TABLE M11. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
NEW JERSEY, 1994-1999
CAUSE GROUP	COMPARABILITY-MODIFIED										1999
	1994		1995		1996		1997		1998
	RANK	NO.	RANK	NO.	RANK	NO.	RANK	NO.	RANK	NO.	RANK	NO.
DISEASES OF THE HEART	1	23,168	1	23,674	1	23,322	1	22,828	1	22,718	1	23,493
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	2	18,658	2	18,714	2	18,247	2	18,032	2	17,811	2	18,178
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	3	4,466	3	4,587	3	4,562	3	4,458	3	4,328	3	4,122
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES	5	2,696	5	2,765	4	2,891	4	2,908	4	2,828	4	3,130
DIABETES MELLITUS	6	2,232	6	2,477	5	2,431	5	2,420	5	2,344	5	2,436
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	7	2,135	7	2,265	6	2,177	6	2,225	6	2,069	6	2,227
INFLUENZA & PNEUMONIA	8	1,638	8	1,822	8	1,746	7	1,706	7	1,677	7	2,075
SEPTICEMIA	9	1,367	9	1,514	9	1,478	8	1,567	8	1,621	8	1,742
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, & NEPHROSIS	10	1,165	10	1,198	10	1,257	9	1,344	9	1,353	9	1,380
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE	--	696	--	853	--	948	--	993	10	1,010	10	1,041
HIV DISEASE	4	2,786	4	2,911	7	2,045	10	1,171	--	868	--	913
-- = not ranked in top ten. 1994-1998 data are from the NJ single cause of death file. 1999 data are from the NCHS multiple cause of death file 1994-1998 deaths were classified by ICD-9 and have been comparability-modified and re-ranked. See Table A for preliminary comparability ratios.