17-9. Mortality in SC From Ten Leading Causes of Death by Race: 1996 (Residence Data)

                                                       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

* 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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