Death Rates for Twelve Age groups from

Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx (140-149)

Year / Age  All ages1  Under 1 year2  1-4 years  5-14 years  15-24 years  25-34 years  35-44 years  45-54 years  55-64 years  65-74 years  75-84 years  85 years and over  Age adjusted rate3 
1996  0.1  0.2  0.7  8.2  12.1  14.7  20.1  2.1 
1995  3.1  0.1  0.1  0.7  3.3  8.3  12.7  15.3  22.3  2.1 
1979  3.8  0.1  0.2  1.1  5.6  11.8  16.3  18.1  23.7 

Rates on an annual basis per 100,000

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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* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision, see Technical notes.
- Data not available.
... Category not applicable.
1 Figures for age not stated included in "All ages" but not distributed among age groups.

2 Death rates for "Under 1 year" (based on population estimates) differ from Infant mortality rates (based on live births);  see Technical notes.

3 For method of computation,  see Technical notes.

From Table 7. Death rates and age-adjusted death rates for the 15 leading causes of death and selected components in United States, 1979, 1995, and 1996
[Rates on an annual basis per 100,000 population in specified group; age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population; see Technical notes.. For explanation of asterisks preceding cause-of-death categories,  see Technical notes.]
National V ital Statistics Report, V ol. 47, No. 9, November 10, 1998 25 January 16, 2008 -- CDC Just released :

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