Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1997

TABLE M22. DEATHS AND DEATH RATESLEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN 1997 AMONG 25-44 YEAR OLDS NEW JERSEY, 1988-1997
YEAR	UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES		HIV INFECTION		MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS		DISEASES OF THE HEART		SUICIDE		HOMICIDE		CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE/ CIRRHOSIS
YEAR	NO.	PERCENT	NO.	PERCENT	NO.	PERCENT	NO.	PERCENT	NO.	PERCENT	NO.	PERCENT	NO.	PERCENT
1988	774	30.9	919	36.7	648	25.9	530	21.2	239	9.6	222	8.9	211	8.4
1989	694	27.4	1,245	49.1	713	28.1	470	18.6	234	9.2	219	8.6	180	7.1
1990	606	23.7	1,274	49.9	717	28.1	416	16.3	293	11.5	229	9.0	165	6.5
1991	724	28.2	1,471	57.2	741	28.8	442	17.2	270	10.5	196	7.6	184	7.2
1992	747	29.1	1,541	60.0	714	27.8	445	17.3	234	9.1	194	7.6	169	6.6
1993	770	30.1	1,703	66.5	630	24.6	454	17.7	233	9.1	194	7.6	188	7.3
1994	793	31.0	1,746	68.3	727	28.4	455	17.8	231	9.0	182	7.1	149	5.8
1995	848	33.2	1,775	69.5	721	28.2	480	18.8	228	8.9	193	7.6	145	5.7
1996	798	31.3	1,246	48.9	657	25.8	392	15.4	245	9.6	161	6.3	127	5.0
1997	835	32.7	663	26.0	645	25.2	414	16.2	217	8.5	150	5.9	115	4.5
*DEATH RATES ARE COMPUTED PER 100,000 ESTIMATED POPULATION AGED 25 THROUGH 44 YEARS