TABLE M19. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH BY SEX
NEW JERSEY, 1999
CAUSE GROUP (ICD-10 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 (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51)	1	23,493	288.5	271.0	1	11,022	279.3	330.3	1	12,471	297.1	226.1
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (C00-C97)	2	18,178	223.2	210.6	2	9,056	229.5	255.1	2	9,122	217.3	181.8
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (I60-I69)	3	4,122	50.6	47.5	3	1,658	42.0	50.3	3	2,464	58.7	45.0
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES (J40-J47)	4	3,130	38.4	36.0	4	1,452	36.8	43.1	4	1,678	40.0	31.6
DIABETES MELLITUS (E10-E14)	5	2,436	29.9	28.2	6	1,169	29.6	32.8	5	1,267	30.2	24.4
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)	6	2,227	27.3	26.7	5	1,419	36.0	37.7	8	808	19.3	16.8
INFLUENZA & PNEUMONIA (J10-J18)	7	2,075	25.5	24.0	7	907	23.0	28.9	6	1,168	27.8	20.9
SEPTICEMIA (A40-A41)	8	1,742	21.4	20.1	9	705	17.9	21.3	7	1,037	24.7	19.2
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, & NEPHROSIS (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27)	9	1,380	16.9	15.9	8	709	18.0	21.4	10	671	16.0	12.5
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (G30)	10	1,041	12.8	12.0	13	303	7.7	10.1	9	738	17.6	12.9
HIV DISEASE (B20-B24)	11	913	11.2	10.8	10	603	15.3	14.7	11	310	7.4	7.2
RESIDUAL	--	13,244	--	--	--	6,398	--	--	--	6,846	--	--
TOTAL	--	73,981	908.5	857.7	--	35,401	897.0	1,026.8	--	38,580	919.2	731.4
Crude death rates are computed per 100,000 sex-specific population.
Age-adjusted rates are computed per 100,000 sex-specific population based on the 2000 U.S. standard population.