Scientific Data Documentation
Health United States, 1989
HEALTH STATUS AND DETERMINANTS
Resident pop.-age,sex,race:U.S.,selected years 1950-87
Table 1. Resident population, according to age, sex, and race:
United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on decennial census updated by data from multiple sources)
Total
Sex, race, resident Under 1-4 5-14 15-24 25-34
and year population 1 year years years years years
All races Number in thousands
1950............. 150697 3147 13017 24319 22098 23759
1960............. 179323 4112 16209 35465 24020 22818
1970............. 203212 3485 13669 40746 35441 24907
1980............. 226546 3534 12815 34942 42487 37082
1986............. 241096 3768 14384 33860 39021 42779
1987............. 243400 3771 14481 34146 38252 43315
35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 years
years years years years years and over
Number in thousands
1950............. 21450 17343 13370 8340 3278 577
1960............. 24081 20485 15572 10997 4633 929
1970............. 23088 23220 18590 12435 6119 1511
1980............. 25635 22800 21703 15581 7729 2240
1986............. 33070 22815 22232 17332 9060 2776
1987............. 34305 23276 22019 17668 9301 2867
Total
Sex, race, resident Under 1-4 5-14 15-24 25-34
and year population 1 year years years years years
White male Number in thousands
1950............. 67129 1400 5845 10860 9689 10430
1960............. 78367 1784 7065 15659 10483 9940
1970............. 86721 1501 5873 17667 15232 10775
1980............. 94976 1487 5402 14773 18123 15940
1986............. 99810 1565 5973 14020 16289 18193
1987............. 100589 1567 6000 14108 15902 18384
35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 years
years years years years years and over
Number in thousands
1950............. 9529 7836 6180 3736 1406 218
1960............. 10564 9114 6850 4702 1875 331
1970............. 9979 10090 7958 4916 2243 487
1980............. 11010 9774 9151 6096 2600 621
1986............. 14172 9663 9290 6876 3062 706
1987............. 14690 9851 9180 7028 3154 723
Total
Sex, race, resident Under 1-4 5-14 15-24 25-34
and year population 1 year years years years years
Black male Number in thousands
1950............. 7300 --- --- 1442 1162 1105
1960............. 9114 281 1082 2185 1305 1120
1970............. 10748 245 975 2784 2041 1226
1980............. 12585 269 967 2614 2807 1967
1986............. 13892 289 1091 2667 2759 2488
1987............. 14103 289 1104 2697 2740 2549
35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 years
years years years years years and over
Number in thousands
1950............. 1003 772 460 299 --- ---
1960............. 1086 891 617 382 137 29
1970............. 1084 979 739 461 169 46
1980............. 1235 1024 854 567 228 53
1986............. 1593 1092 951 633 262 67
1987............. 1663 1117 961 647 268 69
Total
Sex, race, resident Under 1-4 5-14 15-24 25-34
and year population 1 year years years years years
White female Number in thousands
1950............. 67813 1341 5599 10431 9821 10851
1960............. 80465 1714 6795 15068 10596 10204
1970............. 91028 1434 5615 16912 15420 11004
1980............. 99835 1412 5127 14057 17653 15896
1986............. 104501 1486 5674 13295 15861 17852
1987............. 105231 1487 5700 13377 15479 18024
35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 years
years years years years years and over
Number in thousands
1950............. 9719 7868 6168 4031 1669 314
1960............. 11000 9364 7327 5428 2441 527
1970............. 10349 10756 8853 6366 3429 890
1980............. 11232 10285 10325 7951 4457 1440
1986............. 14297 10039 10351 8657 5166 1825
1987............. 14783 10217 10202 8788 5284 1887
Total
Sex, race, resident Under 1-4 5-14 15-24 25-34
and year population 1 year years years years years
Black female Number in thousands
1950............. 7745 --- --- 1446 1300 1260
1960............. 9758 283 1085 2191 1404 1300
1970............. 11832 243 970 2773 2196 1456
1980............. 14046 266 951 2578 2937 2267
1986............. 15413 283 1058 2596 2837 2797
1987............. 15633 283 1069 2620 2812 2855
35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 years
years years years years years and over
Number in thousands
1950............. 1112 796 443 322 --- ---
1960............. 1229 974 663 430 160 38
1970............. 1309 1134 868 582 230 71
1980............. 1488 1258 1059 776 360 106
1986............. 1906 1347 1155 858 430 145
1987............. 1990 1375 1164 871 442 152
Note: Population figures are census counts as of April 1 for 1950,
1960, 1970, and 1980 and estimates as of July 1 for 1986 and 1987
SOURCES: U.S. Bureau of the Census: 1950 Nonwhite Population by Race.
Special Report P-E, No.3B. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office
Series P-25, Nos. 499 and 1022. Washington. U.S. Government Printing
Office, May 1973 and Mar. 1988; U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census
of Population: 1960, Number of Inhabitants, PC(1)-A1, United States
Summary 1964. U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population:
1970, Number of Inhabitants, Final Report PC(1)-A1, United States
Summary, 1971; Unpublished data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
2Fertility and Natality
3Live/crude birth,incl. by age mother/race child,U.S.,1950-87
Table 2. Live births, crude birth rates, and birth rates by age of mother,
according to race of child: United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Age
Crude
Race of child Live birth 10-14 15-17 18-19 20-24
and year births rate1/ years years years years
All races Live births per 1,000 women
1950.............. 3632000 24.1 1.0 40.7 132.7 196.6
1955.............. 4097000 25.0 0.9 44.5 157.9 241.6
1960.............. 4257850 23.7 0.8 43.9 166.7 258.1
1965.............. 3760358 19.4 0.8 36.6 124.5 195.3
1970.............. 3731386 18.4 1.2 38.8 114.7 167.8
1975.............. 3144198 14.6 1.3 36.1 85.0 113.0
1980.............. 3612258 15.9 1.1 32.5 82.1 115.1
1981.............. 3629238 15.8 1.1 32.1 81.7 111.8
1982.............. 3680537 15.9 1.1 32.4 80.7 111.3
1983.............. 3638933 15.5 1.1 32.0 78.1 108.3
