TABLE M21. LEADING CAUSES OF YPLL
NEW JERSEY AND THE UNITED STATES, 1998
CAUSE GROUP (ICD-9 CODES)	NEW JERSEY			UNITED STATES
	RANK	YPLL	RATE	RANK	YPLL	RATE
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)	1	55,144.5	786.7	2	1,860,181.0	788.6
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES (E800-E949)	2	41,778.0	596.0	1	1,948,918.0	826.2
DISEASES OF THE HEART (390-398, 402, 404-429)	3	35,056.0	500.1	3	1,421,293.5	602.5
EARLY INFANT MORTALITY (760-779)	4	26,442.5	245.6	4	864,343.0	228.9
HIV INFECTION (42-44)	5	17,111.5	244.1	8	311,852.0	132.2
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759)	6	11,449.0	163.3	7	516,212.0	218.8
SUICIDE (E950-E959)	7	11,280.0	160.9	5	654,375.0	277.4
HOMICIDE & LEGAL INTERVENTION (E960-E978)	8	10,509.0	149.9	6	597,517.0	253.3
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)	9	6,901.0	98.5	9	258,746.0	109.7
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)	10	6,075.0	86.7	11	186,466.0	79.0
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE & CIRRHOSIS (571)	11	5,710.0	81.5	10	216,819.0	91.9
RESIDUAL	--	64,149.5	915.2	--	2,201,004.0	933.0
TOTAL	--	291,606.0	4,160.3	--	11,037,726.5	4,679.0
YPLL = Years of Potential Life Lost before age 65.
Rates are computed per 100,000 population under the age of 65, with the exception of Early Infant Mortality which is computed per 1,000 population under the age of 1.