TABLE M12. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH BY AGE GROUP
NEW JERSEY, 1999
RANK		1-14		15-24	25-44	45-64	65-84	85+	TOTAL
1		UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES		UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	HEART DISEASE	HEART DISEASE	HEART DISEASE
		76		229	664	4,230	11,732	8,652	23,493
2		MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS		HOMICIDE	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	HEART DISEASE	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS
		37		78	628	2,655	10,516	2,678	18,178
3		CONGENITAL ANOMALIES		SUICIDE	HIV INFECTION	DIABETES MELLITUS	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
		19		61	523	479	2,060	1,545	4,122
4		HEART DISEASE		MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS	HEART DISEASE	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES	INFLUENZA & PNEUMONIA	CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
		19		51	399	435	2,019	990	3,130
5		HOMICIDE		HEART DISEASE	SUICIDE	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	DIABETES MELLITUS	CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES	DIABETES MELLITUS
		13		22	234	414	1,410	765	2,436
6		HIV DISEASE		HIV DISEASE	HOMICIDE	CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE & CIRRHOSIS	INFLUENZA & PNEUMONIA	SEPTICEMIA	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES
		12		7	142	339	877	648	2,227
7		CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES		CONGENITAL ANOMALIES	CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE & CIRRHOSIS	HIV DISEASE	SEPTICEMIA	ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE	INFLUENZA & PNEUMONIA
		8		7	97	332	829	577	2,075
8		IN SITU, BENIGN, & NEOPLASMS OF UNCERTAIN/UNKNOWN BEHAVIOR		INFLUENZA & PNEUMONIA	CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES	NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, & NEPHROSIS	DIABETES MELLITUS	SEPTICEMIA
		8		6	91	306	760	462	1,742
9		INFLUENZA & PNEUMONIA		CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES	DIABETES MELLITUS	SEPTICEMIA	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, & NEPHROSIS	NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, & NEPHROSIS
		7		6	82	193	548	429	1,380
10				ANEMIAS	SEPTICEMIA	SUICIDE	ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES	ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
				6	56	154	448	299	1,041
RESIDUAL		81		100	956	1,891	5,374	3,436	14,157
TOTAL		280		573	3,872	11,428	36,573	20,481	73,981
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.