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127. Age-Adjusted Death Rates, by Selected Causes
[Rates per 100,000 population. For explanation of age-adjustment, see text, this section. The standard population for this table is the totalpopulation of the United States
enumerated in 1940. Deaths classifiedaccording to ninth revision of International Classification of Diseases]
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Cause of death
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1980
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1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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All causes
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585.8
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568.6
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554.7
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552.5
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548.1
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548.9
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544.8
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539.2
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539.9
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528.0
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520.2
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513.7
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504.5
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513.3
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507.4
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503.9
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491.6
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479.1
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470.7
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Major cardiovascular diseases
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256.0
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245.9
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238.8
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236.0
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229.2
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225.1
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218.0
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212.0
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208.3
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196.1
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189.8
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185.0
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180.4
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181.8
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176.8
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174.9
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170.7
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166.1
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160.4
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Diseases of heart
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202.0
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195.3
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190.9
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189.6
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184.2
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181.4
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176.0
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170.8
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167.7
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157.5
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152.0
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148.2
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144.3
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145.3
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140.4
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138.3
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134.5
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130.5
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126.0
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Rheumatic fever and rheumatic
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heart disease
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2.6
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2.3
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2.2
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2.1
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2.0
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1.9
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1.8
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1.7
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1.7
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1.5
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1.5
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1.4
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1.3
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1.3
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1.2
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1.1
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1.1
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1.0
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1.0
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Hypertensive heart disease 1
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5.9
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5.7
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5.6
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5.5
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5.4
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5.3
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5.1
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5.1
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5.0
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4.9
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4.8
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4.7
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4.8
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4.9
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5.0
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5.1
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5.2
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5.2
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5.2
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Ischemic heart disease
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149.8
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143.6
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139.6
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135.8
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130.2
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126.1
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119.5
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114.7
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111.1
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106.2
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102.6
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99.1
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95.7
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94.9
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91.4
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89.5
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86.7
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82.9
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79.4
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Acute mycocardial infraction
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85.9
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82.0
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79.6
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76.4
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72.7
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69.6
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64.7
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61.3
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58.3
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56.5
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53.7
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51.5
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49.1
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47.5
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45.6
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43.8
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42.0
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39.7
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38.0
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Other diseases of endocardium
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2.0
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2.0
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2.0
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2.1
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2.1
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2.2
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2.2
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2.4
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2.4
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2.4
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2.5
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2.5
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2.6
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2.6
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2.6
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2.6
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2.7
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2.7
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2.7
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Old mycocardial infraction and other
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62.3
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60.1
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58.6
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58.1
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56.2
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55.2
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53.5
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52.2
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51.8
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48.7
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47.8
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46.6
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45.7
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46.5
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45.0
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44.9
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44.0
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42.5
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40.8
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212.9
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205.8
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199.2
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197.7
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190.8
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187.0
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181.7
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174.0
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167.1
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Hypertension 1
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2.0
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1.9
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1.8
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1.8
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1.8
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1.8
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1.8
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1.8
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1.8
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1.9
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1.9
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1.9
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2.0
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2.2
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2.2
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2.3
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2.3
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2.3
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2.4
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Cerebrovascular diseases
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40.8
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38.2
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35.9
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34.5
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33.6
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32.5
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31.1
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30.4
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29.9
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28.3
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27.7
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26.8
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26.2
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26.5
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26.5
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26.7
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26.4
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25.9
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25.0
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Atherosclerosis
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5.7
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5.2
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4.8
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4.6
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4.2
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4.0
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3.7
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3.6
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3.5
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3.0
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2.7
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2.6
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2.4
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2.4
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2.3
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2.3
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2.2
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2.1
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1.9
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Intracerebral/intracranial hemorage
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6.2
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6.0
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5.8
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5.5
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5.7
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5.6
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5.5
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5.5
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5.5
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5.2
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5.2
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5.1
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5.1
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5.1
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5.0
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5.1
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5.2
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5.6
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5.4
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Cerebral thrombosis
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7.6
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6.7
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6.0
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5.5
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5.1
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4.8
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4.5
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4.3
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4.0
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3.6
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3.3
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2.9
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2.7
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2.5
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2.4
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2.2
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2.0
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1.8
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1.6
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Cerebral embolism
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0.2
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0.2
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0.2
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0.2
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0.2
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0.2
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0.2
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0.1
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0.2
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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Malignant neoplasms 2
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132.8
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131.7
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132.8
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133.1
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134.1
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134.4
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134.1
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134.0
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134.0
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134.5
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135.0
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134.5
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133.1
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132.6
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131.5
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129.9
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127.9
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125.6
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122.9
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Of respiratory and intrathoracic organs
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36.4
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40.3
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40.8
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41.4
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41.1
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40.8
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40.8
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40.1
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39.7
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39.3
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38.7
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38.2
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Of digestive organs and peritoneum
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33.0
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32.5
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32.2
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32.0
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32.2
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31.7
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31.1
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30.9
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30.3
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30.3
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30.2
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29.9
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29.6
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29.5
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29.3
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29.1
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28.5
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28.2
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27.9
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Of genital organs
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13.6
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13.4
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13.3
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13.3
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13.1
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13.1
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13.2
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13.0
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13.2
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13.2
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13.6
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13.6
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13.5
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13.2
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13.2
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12.8
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12.5
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12.0
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11.6
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Of breast
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12.5
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12.5
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12.5
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12.5
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12.8
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12.8
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12.7
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12.6
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12.7
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12.7
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12.7
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12.4
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12.0
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11.8
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11.6
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