Table 12. Number of deaths from 113 selected causes and Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, by race and sex:  United States, 2006
Cause of death (based on ICD-10, 2004)   All races       White1     Black1
Both
sexes		 Male Female   Both
sexes		 Male Female   Both
sexes		 Male Female
All causes 2,426,264 1,201,942 1,224,322 2,077,549 1,022,328 1,055,221 289,971 148,602 141,369
Salmonella infections (A01-A02) 34 24 10 25 18 7 8 5 3
Shigellosis and amebiasis (A03,A06) 6 2 4 5 2 3 1 - 1
Certain other intestinal infections (A04,A07-A09) 6,639 2,550 4,089 6,165 2,353 3,812 379 145 234
Tuberculosis (A16-A19) 652 425 227 388 237 151 160 115 45
    Respiratory tuberculosis (A16) 490 335 155 287 182 105 121 91 30
    Other tuberculosis (A17-A19) 162 90 72 101 55 46 39 24 15
Whooping cough (A37) 9 3 6 7 3 4 2 - 2
Scarlet fever and erysipelas (A38,A46) 2 2 - 2 2 - - - -
Meningococcal infection (A39) 105 67 38 79 50 29 23 15 8
Septicemia (A40-A41) 34,234 15,522 18,712 27,373 12,450 14,923 6,108 2,717 3,391
Syphilis (A50-A53) 38 20 18 13 5 8 24 15 9
Acute poliomyelitis (A80) - - - - - - - - -
Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis (A83-A84,A85.2) 5 4 1 2 2 - 2 2 -
Measles (B05) - - - - - - - - -
Viral hepatitis (B15-B19) 7,250 4,745 2,505 5,759 3,822 1,937 1,094 694 400
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease
  (B20-B24)		 12,113 8,756 3,357 5,103 4,193 910 6,854 4,443 2,411
Malaria (B50-B54) 9 6 3 5 3 2 2 1 1
Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
  and their sequelae (A00,A05,A20-A36,A42-A44,A48-
  A49,A54-A79,A81-A82,A85.0-A85.1,A85.8,A86-B04,
  B06-B09,B25-B49,B55-B99)		 5,897 3,028 2,869 4,874 2,488 2,386 836 428 408
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 559,888 290,069 269,819 482,575 250,322 232,253 63,082 32,556 30,526
    Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
      (C00-C14)		 7,720 5,266 2,454 6,419 4,321 2,098 1,015 751 264
    Malignant neoplasm of esophagus (C15) 13,686 10,723 2,963 11,959 9,476 2,483 1,452 1,045 407
    Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 11,345 6,653 4,692 8,582 5,102 3,480 1,916 1,092 824
    Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum and anus
      (C18-C21)		 53,549 26,921 26,628 45,245 22,775 22,470 6,895 3,438 3,457
    Malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile
      ducts (C22)		 16,525 10,759 5,766 13,103 8,419 4,684 2,187 1,515 672
    Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 33,454 16,559 16,895 28,677 14,374 14,303 3,868 1,768 2,100
    Malignant neoplasm of larynx (C32) 3,821 2,991 830 3,123 2,420 703 635 515 120
    Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung
      (C33-C34)		 158,664 89,279 69,385 138,814 77,476 61,338 16,493 9,823 6,670
    Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 8,441 5,477 2,964 8,250 5,381 2,869 126 66 60
    Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 41,210 389 40,821 34,464 327 34,137 5,752 58 5,694
    Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 3,976 ... 3,976 3,014 ... 3,014 784 ... 784
    Malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus, part
      unspecified (C54-C55)		 7,384 ... 7,384 5,954 ... 5,954 1,240 ... 1,240
    Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 14,857 ... 14,857 13,289 ... 13,289 1,185 ... 1,185
    Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 28,372 28,372 ... 23,202 23,202 ... 4,698 4,698 ...
