Table 3. Number of deaths and death rates, by age, race, and sex: United States, 2006

[Rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Populations used for computing death rates are postcensal estimates based on the 2000 census, estimated as of July 1, 2006; see "Technical Notes." 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"]
	All races			White¹			Black¹			American Indian or Alaska Native^1,2			Asian or Pacific Islander^1,3
Age	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female
	Number
All ages	2,426,264	1,201,942	1,224,322	2,077,549	1,022,328	1,055,221	289,971	148,602	141,369	14,037	7,630	6,407	44,707	23,382	21,325
Under 1 year	28,527	15,980	12,547	18,403	10,345	8,058	8,858	4,886	3,972	393	242	151	873	507	366
1 - 4 years	4,631	2,541	2,090	3,233	1,781	1,452	1,144	633	511	94	51	43	160	76	84
5 - 9 years	2,735	1,551	1,184	1,961	1,111	850	631	369	262	39	20	19	104	51	53
10 - 14 years	3,414	2,074	1,340	2,499	1,528	971	763	462	301	52	27	25	100	57	43
15 - 19 years	13,739	9,918	3,821	10,142	7,168	2,974	2,952	2,309	643	291	195	96	354	246	108
20 - 24 years	21,148	16,152	4,996	15,729	12,007	3,722	4,531	3,484	1,047	373	283	90	515	378	137
25 - 29 years	20,897	15,181	5,716	15,214	11,114	4,100	4,875	3,506	1,369	327	242	85	481	319	162
30 - 34 years	22,055	15,007	7,048	15,913	10,969	4,944	5,170	3,413	1,757	381	250	131	591	375	216
35 - 39 years	31,499	20,131	11,368	23,227	15,107	8,120	7,040	4,268	2,772	497	325	172	735	431	304
40 - 44 years	51,544	32,019	19,525	38,833	24,663	14,170	10,890	6,253	4,637	755	459	296	1,066	644	422
45 - 49 years	79,268	49,018	30,250	60,500	38,112	22,388	16,254	9,391	6,863	904	563	341	1,610	952	658
50 - 54 years	105,763	66,154	39,609	81,469	51,569	29,900	21,165	12,721	8,444	1,033	636	397	2,096	1,228	868
55 - 59 years	133,053	81,373	51,680	105,462	64,935	40,527	23,782	14,168	9,614	1,089	658	431	2,720	1,612	1,108
60 - 64 years	148,348	87,614	60,734	121,646	72,226	49,420	22,614	13,030	9,584	1,137	636	501	2,951	1,722	1,229
65 - 69 years	171,883	98,721	73,162	142,813	82,594	60,219	24,208	13,369	10,839	1,257	687	570	3,605	2,071	1,534
70 - 74 years	218,210	119,444	98,766	185,765	102,331	83,434	26,918	14,218	12,700	1,195	608	587	4,332	2,287	2,045
75 - 79 years	297,710	154,227	143,483	261,623	136,662	124,961	29,260	14,144	15,116	1,245	607	638	5,582	2,814	2,768
80 - 84 years	369,628	173,088	196,540	331,393	156,342	175,051	30,742	13,178	17,564	1,297	549	748	6,196	3,019	3,177
85 years and over	701,992	241,578	460,414	641,545	221,622	419,923	48,142	14,778	33,364	1,676	591	1,085	10,629	4,587	6,042
Not stated	220	171	49	179	142	37	32	22	10	2	1	1	7	6	1
	Rate
All ages⁴	810.4	814.8	806.1	858.1	852.3	863.9	733.0	786.7	684.0	438.5	477.1	399.9	307.4	330.6	285.6
Under 1 year⁵	690.7	756.3	622.0	576.0	632.7	516.5	1,303.1	1,407.1	1,194.6	878.0	1,057.8	689.9	414.7	469.7	356.9
1 - 4 years	28.4	30.5	26.3	25.5	27.5	23.5	43.3	47.1	39.4	54.4	58.1	50.5	19.6	18.1	21.1
5 - 9 years	13.9	15.4	12.3	12.8	14.1	11.4	19.9	22.9	16.8	15.4	15.5	*	11.0	10.7	11.4
