	13.5	6	410	34.5	30.7
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES (E800-E949)	7	1,560	24.2	20.5	5	415	34.9	33.4
SEPTICEMIA (38)	8	1,142	17.7	6.8	9	199	16.7	13.3
NEPHRITIS & NEPHROSIS (580-589)	9	920	14.3	5.1	10	172	14.5	11.6
ARTERY, ARTERIOLES, & CAPILLARY DISEASES (441-448)	10	711	11.0	4.6	14	89	7.5	6.2
HIV INFECTION (42-44)	15	260	4.0	3.6	4	494	41.6	39.4
SUICIDE (E950-E959)	12	496	7.7	6.7	18	60	5.0	5.2
EARLY INFANT MORTALITY (760-779)	15	240	3.7	4.7	12	149	12.5	12.3
RESIDUAL	--	10,080	--	--	--	1,775	--	--
TOTAL	--	60,694	940.7	413.8	--	8,787	739.5	639.1
Crude death rates are computed per 100,000 race-specific population.
Age-adjusted rates are computed per 100,000 race-specific population based on the 1940 standard.