1984.............. 3669141 15.5 1.2 31.1 78.3 107.3
1985.............. 3760561 15.8 1.2 31.1 80.8 108.9
1986.............. 3756547 15.6 1.3 30.6 81.0 108.2
1987.............. 3809394 15.7 1.3 31.8 80.2 108.9
White
1950.............. 3108000 23.0 0.4 31.3 120.5 190.4
1955.............. 3485000 23.8 0.3 35.4 145.7 235.8
1960.............. 3600744 22.7 0.4 35.5 154.6 252.8
1965.............. 3123860 18.3 0.3 27.8 111.9 189.0
1970.............. 3091264 17.4 0.5 29.2 101.5 163.4
1975.............. 2551996 13.6 0.6 28.0 74.0 108.2
1980.............. 2898732 14.9 0.6 25.2 72.1 109.5
1981.............. 2908669 14.8 0.5 25.1 71.9 106.3
1982.............. 2942054 14.9 0.6 25.2 70.8 105.9
1983.............. 2904250 14.6 0.6 24.8 68.3 102.6
1984.............. 2923502 14.5 0.6 23.9 68.1 101.4
1985.............. 2991373 14.8 0.6 24.0 70.1 102.8
1986.............. 2970439 14.5 0.6 23.4 69.8 101.5
1987.............. 2992488 14.5 0.6 24.1 68.6 101.1
Black
1960.............. 602264 31.9 4.3 --- --- 295.4
1965.............. 581126 27.7 4.3 99.3 227.6 243.1
1970.............. 572362 25.3 5.2 101.4 204.9 202.7
1975.............. 511581 20.7 5.1 85.6 152.4 142.8
1980.............. 589616 22.1 4.3 73.6 138.8 146.3
1981.............. 587797 21.6 4.1 70.6 135.9 141.2
1982.............. 592641 21.4 4.1 71.2 133.3 139.1
1983.............. 586027 20.9 4.1 70.1 130.4 137.7
1984.............. 592745 20.8 4.3 69.7 132.0 137.9
1985.............. 608193 21.1 4.5 69.8 137.1 140.8
1986.............. 621221 21.2 4.6 70.0 141.0 143.7
1987.............. 641567 21.6 4.7 72.9 142.2 149.5
Age
Race of child 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49
and year years years years years years
All races Live births per 1,000 women
1950.............. 166.1 103.7 52.9 15.1 1.2
1955.............. 190.2 116.0 58.6 16.1 1.0
1960.............. 197.4 112.7 56.2 15.5 0.9
1965.............. 161.6 94.4 46.2 12.8 0.8
1970.............. 145.1 73.3 31.7 8.1 0.5
1975.............. 108.2 52.3 19.5 4.6 0.3
1980.............. 112.9 61.9 19.8 3.9 0.2
1981.............. 112.0 61.4 20.0 3.8 0.2
1982.............. 111.0 64.2 21.1 3.9 0.2
1983.............. 108.7 64.6 22.1 3.8 0.2
1984.............. 108.3 66.5 22.8 3.9 0.2
1985.............. 110.5 68.5 23.9 4.0 0.2
1986.............. 109.2 69.3 24.3 4.1 0.2
1987.............. 110.8 71.3 26.2 4.4 0.2
White
1950.............. 165.1 102.6 51.4 14.5 1.0
1955.............. 186.6 114.0 56.7 15.4 0.9
1960.............. 194.9 109.6 54.0 14.7 0.8
1965.............. 158.4 91.6 44.0 12.0 0.7
1970.............. 145.9 71.9 30.0 7.5 0.4
1975.............. 108.1 51.3 18.2 4.2 0.2
1980.............. 112.4 60.4 18.5 3.4 0.2
1981.............. 111.3 60.2 18.7 3.4 0.2
1982.............. 110.3 63.3 20.0 3.5 0.2
1983.............. 108.0 64.0 21.0 3.5 0.2
1984.............. 107.7 66.1 21.7 3.5 0.2
1985.............. 110.0 68.1 22.7 3.6 0.2
1986.............. 108.3 68.9 23.3 3.7 0.2
1987.............. 109.5 70.8 25.2 4.0 0.2
Black
1960.............. 218.6 137.1 73.9 21.9 1.1
1965.............. 180.4 111.3 61.9 18.7 1.4
1970.............. 136.3 79.6 41.9 12.5 1.0
1975.............. 102.2 53.1 25.6 7.5 0.5
1980.............. 109.1 62.9 24.5 5.8 0.3
1981.............. 108.3 60.4 24.2 5.6 0.3
1982.............. 106.9 60.4 24.4 5.4 0.4
1983.............. 103.4 59.2 24.7 5.2 0.3
1984.............. 103.2 59.5 24.8 5.1 0.2
1985.............. 105.1 60.7 25.5 4.9 0.3
1986.............. 105.9 62.2 25.5 5.1 0.3
1987.............. 109.0 63.5 26.3 5.3 0.2
1/Live births per 1,000 population.
NOTE: Data are based on births adjusted for underregistration for 1950 and
1955 and on registered births for all other years. Beginning in 1970,
births to nonresidents of the United States are excluded.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, 1987, Vol. I, Natality. Public Health Service.
Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989.
3Fertility rate, by live-birth & race of child, U.S., 1950-87
Table 3. Fertility rates, according to live-birth order and race of
child: United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Live-birth order
Race of child 5 or
and year Total 1 2 3 4 higher
All races Live births per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age
1950............ 106.2 33.3 32.1 18.4 9.2 13.2
1955............ 118.3 32.8 31.8 23.1 13.3 17.3
1960............ 118.0 31.1 29.2 22.8 14.6 20.3
1965............ 96.6 29.8 23.4 16.6 10.7 16.1
1970............ 87.9 34.2 24.2 13.6 7.2 8.7
1975............ 66.0 28.1 20.9 9.4 3.9 3.7
1980............ 68.4 29.5 21.8 10.3 3.9 2.9
1981............ 67.4 29.0 21.6 10.2 3.8 2.8
1982............ 67.3 28.6 22.0 10.2 3.8 2.6
1983............ 65.8 27.8 21.5 10.1 3.7 2.6
1984............ 65.4 27.4 21.7 10.1 3.7 2.6
1985............ 66.2 27.6 22.0 10.4 3.8 2.5
1986............ 65.4 27.2 21.6 10.3 3.8 2.5
1987............ 65.7 27.2 21.6 10.5 3.9 2.5
White
1950............ 102.3 33.3 32.3 17.9 8.4 10.4
1955............ 113.7 32.6 32.0 22.9 12.6 13.6
1960............ 113.2 30.8 29.2 22.7 14.1 16.4
1965............ 91.4 28.9 23.0 16.2 10.2 13.1
1970............ 84.1 32.9 23.7 13.3 6.8 7.4
1975............ 62.5 26.7 20.3 8.8 3.5 3.1
1980............ 64.7 28.4 21.0 9.5 3.4 2.4
1981............ 63.9 28.1 20.9 9.4 3.3 2.3
1982............ 63.9 27.7 21.3 9.5 3.3 2.2
1983............ 62.4 26.8 20.9 9.4 3.3 2.1
1984............ 62.2 26.4 21.1 9.4 3.2 2.0
1985............ 63.0 26.5 21.4 9.7 3.3 2.0
1986............ 61.9 26.0 20.9 9.6 3.3 1.9
1987............ 62.0 25.9 20.9 9.8 3.4 1.9
Black
1960............ 153.5 33.6 29.3 24.0 18.6 48.0
1965............ 133.9 35.7 26.2 19.4 14.6 38.0
1970............ 115.4 43.3 27.1 16.1 10.0 18.9
1975............ 87.9 36.9 24.2 12.6 6.3 8.0
1980............ 88.1 35.2 25.7 14.5 6.7 6.0
1981............ 85.4 33.8 25.2 14.3 6.6 5.7
1982............ 84.1 33.0 24.9 14.2 6.5 5.4
1983............ 81.7 32.3 24.1 13.7 6.3 5.2
1984............ 81.4 32.2 24.1 13.7 6.3 5.1
1985............ 82.2 32.4 24.5 13.9 6.3 5.1
1986............ 82.4 32.5 24.5 14.1 6.3 4.9
1987............ 83.8 32.8 24.9 14.5 6.5 5.0
NOTE: Data are based on births adjusted for underregistration for 1950
and 1955 and on registered births for all other years.
