TABLE M20. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH BY RACE
NEW JERSEY, 1999
CAUSE GROUP (ICD-10 CODES)	WHITE				BLACK
	RANK	DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE	RANK	DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE
DISEASES OF THE HEART (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51)	1	21,000	325.4	272.0	1	2,268	189.4	293.6
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (C00-C97)	2	15,791	244.7	210.0	2	2,139	178.6	251.4
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (I60-I69)	3	3,536	54.8	45.6	4	517	43.2	66.5
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES (J40-J47)	4	2,827	43.8	36.6	7	282	23.6	35.6
DIABETES MELLITUS (E10-E14)	5	1,946	30.2	25.6	5	449	37.5	54.3
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)	7	1,835	28.4	26.5	6	355	29.6	32.8
INFLUENZA & PNEUMONIA (J10-J18)	6	1,876	29.1	24.1	11	183	15.3	22.6
SEPTICEMIA (A40-A41)	8	1,459	22.6	19.0	8	276	23.0	36.1
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, & NEPHROSIS (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27)	9	1,117	17.3	14.4	9	250	20.9	31.7
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (G30)	10	974	15.1	12.4	15	60	5.0	9.7
HIV DISEASE (B20-B24)	18	312	4.8	4.6	3	598	49.9	52.2
PERINATAL CONDITIONS (P00-P96)	20	260	4.0	4.5	10	193	16.1	13.5
RESIDUAL	--	10,774	--	--	--	1,826	--	--
TOTAL	--	63,707	987.1	839.5	--	9,396	784.7	1,100.1
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 2000 U.S. standard population.