10 - 14 years	16.6	19.6	13.3	15.6	18.6	12.5	22.4	26.7	17.9	18.3	18.7	17.8	10.6	11.8	9.3
15 - 19 years	64.4	90.7	36.8	61.1	84.1	36.9	84.7	130.8	37.4	95.5	126.1	63.9	37.4	50.4	23.5
20 - 24 years	100.2	148.0	49.0	94.8	139.3	46.6	142.0	215.7	66.5	126.8	186.7	63.1	50.1	72.1	27.2
25 - 29 years	100.9	143.4	56.5	93.6	132.3	52.2	163.9	242.0	89.8	125.3	177.7	68.1	39.4	53.0	26.2
30 - 34 years	111.9	150.4	72.5	103.3	138.7	65.9	192.9	268.0	124.9	167.7	212.9	119.4	42.6	55.2	30.5
35 - 39 years	148.7	189.0	107.9	137.8	176.1	98.1	252.6	324.7	188.2	221.0	284.2	155.6	55.9	67.2	45.2
40 - 44 years	229.3	285.9	173.1	214.0	269.8	157.3	373.1	457.3	298.9	320.7	391.4	250.5	90.4	112.4	69.6
45 - 49 years	347.7	435.3	262.2	323.7	408.3	239.3	576.3	715.6	455.0	398.9	510.8	292.9	151.8	188.7	118.3
50 - 54 years	516.4	659.7	378.9	479.5	612.8	348.7	892.9	1,171.2	657.4	539.6	688.7	400.6	225.7	283.4	175.3
55 - 59 years	730.1	920.0	551.0	686.5	861.2	518.0	1,232.7	1,625.1	909.1	696.2	869.8	533.6	350.6	450.2	265.2
60 - 64 years	1,110.2	1,373.6	869.7	1,064.0	1,309.5	835.1	1,750.2	2,302.6	1,319.8	1,082.8	1,271.0	911.4	554.8	696.3	431.8
65 - 69 years	1,656.6	2,040.2	1,321.4	1,607.4	1,973.1	1,281.6	2,409.9	3,132.8	1,876.0	1,664.5	1,926.1	1,430.3	877.4	1,087.8	695.7
70 - 74 years	2,554.8	3,117.5	2,097.0	2,519.6	3,060.0	2,071.0	3,371.9	4,373.3	2,683.8	2,188.0	2,465.9	1,959.3	1,372.7	1,663.5	1,148.2
75 - 79 years	4,033.4	4,944.6	3,366.6	4,020.7	4,914.2	3,353.8	4,902.4	6,329.2	4,048.5	3,204.4	3,549.3	2,933.2	2,340.7	2,882.9	1,965.0
80 - 84 years	6,524.0	7,942.7	5,637.2	6,550.9	7,982.5	5,646.4	7,275.3	9,021.0	6,352.9	5,050.6	5,261.1	4,906.5	3,905.0	4,707.6	3,360.5
85 years and over	13,253.1	14,309.1	12,759.0	13,480.4	14,576.8	12,965.7	12,489.7	13,206.0	12,196.7	6,927.3	7,540.2	6,633.7	8,298.9	9,524.7	7,560.2

* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision; see "Technical Notes."1Race categories are consistent with the 1977 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards. In 2006, multiple-race data were reported by 25 states and the District of Columbia; 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.4Figures for age not stated are included in "All ages" but not distributed among age groups.5Death rates for "Under 1 year" (based on population estimates) differ from infant mortality rates (based on live births); see "Technical Notes." * Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision; see "Technical Notes."
1Race categories are consistent with the 1977 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards. In 2006, multiple-race data were reported by 25 states and the District of Columbia; 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.
4Figures for age not stated are included in "All ages" but not distributed among age groups.5Death rates for "Under 1 year" (based on population estimates) differ from infant mortality rates (based on live births); see "Technical Notes."

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