Beginning in 1970, births to nonresidents of the United
States are excluded. Figures for live-birth order not stated
are distributed.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of
the United States, 1987, Vol. I, Natality. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989.
3Fertility rate/parity dist.women age 50-54 in 1930-88 by race
Table 4. Completed fertility rates and parity distribution for women
50-54 years of age at the beginning of selected years 1930-88,
according to race of child and birth cohort: United States,
selected birth cohorts 1876-1938
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Race of child Age 50-54 Completed
and birth as of fertility
cohort of mother January 1,-- rate1/ Total
All races
1876-80................. 1930 3,531.9 1,000.0
1886-90................. 1940 3,136.8 1,000.0
1896-1900............... 1950 2,675.9 1,000.0
1906-10................. 1960 2,285.8 1,000.0
1916-20................. 1970 2,574.0 1,000.0
1921-25................. 1975 2,856.9 1,000.0
1926-30................. 1980 3,079.2 1,000.0
1927-31................. 1981 3,118.0 1,000.0
1928-32................. 1982 3,152.7 1,000.0
1929-33................. 1983 3,182.8 1,000.0
1930-34................. 1984 3,199.7 1,000.0
1931-35................. 1985 3,201.4 1,000.0
1932-36................. 1986 3,182.4 1,000.0
1933-37................. 1987 3,146.4 1,000.0
1934-38................. 1988 3,092.5 1,000.0
Parity (number of children born alive)
0 1 2 3
Distribution of women2/
1876-80................. 216.8 123.2 132.0 114.0
1886-90................. 210.4 148.5 153.2 129.7
1896-1900............... 194.6 200.7 195.2 136.6
1906-10................. 215.6 225.1 218.7 131.4
1916-20................. 149.0 179.0 251.7 174.6
1921-25................. 108.5 152.1 248.7 197.0
1926-30................. 105.5 113.7 226.5 209.6
1927-31................. 104.1 107.4 222.4 212.0
1928-32................. 101.1 102.2 219.7 214.7
1929-33................. 96.3 98.9 218.0 217.7
1930-34................. 91.5 96.8 217.8 220.9
1931-35................. 87.2 96.3 218.8 224.0
1932-36................. 84.8 97.0 221.0 226.9
1933-37................. 84.0 98.7 224.4 229.5
1934-38................. 85.0 100.8 229.7 232.0
Parity (number of children born alive)
7 or
4 5 6 more
Distribution of women2/
1876-80................. 93.0 72.0 64.5 184.5
1886-90................. 99.5 68.0 55.4 135.3
1896-1900............... 87.8 53.5 41.5 90.1
1906-10................. 77.5 44.6 29.2 57.9
1916-20................. 102.8 55.8 32.0 55.1
1921-25................. 123.5 68.0 39.5 62.7
1926-30................. 143.5 81.9 47.6 71.7
1927-31................. 147.5 84.6 49.2 72.8
1928-32................. 151.3 87.0 50.8 73.2
1929-33................. 154.9 89.2 52.0 73.0
1930-34................. 157.9 90.7 52.6 71.8
1931-35................. 160.0 91.4 52.5 69.8
1932-36................. 160.8 91.3 51.7 66.5
1933-37................. 160.6 90.2 50.2 62.4
1934-38................. 159.2 87.7 48.1 57.5
Race of child Age 50-54 Completed
and birth as of fertility
cohort of mother January 1,-- rate1/ Total
White
1876-80................. 1930 3,444.4 1,000.0
1886-90................. 1940 3,092.9 1,000.0
1896-1900............... 1950 2,631.5 1,000.0
1906-10................. 1960 2,248.9 1,000.0
1916-20................. 1970 2,526.7 1,000.0
1921-25................. 1975 2,793.7 1,000.0
1926-30................. 1980 2,986.0 1,000.0
1927-31................. 1981 3,023.6 1,000.0
1928-32................. 1982 3,058.1 1,000.0
1929-33................. 1983 3,087.2 1,000.0
1930-34................. 1984 3,102.5 1,000.0
1931-35................. 1985 3,101.3 1,000.0
1932-36................. 1986 3,079.9 1,000.0
1933-37................. 1987 3,042.4 1,000.0
1934-38................. 1988 2,989.8 1,000.0
Parity (number of children born alive)
0 1 2 3
Distribution of women2/
1876-80................. 218.2 121.9 136.1 116.9
1886-90................. 209.1 144.3 160.3 132.4
1896-1900............... 193.1 192.1 205.9 141.4
1906-10................. 207.9 218.0 233.2 138.8
1916-20................. 134.6 175.9 268.7 185.1
1921-25................. 94.2 150.6 264.6 208.8
1926-30................. 94.1 114.1 240.2 222.3
1927-31................. 92.5 108.2 235.8 224.9
1928-32................. 89.5 103.2 232.9 227.6
1929-33................. 85.0 99.8 231.2 230.5
1930-34................. 81.2 97.6 230.5 233.6
1931-35................. 78.5 96.8 231.1 236.4
1932-36................. 77.9 97.0 232.9 239.2
1933-37................. 78.6 98.5 236.2 241.6
1934-38................. 80.7 100.6 241.2 243.9
Parity (number of children born alive)
7 or
4 5 6 more
Distribution of women2/
1876-80................. 94.8 74.0 64.2 173.9
1886-90................. 100.2 70.3 54.8 128.6
1896-1900............... 89.0 52.2 41.1 82.2
1906-10................. 79.6 44.7 28.0 49.8
1916-20................. 106.5 55.3 30.3 43.6
1921-25................. 127.9 67.9 36.9 49.1
1926-30................. 148.8 81.2 44.5 54.8
1927-31................. 153.0 83.9 46.0 55.6
1928-32................. 157.2 86.5 47.2 55.9
1929-33................. 161.1 88.6 48.2 55.6
1930-34................. 164.1 90.0 48.5 54.5
1931-35................. 166.0 90.5 48.2 52.5
1932-36................. 166.3 89.9 47.3 49.5
1933-37................. 165.5 88.1 45.5 46.0
1934-38................. 163.3 85.2 43.1 42.0
Race of child Age 50-54 Completed
and birth as of fertility
cohort of mother January 1,-- rate1/ Total
All other
1876-80................. 1930 4,254.7 1,000.0
1886-90................. 1940 3,451.4 1,000.0
1896-1900............... 1950 2,967.7 1,000.0
1906-10................. 1960 2,529.1 1,000.0
1916-20................. 1970 2,924.2 1,000.0
