17-9. Mortality in South Carolina from Ten Leading Causes of Death by Race: 1994

                                                   TOTAL               WHITE          BLACK & OTHER

 CAUSES OF DEATH                              NUMBER  PERCENT     NUMBER  PERCENT    NUMBER  PERCENT

 ALL CAUSES, ALL AGES                         32,223*  100.0      22,295   100.0      9,927   100.0    

 TEN LEADING CAUSES, ALL AGES                 25,930    80.5      18,213    81.7      7,717    77.7

   Diseases of Heart (390-398, 402,
        404-429)                               9,904    30.7       7,170    32.2      2,734    27.5
   Malignant Neoplasms (140-208)               7,406    23.0       5,320    23.9      2,086    21.0
   Cerebrovascular Diseases (430-438)          2,541     7.9       1,681     7.5        860     8.7
   Accidents (E800-E949)                       1,611     5.0       1,047     4.7        564     5.7
   Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
     and Allied Conditions (490-496)           1,312     4.1       1,139     5.1        173     1.7
   Diabetes Mellitus (250)                       930     2.9         529     2.4        401     4.0
   Pneumonia & Influenza (480-487)               844     2.6         603     2.7        241     2.4
   Suicide (E950-E959)                           469     1.5         401     1.8         68     0.7
   HIV Infection (042-044)                       521     1.6         160     0.7        361     3.6
   Homicide and Legal Intervention
     (E960-E978)                                 392     1.2         163     0.7        229     2.3

 ALL OTHER CAUSES                              6,293*   19.5       4,082    18.3      2,210    22.3

Note: Residence data.

Source: S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Biostatistics, Office of Vital Records and Public Health Statistics, March 1996.

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