    Malignant neoplasms of kidney and renal pelvis
      (C64-C65)		 12,379 7,699 4,680 10,961 6,811 4,150 1,138 714 424
    Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 13,474 9,412 4,062 12,286 8,735 3,551 1,007 558 449
    Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other
      parts of central nervous system (C70-C72)		 12,886 7,198 5,688 11,850 6,650 5,200 765 409 356
    Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and
      related tissue (C81-C96)		 55,045 30,007 25,038 48,549 26,521 22,028 5,267 2,813 2,454
        Hodgkin's disease (C81) 1,327 770 557 1,160 666 494 137 82 55
        Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (C82-C85) 20,594 10,933 9,661 18,636 9,871 8,765 1,475 801 674
        Leukemia (C91-C95) 21,944 12,385 9,559 19,654 11,110 8,544 1,804 999 805
        Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative
          neoplasms (C88,C90)		 11,111 5,882 5,229 9,038 4,843 4,195 1,844 926 918
        Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of
          lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C96)		 69 37 32 61 31 30 7 5 2
    All other and unspecified malignant neoplasms
      (C17,C23-C24,C26-C31,C37-C41,C44-C49,C51-
      C52,C57-C60,C62-C63,C66,C68-C69,C73-C80,
      C97)		 63,100 32,364 30,736 54,834 28,332 26,502 6,659 3,293 3,366
In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of
  uncertain or unknown behavior (D00-D48)		 14,122 6,984 7,138 12,553 6,254 6,299 1,232 567 665
Anemias (D50-D64) 3,996 1,592 2,404 2,989 1,163 1,826 917 388 529
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 72,449 36,006 36,443 57,204 29,060 28,144 12,813 5,772 7,041
Nutritional deficiencies (E40-E64) 2,556 913 1,643 2,161 740 1,421 341 153 188
    Malnutrition (E40-E46) 2,377 848 1,529 2,000 682 1,318 325 146 179
    Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64) 179 65 114 161 58 103 16 7 9
Meningitis (G00,G03) 634 315 319 487 241 246 131 66 65
Parkinson's disease (G20-G21) 19,566 11,300 8,266 18,517 10,706 7,811 682 381 301
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 72,432 21,151 51,281 67,088 19,654 47,434 4,455 1,190 3,265
Major cardiovascular diseases (I00-I78) 823,746 394,840 428,906 707,419 337,670 369,749 97,389 47,276 50,113
    Diseases of heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 631,636 315,706 315,930 545,974 272,117 273,857 72,253 36,230 36,023
        Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic
          heart diseases (I00-I09)		 3,257 1,008 2,249 2,903 887 2,016 249 87 162
        Hypertensive heart disease (I11) 29,788 13,677 16,111 22,220 9,755 12,465 6,845 3,559 3,286
        Hypertensive heart and renal disease (I13) 2,918 1,290 1,628 1,985 836 1,149 824 404 420
        Ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 425,425 224,510 200,915 371,445 196,396 175,049 44,530 22,713 21,817
            Acute myocardial infarction (I21-I22) 141,462 76,089 65,373 123,549 66,946 56,603 14,776 7,392 7,384
            Other acute ischemic heart diseases (I24) 3,932 2,016 1,916 3,289 1,664 1,625 534 291 243
            Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease
              (I20,I25)		 280,031 146,405 133,626 244,607 127,786 116,821 29,220 15,030 14,190
                Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so
                  described (I25.0)		 61,030 34,157 26,873 50,146 27,777 22,369 9,362 5,410 3,952
                All other forms of chronic ischemic heart
                  disease (I20,I25.1-I25.9)		 219,001 112,248 106,753 194,461 100,009 94,452 19,858 9,620 10,238
        Other heart diseases (I26-I51) 170,248 75,221 95,027 147,421 64,243 83,178 19,805 9,467 10,338
            Acute and subacute endocarditis (I33) 1,216 660 556 958 518 440 228 122 106
            Diseases of pericardium and acute myocarditis