1921-25................. 1975 3,315.9 1,000.0
1926-30................. 1980 3,718.9 1,000.0
1927-31................. 1981 3,756.0 1,000.0
1928-32................. 1982 3,779.4 1,000.0
1929-33................. 1983 3,805.0 1,000.0
1930-34................. 1984 3,822.3 1,000.0
1931-35................. 1985 3,836.2 1,000.0
1932-36................. 1986 3,830.3 1,000.0
1933-37................. 1987 3,805.7 1,000.0
1934-38................. 1988 3,745.8 1,000.0
Parity (number of children born alive)
0 1 2 3
Distribution of women2/
1876-80................. 207.7 134.0 99.5 87.4
1886-90................. 231.9 175.9 105.9 96.6
1896-1900............... 227.4 255.0 114.1 97.5
1906-10................. 287.5 266.6 114.5 73.2
1916-20................. 266.2 202.0 120.9 91.2
1921-25................. 217.7 163.5 131.7 108.2
1926-30................. 187.4 110.8 130.2 121.0
1927-31................. 185.7 102.5 129.1 123.0
1928-32................. 181.6 96.7 129.4 126.5
1929-33................. 172.4 93.2 132.3 130.1
1930-34................. 160.3 92.2 136.0 135.3
1931-35................. 145.1 93.4 140.8 140.4
1932-36................. 131.0 96.4 145.5 145.5
1933-37................. 119.4 99.8 150.3 150.2
1934-38................. 113.8 102.8 154.9 155.3
Parity (number of children born alive)
7 or
4 5 6 more
Distribution of women2/
1876-80................. 79.9 54.7 64.8 272.0
1886-90................. 93.3 52.4 58.0 186.0
1896-1900............... 74.3 38.8 42.6 150.3
1906-10................. 60.1 43.5 35.6 119.0
1916-20................. 72.5 57.8 44.9 144.5
1921-25................. 89.0 68.7 56.4 164.8
1926-30................. 106.4 85.7 69.3 189.2
1927-31................. 109.1 88.1 71.4 191.0
1928-32................. 111.4 90.2 73.5 190.7
1929-33................. 114.4 93.1 75.1 189.4
1930-34................. 117.5 95.5 76.9 186.3
3Lifetime births expected by married women,% born: age/race'67-88
Table 5. Lifetime births expected by currently married women and percent of
expected births already born, according to age and race:
United States, selected years 1967-88
(Data are based on reporting of birth expectations by currently
married women of the civilian noninstitutionalized population)
All ages 18-19 20-21 22-24 25-29 30-34
Race and year 18-34 years years years years years years
All races Expected births per currently married woman
1967................... 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.3
1971................... 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.6 3.0
1975................... 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.6
1980................... 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2
1985................... 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
1986................... 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.2
1987................... 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
1988................... 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2
White
1967................... 3.0 2.7 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.2
1971................... 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.9
1975................... 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.6
1980................... 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2
1985................... 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1
1986................... 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2
1987................... 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
1988................... 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2
Black
1967................... 3.5 * 2.5 3.0 3.4 4.3
1971................... 3.1 * 2.4 2.8 3.1 3.7
1975................... 2.8 * 2.6 2.5 2.6 3.2
1980................... 2.4 * 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.5
1985................... 2.4 * * 2.3 2.3 2.5
1986................... 2.4 * * 2.4 2.3 2.6
1987................... 2.3 * * 2.2 2.3 2.3
1988................... 2.3 * * 2.2 2.3 2.3
All races Percent of expected births already born
1967................... 70.2 26.9 33.2 47.8 76.1 92.7
1971................... 69.4 25.3 32.5 46.7 74.4 93.7
1975................... 68.8 27.5 30.7 43.9 70.9 93.0
1980................... 67.0 29.5 32.9 44.9 64.7 89.7
1985................... 64.2 27.0 30.9 41.8 60.2 84.4
1986................... 64.7 29.0 30.4 41.8 59.5 84.8
1987................... 66.5 27.8 36.4 43.0 62.0 83.8
1988................... 65.3 25.0 33.4 40.9 58.9 83.6
White
1967................... 68.9 24.2 30.1 46.2 75.1 92.9
1971................... 68.9 23.7 31.4 45.3 74.1 93.8
1975................... 68.2 24.9 29.4 42.3 70.5 93.2
1980................... 66.3 28.6 31.8 43.5 64.0 90.0
1985................... 63.3 25.7 30.6 40.4 59.4 84.1
1986................... 63.8 28.6 28.7 40.5 58.6 84.8
1987................... 65.6 27.0 36.0 42.0 60.9 83.6
1988................... 64.4 24.0 32.6 38.9 58.2 83.2
Black
1967................... 82.8 * 65.7 67.9 87.9 92.3
1971................... 74.8 * 43.0 57.5 81.0 93.4
1975................... 76.4 * 43.3 61.0 78.2 91.8
1980................... 74.7 * 46.1 58.9 73.8 90.9
1985................... 77.1 * * 62.3 72.8 91.4
1986................... 75.7 * * 59.7 70.2 90.0
1987................... 77.8 * * 55.4 76.6 89.7
1988................... 75.5 * * 61.4 70.1 89.9
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census: Population characteristics. Current
Population Reports. Series P-20, Nos. 301, 375, 406, 421, 427,
and 436. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, Nov. 1976,
Oct. 1982, June 1986, Dec. 1987, May 1988, and May 1989.
