TOTAL WHITE BLACK & OTHER
CAUSES OF DEATH NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT
ALL CAUSES, ALL AGES 34,035 100.0 23,585 100.0 10,448 100.0
TEN LEADING CAUSES, ALL AGES 27,177 79.9 18,950 80.3 8,227 78.7
Diseases of Heart (390-398, 402, 404-429) 10,094 29.7 7,273 30.8 2,821 27.0
Malignant Neoplasms (140-208) 7,614 22.4 5,437 23.1 2,177 20.8
Cerebrovascular Diseases (430-438) 2,852 8.4 1,887 8.0 965 9.2
Accidents (E800-E949) 1,712 5.0 1,109 4.7 603 5.8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
and Allied Conditions (490-496) 1,458 4.3 1,239 5.2 219 2.1
Pneumonia & Influenza (480-487) 1,105 3.2 829 3.5 276 2.6
Diabetes Mellitus (250) 937 2.8 513 2.2 424 4.1
HIV Infection (042-044) 532 1.6 114 0.5 418 4.0
Suicide (E950-E959) 496 1.5 409 1.7 87 0.8
Homicide and Legal Intervention (571) 377 1.1 140 0.6 237 2.3
ALL OTHER CAUSES 6,858 20.1 4,635 19.7 2,221 21.3
Note: Race may not add to totals due to unknown race.* Includes unknown race
Source: S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Biostatistics, Office of Public Health Statistics, January 1998.
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