              (I30-I31,I40)		 816 431 385 675 364 311 109 55 54
            Heart failure (I50) 60,337 23,918 36,419 53,980 21,236 32,744 5,564 2,335 3,229
            All other forms of heart disease
              (I26-I28,I34-I38,I42-I49,I51)		 107,879 50,212 57,667 91,808 42,125 49,683 13,904 6,955 6,949
    Essential hypertension and hypertensive
      renal disease (I10,I12,I15)4		 23,855 9,415 14,440 18,264 6,990 11,274 4,900 2,126 2,774
    Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 137,119 54,524 82,595 115,864 45,198 70,666 17,045 7,424 9,621
    Atherosclerosis (I70) 8,652 3,359 5,293 7,820 2,992 4,828 709 312 397
    Other diseases of circulatory system (I71-I78) 22,484 11,836 10,648 19,497 10,373 9,124 2,482 1,184 1,298
        Aortic aneurysm and dissection (I71) 13,238 7,732 5,506 11,613 6,836 4,777 1,267 678 589
        Other diseases of arteries, arterioles and
          capillaries (I72-I78)		 9,246 4,104 5,142 7,884 3,537 4,347 1,215 506 709
Other disorders of circulatory system (I80-I99) 3,995 1,772 2,223 3,213 1,414 1,799 713 324 389
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 56,326 25,650 30,676 49,401 22,310 27,091 5,311 2,486 2,825
    Influenza (J10-J11) 849 362 487 788 332 456 41 21 20
    Pneumonia (J12-J18) 55,477 25,288 30,189 48,613 21,978 26,635 5,270 2,465 2,805
Other acute lower respiratory infections (J20-J22) 297 119 178 251 93 158 37 22 15
    Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis (J20-J21) 214 96 118 173 73 100 34 21 13
    Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22) 83 23 60 78 20 58 3 1 2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 124,583 59,260 65,323 114,993 54,043 60,950 7,730 4,136 3,594
    Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified (J40-J42) 740 299 441 657 259 398 66 31 35
    Emphysema (J43) 12,551 6,318 6,233 11,689 5,784 5,905 707 430 277
    Asthma (J45-J46) 3,613 1,296 2,317 2,497 805 1,692 957 423 534
    Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (J44,J47) 107,679 51,347 56,332 100,150 47,195 52,955 6,000 3,252 2,748
Pneumoconioses and chemical effects (J60-J66,J68) 924 887 37 868 835 33 49 46 3
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69) 16,887 8,916 7,971 15,136 7,984 7,152 1,439 757 682
Other diseases of respiratory system (J00-J06,J30-
  J39,J67,J70-J98)		 27,644 13,728 13,916 24,463 12,183 12,280 2,442 1,168 1,274
Peptic ulcer (K25-K28) 3,323 1,591 1,732 2,857 1,321 1,536 361 209 152
Diseases of appendix (K35-K38) 424 253 171 350 208 142 59 33 26
Hernia (K40-K46) 1,744 739 1,005 1,547 654 893 172 72 100
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74) 27,555 17,866 9,689 24,191 15,739 8,452 2,349 1,519 830
    Alcoholic liver disease (K70) 13,050 9,443 3,607 11,413 8,346 3,067 1,045 712 333
    Other chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K73-K74) 14,505 8,423 6,082 12,778 7,393 5,385 1,304 807 497
Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder
  (K80-K82)		 3,114 1,376 1,738 2,671 1,195 1,476 324 117 207
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
  (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27)		 45,344 22,094 23,250 35,793 17,715 18,078 8,397 3,812 4,585
    Acute and rapidly progressive nephritic and
      nephrotic syndrome (N00-N01,N04)		 138 70 68 111 55 56 20 11 9
    Chronic glomerulonephritis, nephritis and
      nephropathy not specified as acute or chronic,
      and renal sclerosis unspecified
      (N02-N03,N05-N07,N26)		 1,841 897 944 1,421 692 729 349 169 180
    Renal failure (N17-N19) 43,344 21,115 22,229 34,241 16,956 17,285 8,028 3,632 4,396
    Other disorders of kidney (N25,N27) 21 12 9 20 12 8 - - -
Infections of kidney (N10-N12,N13.6,N15.1) 673 206 467 599 180 419 58 21 37
Hyperplasia of prostate (N40) 514 514 ... 463 463 ... 38 38 ...
Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs
  (N70-N76)		 112 ... 112 90 ... 90 20 ... 20
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99) 760 ... 760 446 ... 446 259 ... 259
    Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O07) 26 ... 26 10 ... 10 12 ... 12
    Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the
      puerperium (O10-O99)		 734 ... 734 436 ... 436 247 ... 247
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  (P00-P96)		 14,442 8,097 6,345 8,730 4,938 3,792 5,121 2,811 2,310
Congenital malformations, deformations and
  chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)		 10,489 5,587 4,902 8,246 4,403 3,843 1,808 947 861
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory
  findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)		 31,725 13,981 17,744 26,672 11,422 15,250 4,379 2,202 2,177
All other diseases (Residual) 237,421 96,201 141,220 206,332 82,811 123,521 26,205 11,201 15,004
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 121,599 78,941 42,658 103,853 66,843 37,010 13,917 9,605 4,312
    Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85) 48,412 34,065 14,347 40,422 28,429 11,993 5,983 4,333 1,650
        Motor vehicle accidents (V02-V04,V09.0,V09.2,
          V12-V14,V19.0-V19.2,V19.4-V19.6,V20-V79,
          V80.3-V80.5,V81.0-V81.1,V82.0-V82.1,V83-
          V86,V87.0-V87.8,V88.0-V88.8,V89.0,V89.2)		 45,316 31,633 13,683 37,769 26,348 11,421 5,660 4,068 1,592
        Other land transport accidents (V01,V05-V06,
          V09.1,V09.3-V09.9,V10-V11,V15-V18,V19.3,
          V19.8-V19.9,V80.0-V80.2,V80.6-V80.9,V81.2-
          V81.9,V82.2-V82.9,V87.9,V88.9,V89.1,V89.3,
          V89.9)		 1,181 921 260 959 748 211 152 122 30
        Water, air and space, and other and unspecified
          transport accidents and their sequelae
          (V90-V99,Y85)		 1,915 1,511 404 1,694 1,333 361 171 143 28
    Nontransport accidents (W00-X59,Y86) 73,187 44,876 28,311 63,431 38,414 25,017 7,934 5,272 2,662
        Falls (W00-W19) 20,823 10,808 10,015 19,195 9,829 9,366 1,066 648 418
        Accidental discharge of firearms (W32-W34) 642 567 75 484 420 64 140 132 8
        Accidental drowning and submersion (W65-W74) 3,579 2,774 805 2,837 2,174 663 538 451 87
        Accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames
          (X00-X09)		 3,109 1,819 1,290 2,349 1,389 960 699 389 310
        Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious
          substances (X40-X49)		 27,531 18,581 8,950 23,476 15,784 7,692 3,526 2,439 1,087
        Other and unspecified nontransport accidents
          and their sequelae (W20-W31,W35-W64,
          W75-W99,X10-X39,X50-X59,Y86)		 17,503 10,327 7,176 15,090 8,818 6,272 1,965 1,213 752
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (*U03,X60-X84,Y87.0) 33,300 26,308 6,992 30,138 23,767 6,371 1,954 1,669 285
    Intentional self-harm (suicide) by discharge of
      firearms (X72-X74)		 16,883 14,734 2,149 15,539 13,527 2,012 1,015 922 93
    Intentional self-harm (suicide) by other and
      unspecified means and their sequelae
      (*U03,X60-X71,X75-X84,Y87.0)		 16,417 11,574 4,843 14,599 10,240 4,359 939 747 192
Assault (homicide) (*U01-*U02,X85-Y09,Y87.1) 18,573 14,717 3,856 8,860 6,514 2,346 9,032 7,677 1,355
    Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms
      (*U01.4,X93-X95)		 12,791 10,886 1,905 5,279 4,179 1,100 7,113 6,374 739
    Assault (homicide) by other and unspecified means
      and their sequelae (*U01.0-*U01.3,*U01.5-*U01.9,
      *U02,X85-X92,X96-Y09,Y87.1)		 5,782 3,831 1,951 3,581 2,335 1,246 1,919 1,303 616
Legal intervention (Y35,Y89.0) 434 417 17 300 286 14 117 114 3
Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34,Y87.2,Y89.9) 5,131 3,249 1,882 4,220 2,616 1,604 718 508 210
    Discharge of firearms, undetermined intent
      (Y22-Y24)		 220 181 39 169 133 36 48 45 3
    Other and unspecified events of undetermined
      intent and their sequelae (Y10-Y21,Y25-Y34,