3Characteristics live births by Hispanic org mom,child race'70-87
Table 6. Characteristics of live births, according to Hispanic origin
of mother and race of child: Selected States, 1970-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Ethnicity of mother, race
of child, and characteristic 1980 1981 1982 1983
Birth weight less than Percent of live births
2,500 grams
All origins1/..................... 6.88 6.85 6.83 6.91
Hispanic.......................... 6.12 6.12 6.23 6.29
Mexican......................... 5.62 5.61 5.72 5.77
Puerto Rican.................... 8.95 9.01 9.11 8.90
Cuban........................... 5.62 5.83 5.76 5.65
Non-Hispanic white................ 5.68 5.62 5.61 5.63
Non-Hispanic black................ 12.54 12.64 12.43 12.64
1984 1985 1986 1987
Percent of live births
All origins1/..................... 6.79 6.83 6.88 6.99
Hispanic.......................... 6.15 6.16 6.13 6.24
Mexican......................... 5.68 5.77 5.62 5.74
Puerto Rican.................... 8.88 8.69 9.22 9.30
Cuban........................... 5.86 6.02 5.46 5.89
Non-Hispanic white................ 5.52 5.59 5.58 5.63
Non-Hispanic black................ 12.36 12.42 12.65 12.88
1980 1981 1982 1983
Birth weight less than
1,500 grams Percent of live births
All origins1/..................... 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.19
Hispanic.......................... 0.98 0.98 0.99 1.03
Mexican......................... 0.92 0.92 0.93 0.96
Puerto Rican.................... 1.29 1.43 1.54 1.46
Cuban........................... 1.02 1.17 0.90 0.97
Non-Hispanic white................ 0.86 0.87 0.89 0.90
Non-Hispanic black................ 2.43 2.46 2.50 2.54
1884 1985 1986 1987
Percent of live births
All origins1/..................... 1.18 1.21 1.21 1.24
Hispanic.......................... 1.01 1.01 1.02 1.06
Mexican......................... 0.93 0.97 0.94 0.96
Puerto Rican.................... 1.49 1.30 1.47 1.63
Cuban........................... 1.04 1.18 1.09 0.97
Non-Hispanic white................ 0.88 0.91 0.89 0.91
Non-Hispanic black................ 2.52 2.62 2.64 2.69
1980 1981 1982 1983
Age of mother less than
20 years Percent of live births
All origins1/..................... 15.6 14.8 14.4 13.8
Hispanic.......................... 19.0 18.5 18.3 17.7
Mexican......................... 19.8 19.4 19.1 18.4
Puerto Rican.................... 23.3 23.1 23.0 22.4
Cuban........................... 13.0 12.8 11.4 9.4
Non-Hispanic white................ 12.5 11.8 11.3 10.7
Non-Hispanic black................ 26.9 25.5 24.9 24.3
1984 1985 1986 1987
Percent of live births
All origins1/..................... 13.2 12.8 12.7 12.5
Hispanic.......................... 17.0 16.5 16.4 16.3
Mexican......................... 18.0 17.5 17.4 17.3
Puerto Rican.................... 21.3 20.9 20.9 20.5
Cuban........................... 8.2 7.1 6.8 6.2
Non-Hispanic white................ 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.3
Non-Hispanic black................ 23.8 23.1 22.8 22.5
1980 1981 1982 1983
Unmarried mothers Percent of live births
All origins1/..................... 19.3 19.7 20.3 21.3
Hispanic.......................... 23.8 24.5 25.6 27.5
Mexican......................... 20.5 20.7 21.9 23.7
Puerto Rican.................... 46.3 48.0 49.0 49.5
Cuban........................... 10.0 14.3 15.9 16.2
Non-Hispanic white................ 9.3 9.8 10.2 10.7
Non-Hispanic black................ 56.5 57.1 58.0 59.5
All origins1/..................... 21.9 22.9 24.3 25.3
Hispanic.......................... 28.3 29.5 31.6 32.6
Mexican......................... 24.2 25.7 27.9 28.9
Puerto Rican.................... 50.8 51.1 52.6 53.0
Cuban........................... 16.2 16.1 15.8 16.1
Non-Hispanic white................ 11.3 12.1 13.2 13.9
Non-Hispanic black................ 60.5 61.0 62.2 63.1
1980 1981 1982 1983
Prenatal care began during Percent of live births
1st trimester
All origins1/..................... 74.7 74.8 74.5 74.6
Hispanic.......................... 60.2 60.6 61.0 61.0
Mexican......................... 59.6 60.1 60.7 60.2
Puerto Rican.................... 55.1 54.2 54.5 55.1
Cuban........................... 82.7 80.1 79.3 81.2
Non-Hispanic white................ 81.3 81.4 81.2 81.5
Non-Hispanic black................ 61.1 61.1 60.1 60.3
1984 1985 1986 1987
Percent of live births
All origins1/..................... 74.9 74.5 74.3 74.4
Hispanic.......................... 61.5 61.2 60.3 61.0
Mexican......................... 60.4 60.0 58.9 60.0
Puerto Rican.................... 57.4 58.3 57.2 57.4
Cuban........................... 82.2 82.5 81.8 83.1
Non-Hispanic white................ 81.7 81.5 81.6 81.9
Non-Hispanic black................ 61.0 60.5 60.6 60.4
1/Includes origin not stated.
NOTES: Data available only for States with an Hispanic-origin item on
their birth certificates. In 1980, there were 22 States;
in 1982, 23 States; and since 1983, 23 States and the District of
Columbia. About 90 percent of the total U.S. Hispanic
population resided in these States in 1986.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Births of Hispanic
parentage, 1980. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 32,
No. 6 Supp. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 83-1120. Sept. 1983; Births of
Hispanic parentage, 1981. Monthly Vital Statistics Report.
Vol. 33, No. 8 Supp. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 85-1120. Dec. 1984; Births
of Hispanic parentage, 1982. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol.
34, No. 4 Supp. DHHS Pub. No. Parentage, 1983 and 1984. Monthly
Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 36, No. 4 Supp. (2). DHHS Pub. No.
(PHS) 87-1120 July 24, 1987; Births of Hispanic Parentage, 1985.
Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 36, No. 11 Supp. DHHS Pub.
No. (PHS) 88-1120. Feb. 26, 1988; Advance report of final natality
statistics, 1986. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 37. No. 3
Supp. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 88-1120. July 12, 1988; and Advance report
of final natality statistics, 1987. Monthly Vital Statistics Report.
Vol. 38. No. 3 Supp. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 89-1120. June 29, 1989.
