TABLE M21. LEADING CAUSES OF YPLL
NEW JERSEY AND THE UNITED STATES, 1999
CAUSE GROUP (ICD-10 CODES)	NEW JERSEY			UNITED STATES
	RANK	YPLL	RATE	RANK	YPLL	RATE
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (C00-C97)	1	57,783.5	821.4	2	1,867,567.0	784.2
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)	2	38,522.5	547.6	1	1,964,638.5	825.0
DISEASES OF THE HEART (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51)	3	36,462.5	518.3	3	1,401,539.0	588.5
PERINATAL CONDITIONS (P00-P96)	4	30,094.5	278.5	5	917,572.0	240.2
HIV DISEASE (B20-B24)	5	19,608.0	278.7	8	330,596.0	138.8
SUICIDE (X60-X84, Y87.0)	6	11,345.0	161.3	4	620,020.0	260.3
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS (Q00-Q99)	7	10,532.5	149.7	7	472,681.5	198.5
HOMICIDE (X85-Y09, Y87.1)	8	9,445.5	134.3	6	550,196.5	231.0
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (I60-I69)	9	6,808.0	96.8	9	237,615.5	99.8
DIABETES MELLITUS (E10-E14)	10	6,400.0	91.0	11	194,790.0	81.8
CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE & CIRRHOSIS (K70, K73-K74)	11	6,100.0	86.7	10	222,226.5	93.3
RESIDUAL	--	68,728.0	976.9	--	2,303,392.0	967.2
TOTAL	--	301,830.0	4,290.3	--	11,082,834.5	4,653.7
YPLL = Years of Potential Life Lost before age 65.
Rates are computed per 100,000 population under the age of 65, with the exception of Perinatal Conditions which is computed per 1,000 population under the age of 1.