      Y87.2,Y89.9)		 4,911 3,068 1,843 4,051 2,483 1,568 670 463 207
Operations of war and their sequelae (Y36,Y89.1) 28 28 - 27 27 - - - -
Complications of medical and surgical care
  (Y40-Y84,Y88)		 2,521 1,121 1,400   2,046 926 1,120   427 179 248
Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (A04.7)5 6,225 2,408 3,817   5,792 2,224 3,568   348 136 212
[Data for specified races other than white and black should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistencies between reporting race on death certificates and on censuses and surveys; see "Technical Notes." The asterisks (*) preceding the cause-of-death codes indicate that they are not part of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), Second Edition; see "Technical Notes." Cause-of-death coding changes in 2006 may affect comparability of data between 2006 and previous years for various causes of death; see "Technical Notes"]
 -  Quantity zero
.… Category not applicable.
1Race categories are consistent with the 1977 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards. Multiple-race data were reported by 25 states and the District of Columbia in 2006; see "Technical Notes." The multiple-race data for these reporting areas were bridged to the single-race categories of the 1977 OMB standards for comparability with other reporting areas; see "Technical Notes."
2Includes Aleuts and Eskimos.
3Includes Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, and Other Asian or Pacific Islander.
4Cause-of-death title was changed in 2006 to reflect the addition of Secondary hypertension (ICD-10 code I15).
5Included in "Certain other intestinal infections (A04,A07-A09)" shown above. Beginning with data year 2006, Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (A04.7) is shown separately at the bottom of tables showing 113 selected causes and is included in the list of rankable causes, see "Technical Notes."
NOTE: Complete confirmation of deaths from selected causes of death, considered to be of public health concern, were not provided by the following states--California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington, and West Virginia; see "Technical Notes."


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Death Rates for Twelve Age groups from
All causes
Diseases of heart (390-398,402,404-429)
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (390-398)
Hypertensive heart disease -402
Hypertensive heart and renal disease -404
Ischemic heart disease (410-414)
Acute myocardial infarction -410
Other acute and subacute forms of ischemic heart disease -411
Angina pectoris -413
Old myocardial infarction and other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease -412,414
Other diseases of endocardium -424
All other forms of heart disease (415-423,425-429)
Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (140-208)
Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx (140-149)
Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs and peritoneum (150-159)
Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs (160-165)
Malignant neoplasm of breast (174-175)
Malignant neoplasms of genital organs (179-187)
Malignant neoplasms of urinary organs (188-189)
Malignant neoplasms of all other and unspecified sites (170-173,190-199)
Leukemia (204-208)
Other malignant neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (200-203)
Cerebrovascular diseases (430-438)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions (490-496)
Accidents and adverse effects (E800-E949)
Motor vehicle accidents (E810-E825)
All other accidents and adverse effects (E800-E807,E826-E949)
Pneumonia and influenza (480-487)
Diabetes mellitus -250
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (*042-*044)
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis -571
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (580-589)
Septicemia -38
Alzheimer's disease 2 -331
Homicide and legal intervention (E960-E978)
Atherosclerosis -440
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