3Live births by race of child & select characteristics:U.S.'70-87
Table 7. Live births, according to race of child and selected characteristics:
United States, selected years 1970-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Race of child and
characteristic 1970 1975 1980 1981 1982
All races Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams............... 7.94 7.39 6.84 6.81 6.75
Less than 1,500 grams............... 1.17 1.16 1.15 1.16 1.18
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years.................. 6.3 7.6 5.8 5.4 5.2
18-19 years.........................11.3 11.3 9.8 9.4 9.0
Unmarried mothers.....................10.7 14.3 18.4 18.9 19.4
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................30.8 28.6 23.7 22.9 22.3
16 years or more.................... 8.6 11.4 14.0 14.8 15.3
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................68.0 72.4 76.3 76.3 76.1
3d trimester or no prenatal care.... 7.9 6.0 5.1 5.2 5.5
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams............... 6.82 6.72 6.75 6.81 6.90
Less than 1,500 grams............... 1.19 1.19 1.21 1.21 1.24
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years.................. 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.8
18-19 years......................... 8.7 8.3 8.0 7.8 7.6
Unmarried mothers.....................20.3 21.0 22.0 23.4 24.5
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................21.7 20.9 20.6 20.4 20.2
16 years or more....................15.9 16.4 16.7 17.1 17.6
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................76.2 76.5 76.2 75.9 76.0
3d trimester or no prenatal care.... 5.6 5.6 5.7 6.0 6.1
Race of child and
characteristic 1970 1975 1980 1981 1982
White Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams............... 6.84 6.26 5.70 5.67 5.63
Less than 1,500 grams............... 0.95 0.92 0.90 0.90 0.92
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years.................. 4.8 6.0 4.5 4.3 4.1
18-19 years.........................10.4 10.3 9.0 8.6 8.2
Unmarried mothers..................... 5.7 7.3 11.0 11.6 12.1
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................27.0 25.0 20.7 19.9 19.3
16 years or more.................... 9.5 12.7 15.6 16.4 17.0
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................72.4 75.9 79.3 79.4 79.3
3d trimester or no prenatal care.... 6.2 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.5
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams............... 5.67 5.59 5.64 5.64 5.68
Less than 1,500 grams............... 0.93 0.92 0.94 0.93 0.94
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years.................. 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7
18-19 years......................... 7.9 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.8
Unmarried mothers.....................12.8 13.4 14.5 15.7 16.7
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................18.7 18.0 17.8 17.6 17.3
16 years or more....................17.7 18.4 18.7 19.2 19.9
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................79.4 79.6 79.4 79.2 79.4
3d trimester or no prenatal care.... 4.6 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.0
Race of child and
characteristic 1970 1975 1980 1981 1982
Black Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams...............13.86 13.09 12.49 12.53 12.40
Less than 1,500 grams............... 2.40 2.37 2.44 2.47 2.51
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years..................14.7 16.1 12.2 11.4 11.1
18-19 years.........................16.6 16.8 14.3 13.9 13.5
Unmarried mothers.....................37.4 49.0 55.2 56.0 56.7
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................51.0 45.1 36.2 35.4 34.8
16 years or more.................... 2.8 4.4 6.3 6.6 6.8
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................44.4 55.8 62.7 62.4 61.5
3d trimester or no prenatal care....16.6 10.5 8.8 9.1 9.6
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams...............12.59 12.36 12.42 12.53 12.71
Less than 1,500 grams............... 2.55 2.56 2.65 2.66 2.73
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years..................10.9 10.6 10.3 10.4 10.5
18-19 years.........................13.4 13.1 12.7 12.4 12.1
Unmarried mothers.....................58.2 59.2 60.1 61.2 62.2
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................34.2 33.1 32.3 31.7 31.3
16 years or more.................... 6.8 7.0 7.1 7.3 7.3
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................61.5 62.2 61.8 61.6 61.1
3d trimester or no prenatal care.... 9.7 9.6 10.0 10.6 11.1
Race of child and
characteristic 1970 1975 1980 1981 1982
Asian and Pacific Islander2/ Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams............... 8.43 7.04 6.55 6.61 6.63
Less than 1,500 grams............... 1.12 0.80 0.91 0.91 0.87
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years.................. 3.3 2.7 1.7 1.8 1.8
18-19 years......................... 7.1 5.8 4.3 4.4 4.4
Unmarried mothers..................... 7.8 8.5 7.8 7.5 8.4
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................21.7 18.5 20.0 21.9 22.2
16 years or more....................20.0 27.5 30.2 29.0 28.9
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................67.8 73.9 74.7 74.4 74.4
3d trimester or no prenatal care.... 6.8 4.5 6.1 6.2 6.2
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams............... 6.51 6.53 6.11 6.38 6.37
Less than 1,500 grams............... 0.87 0.91 0.84 0.87 0.85
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years.................. 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9
18-19 years......................... 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6
Unmarried mothers..................... 9.0 9.6 10.1 10.6 11.5
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................20.7 19.3 18.5 17.3 17.3
16 years or more....................29.7 30.2 30.1 31.1 31.6
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................74.9 75.6 75.0 75.6 75.7
3d trimester or no prenatal care.... 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.0
Race of child and
characteristic 1970 1975 1980 1981 1982
American Indian3/ Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams............... 7.99 6.61 6.47 6.27 6.17
Less than 1,500 grams............... 0.98 1.04 0.96 0.90 1.04
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years.................. 7.5 11.0 8.8 8.5 8.0
18-19 years.........................13.3 15.8 14.3 14.0 13.5
Unmarried mothers.....................19.8 27.9 33.5 35.2 36.3
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................57.6 50.6 41.8 40.7 39.5
16 years or more.................... 3.0 2.8 4.2 4.4 4.5
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................41.7 49.3 58.7 59.3 60.5
3d trimester or no prenatal care....25.6 19.5 13.3 12.9 12.4
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Percent of live births
Birth weight:1/
Less than 2,500 grams............... 6.43 6.16 5.88 6.16 6.24
Less than 1,500 grams............... 1.06 1.03 0.98 1.01 1.08
Age of mother:
Less than 18 years.................. 7.9 7.4 7.1 7.4 7.4
18-19 years.........................12.9 12.6 12.0 11.8 11.5
Unmarried mothers.....................38.7 39.8 40.7 42.3 44.9
Education of mother:
Less than 12 years..................38.8 38.0 36.9 36.8 36.6
16 years or more.................... 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5
Prenatal care began:
1st trimester.......................59.7 60.0 60.3 60.7 60.2
3d trimester or no prenatal care....12.7 12.4 11.5 11.6 11.7
1/Before 1979, data are for infants weighing 2,500 grams or less at birth.
2/Includes Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian (includes part Hawaiian),
Guamian (1970 and 1975), and other Asian or Pacific Islander
(starting in 1980).
3/Includes Aleut and Eskimo.
NOTE: Data on education of mother are not available from California, Texas,
and Washington. Other States do not have data on marital status,
education, and/or month prenatal care began for certain years before
1980.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. I, Natality, for data years 1970-87.
Public Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office.
Data computed by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics.
