TABLE M19. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH BY SEX
NEW JERSEY, 1998
CAUSE GROUP (ICD-9 CODES)	TOTAL				MALE				FEMALE
	RANK	DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE	RANK	DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE	RANK	DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE
DISEASES OF THE HEART (390-398, 402, 404-429)	1	23,045	284.0	119.1	1	10,673	271.5	154.6	1	12,370	295.6	90.4
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (140-208)	2	17,691	218.0	123.5	2	8,800	223.9	144.2	2	8,891	212.5	108.7
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (430-438)	3	4,088	50.4	20.9	3	1,619	41.2	22.8	3	2,469	59.0	19.1
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES (490-496)	4	2,699	33.3	15.1	5	1,244	31.6	17.3	4	1,454	34.8	13.7
PNEUMONIA & INFLUENZA (480-487)	5	2,402	29.6	10.8	7	1,073	27.3	13.7	5	1,329	31.8	8.7
DIABETES MELLITUS (250)	6	2,325	28.7	15.2	6	1,108	28.2	18.0	6	1,217	29.1	13.0
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES (E800-E949)	7	2,008	24.7	21.4	4	1,345	34.2	31.4	8	663	15.8	11.8
SEPTICEMIA (38)	8	1,357	16.7	7.4	8	575	14.6	8.3	7	782	18.7	6.7
NEPHRITIS & NEPHROSIS (580-589)	9	1,098	13.5	5.7	9	542	13.8	7.3	9	556	13.3	4.6
ARTERY, ARTERIOLES, & CAPILLARY DISEASES (441-448)	10	804	9.9	4.7	13	411	10.5	6.1	10	393	9.4	3.6
HIV INFECTION (42-44)	11	758	9.3	8.4	10	532	13.5	11.9	13	226	5.4	5.0
RESIDUAL	--	12,865	--	--	--	6,179	--	--	--	6,684	--	--
TOTAL	--	71,140	876.6	441.9	--	34,101	867.5	546.8	--	37,034	885.1	355.6
Crude death rates are computed per 100,000 sex-specific population.
Age-adjusted rated are computed per 100,000 sex-specific population based on the 1940 standard.