3Infants weight <2500 grams at birth by race,geo div,state '75-87
Table 8. Infants weighing less than 2,500 grams at birth, according to race of
child, geographic division, and State: United States, average
annual 1975-77, 1980-82, and 1985-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
All races White
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Infants weighing less than 2,500 grams at birth
per 100 total live births
United States..................7.2 6.8 6.8 6.1 5.7 5.7
New England....................6.6 6.1 5.9 6.2 5.6 5.4
Maine.......................5.7 5.6 5.2 5.7 5.6 5.2
New Hampshire...............6.2 5.2 5.0 6.2 5.2 5.0
Vermont.....................6.5 6.0 5.5 6.5 6.0 5.4
Massachusetts...............6.5 6.0 5.8 6.2 5.6 5.3
Rhode Island................6.8 6.1 6.3 6.4 5.6 5.8
Connecticut.................7.0 6.8 6.6 6.1 5.9 5.7
Middle Atlantic................7.6 7.0 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.7
New York....................7.9 7.3 7.3 6.6 6.0 5.8
New Jersey..................7.6 7.1 6.9 6.2 5.6 5.4
Pennsylvania................7.2 6.5 6.8 6.2 5.5 5.6
East North Central.............7.0 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.5
Ohio........................7.0 6.7 6.6 6.1 5.7 5.7
Indiana.....................6.5 6.3 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.8
Illinois....................7.6 7.3 7.3 5.9 5.5 5.5
Michigan....................7.4 6.9 6.9 6.1 5.6 5.5
Wisconsin...................5.8 5.2 5.4 5.3 4.7 4.7
West North Central.............6.1 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.1 5.2
Minnesota...................5.4 5.1 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.7
Iowa........................5.6 4.9 5.2 5.5 4.8 5.0
Missouri....................7.1 6.7 6.8 5.9 5.6 5.7
North Dakota................5.2 4.7 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.8
South Dakota................5.5 5.2 5.3 5.3 4.8 5.0
Nebraska....................5.8 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.1 5.0
Kansas......................6.5 6.1 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.6
South Atlantic.................8.2 7.9 7.8 6.3 6.0 5.9
Delaware....................7.9 7.6 7.1 6.2 5.5 5.5
Maryland....................7.9 7.8 7.7 5.9 5.7 5.5
District of Columbia.......12.6 13.1 13.0 *6.6 *5.9 5.1
Virginia....................7.5 7.3 7.0 6.1 5.7 5.5
West Virginia...............7.1 6.8 7.0 7.0 6.6 6.8
North Carolina..............8.3 7.9 7.9 6.3 6.0 6.0
South Carolina..............9.0 8.8 8.6 6.3 6.1 6.0
Georgia.....................8.7 8.5 8.1 6.4 6.2 6.1
Florida.....................7.9 7.5 7.6 6.3 5.9 6.0
East South Central.............8.0 7.8 7.9 6.4 6.2 6.3
Kentucky....................7.1 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.4 6.5
Tennessee...................7.9 8.0 8.0 6.5 6.4 6.5
Alabama.....................8.2 7.9 8.0 6.2 5.7 6.0
Mississippi.................9.1 8.7 8.8 6.3 5.8 6.1
West South Central.............7.8 7.2 7.2 6.5 6.0 6.0
Arkansas....................8.0 7.5 7.8 6.4 5.9 6.4
Louisiana...................8.9 8.5 8.7 6.3 5.9 5.9
Oklahoma....................7.4 6.7 6.5 6.8 6.2 6.0
Texas.......................7.5 6.9 6.9 6.5 6.0 6.0
Mountain.......................7.1 6.5 6.6 6.9 6.3 6.4
Montana.....................6.7 5.6 5.7 6.5 5.5 5.7
Idaho.......................5.7 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.2 5.4
Wyoming.....................8.7 7.0 7.2 8.5 7.0 7.1
Colorado....................8.7 8.0 7.8 8.4 7.7 7.4
New Mexico..................8.4 7.6 7.1 8.5 7.6 7.2
Arizona.....................6.4 6.1 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.1
Utah........................5.4 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.5
Nevada......................7.5 6.7 7.1 6.7 6.1 6.2
Pacific........................6.0 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.2
Washington..................5.6 5.1 5.3 5.3 4.8 4.9
Oregon......................5.4 4.9 5.2 5.2 4.7 5.0
California..................6.1 5.9 6.0 5.5 5.2 5.2
Alaska......................5.4 5.1 4.8 5.0 4.6 4.3
Hawaii......................7.5 7.1 6.8 5.9 6.0 5.3
Black
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Infants weighing less than 2,500 grams at birth
per 100 total live births
United States.................. 12.9 12.5 12.6
New England.................... 12.3 11.8 11.8
Maine....................... * * *
New Hampshire............... * * *
Vermont..................... * * *
Massachusetts............... 11.1 10.9 10.9
Rhode Island................ *13.2 *11.7 *11.5
Connecticut................. 13.5 13.1 13.1
Middle Atlantic................ 13.3 12.6 12.8
New York.................... 13.1 12.3 12.5
New Jersey.................. 13.6 13.0 12.6
Pennsylvania................ 13.8 13.2 13.8
East North Central............. 13.4 13.2 13.2
Ohio........................ 13.2 12.8 12.0
Indiana..................... 11.9 12.0 11.8
Illinois.................... 13.8 13.8 13.9
Michigan.................... 13.7 13.3 13.9
Wisconsin................... 12.6 12.5 12.4
West North Central............. 13.2 12.3 12.4
Minnesota................... *12.0 *11.4 12.1
Iowa........................ *10.8 *11.1 *11.0
Missouri.................... 13.6 12.7 12.8
North Dakota................ * * *
South Dakota................ * * *
Nebraska.................... *11.9 *12.7 *11.9
Kansas...................... 13.4 12.0 12.2
South Atlantic................. 12.9 12.5 12.5
Delaware.................... 13.8 14.4 12.4
Maryland.................... 13.1 12.4 12.7
District of Columbia........ 13.8 14.7 15.2
Virginia.................... 12.4 12.2 11.4
West Virginia............... *10.8 *11.4 *11.5
North Carolina.............. 12.9 12.3 12.4
South Carolina.............. 13.0 12.8 12.6
Georgia..................... 12.8 12.7 12.0
Florida..................... 12.7 12.0 12.7
East South Central............. 12.3 12.2 12.3
Kentucky.................... 12.6 11.6 12.0
Tennessee................... 12.9 13.5 13.0
Alabama..................... 11.9 11.9 12.0
Mississippi................. 12.3 11.9 12.0
West South Central............. 13.2 12.6 12.4
Arkansas.................... 12.7 12.4 12.2
Louisiana................... 12.8 12.8 12.9
Oklahoma.................... 13.3 12.1 11.5
Texas....................... 13.5 12.5 12.3
Mountain....................... 13.3 11.6 12.5
Montana..................... * * *
Idaho....................... * * *
Wyoming..................... * * *
Colorado.................... 14.6 13.0 13.9
New Mexico.................. *12.5 *10.5 *10.6
Arizona..................... *11.7 10.5 11.8
Utah........................ * * *
Nevada...................... *13.8 *11.9 *13.0
Pacific........................ 11.4 11.1 11.9
Washington.................. 9.8 10.2 10.5
Oregon...................... *11.5 *10.4 *11.4
California.................. 11.6 11.2 12.1
Alaska...................... * *7.5 *9.3
Hawaii...................... *8.9 *9.5 *8.6
*Data for States with fewer than 5,000 live births for the 3-year period are
considered unreliable. Data for States with fewer than 1,000 live births are
considered highly unreliable and are not shown.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics: Data computed by the Division
of Analysis from data compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics.
3Legal abortion ratios by select patient characteristic:U.S'73-87
Table 9. Legal abortion ratios, according to selected patient
characteristics: United States, selected years 1973-87
(Data are based on reporting by State health departments and by
facilities)
Characteristic 1973 1975 1980 1981 1982
Abortions per 100 live births
Total........................ 19.6 27.2 35.9 35.8 35.4
Age
Under 15 years............... 74.3 101.5 122.7 126.4 120.0
15-19 years.................. 31.7 46.4 66.4 66.8 66.5
20-24 years.................. 17.9 25.0 37.5 37.9 38.0
25-29 years.................. 12.3 16.6 23.0 23.2 23.5
30-34 years.................. 16.5 22.1 23.3 23.7 23.0
35-39 years.................. 26.7 37.5 40.3 40.3 37.1
40 years and over............ 40.2 59.9 78.3 77.6 75.0
Race
White........................ 17.5 22.7 31.3 31.2 30.4
All other.................... 28.9 46.5 54.7 54.4 55.6
Marital status
Married...................... 6.2 8.3 10.2 9.8 9.7
Unmarried.................... 109.8 141.1 149.9 147.5 142.2
Number of previous
live births2/
0............................ 23.0 30.2 48.6 48.6 48.2
1............................ 12.1 17.3 21.9 21.9 22.0
2............................ 19.6 29.7 32.8 32.6 32.4
3............................ 25.8 39.8 33.5 33.5 32.2
4 or more.................... 26.4 40.8 27.3 26.6 25.4
Characteristic 1983 1984 1985 19861/ 19871/
Abortions per 100 live births
Total........................ 34.9 36.4 35.4 35.4 35.6
Age
Under 15 years............... 133.6 145.8 141.2 130.5 131.3
15-19 years.................. 67.3 71.4 71.7 70.2 72.6
20-24 years.................. 38.1 41.2 40.4 41.0 42.0
25-29 years.................. 23.0 23.9 23.2 24.0 23.9
30-34 years.................. 22.0 22.3 21.4 21.5 21.4
35-39 years.................. 35.4 35.2 33.4 33.4 31.7
40 years and over............ 69.1 66.7 63.8 59.8 56.2
Race
White........................ 29.5 30.8 29.6 30.0 30.0
All other.................... 56.0 58.2 57.6 55.8 55.7
Marital status
Married...................... 9.3 9.6 8.7 10.8 12.8
Unmarried.................... 135.2 137.1 129.5 115.7 105.6
Number of previous
live births2/
0............................ 46.9 49.3 47.7 47.1 46.3
1............................ 22.1 23.0 22.8 23.8 24.7
2............................ 32.5 34.0 33.0 33.5 34.5
3............................ 31.9 32.8 32.1 32.4 33.2
4 or more.................... 24.8 24.9 23.7 24.2 24.2
1/Preliminary data.
2/For 1973-75, data indicate number of living children.
SOURCES: Centers for Disease Control: Abortion Surveillance, 1973-75.
Public Health Service, DHHS, Atlanta, Ga., May 1977-Nov. 1980;
Abortion Surveillance, 1980. Public Health Service, DHHS,
Atlanta, Ga., May 1983; CDC Surveillance Summaries.
Abortion Surveillance, United States, 1984-85. Vol. 38,
No. SS-2. Public Health Service, DHHS, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1989;
and Abortion Surveillance: Preliminary Analysis, United States,
1986 and 1987. Vol. 38, No. 38. Public Health Service, DHHS,
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1989.
3Legal abortions by select characteristics: U.S. select yrs'73-87
Table 10. Legal abortions, according to selected characteristics: United
States, selected years 1973-87
(Data are based on reporting by State health departments and by facilities)
Characteristic 1973 1975 1980 1981 1982
Number of legal abortions reported in thousands
Centers for Disease Control...616 855 1,298 1,301 1,304
Alan Guttmacher Institute.....745 1,034 1,554 1,577 1,574
Percent distribution
Total.........................100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Period of gestation
Under 9 weeks................. 36.1 44.6 51.7 51.2 50.6
9-10 weeks.................... 29.4 28.4 26.2 26.8 26.7
11-12 weeks................... 17.9 14.9 12.2 12.1 12.4
13-15 weeks................... 6.9 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.3
16-20 weeks................... 8.0 6.1 3.9 3.7 3.9
21 weeks and over............. 1.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1
Type of procedure
Curettage..................... 88.4 90.9 95.5 96.1 96.4
Intrauterine instillation..... 10.4 6.2 3.1 2.8 2.5
Hysterotomy or hysterectomy... 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0
Other......................... 0.6 2.4 1.3 1.0 1.0
Location of facility
In State of residence......... 74.8 89.2 92.6 92.5 92.9
Out of State of residence..... 25.2 10.8 7.4 7.5 7.1
Previous induced abortions
0............................. --- 81.9 67.6 65.3 63.7
1............................. --- 14.9 23.5 24.3 24.9
2............................. --- 2.5 6.6 7.5 8.2
3 or more..................... --- 0.7 2.3 2.9 3.2
Characteristic 1983 1984 1985 19861/ 19871/
Number of legal abortions reported in thousands
Centers for Disease Control...1,269 1,334 1,329 1,328 1,354
Alan Guttmacher Institute.....1,575 1,577 1,589 --- ---
Percent distribution
Total......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Period of gestation
Under 9 weeks................. 49.7 50.5 50.3 51.0 50.4
9-10 weeks.................... 26.8 26.4 26.6 25.8 26.0
11-12 weeks................... 12.8 12.6 12.5 12.2 12.4
13-15 weeks................... 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.2
16-20 weeks................... 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.2
21 weeks and over............. 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Type of procedure
Curettage..................... 96.8 96.8 97.5 97.0 97.2
Intrauterine instillation..... 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.3
Hysterotomy or hysterectomy... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other......................... 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.6 1.5
Location of facility
In State of residence......... 93.3 92.0 92.4 92.3 91.5
Out of State of residence..... 6.7 8.0 7.6 7.7 8.5
Previous induced abortions
0............................. 62.4 60.5 60.1 59.3 58.5
1............................. 25.0 25.7 25.7 26.3 26.5
2............................. 9.0 9.4 9.8 9.6 10.3
3 or more..................... 3.7 4.3 4.4 4.8 4.7
1/Preliminary data.
NOTE: For a discussion of the differences in reported legal abortions between
the Centers for Disease Control and the Alan Guttmacher Institute,
see Appendix I. Percent distributions exclude cases for which selected
characteristic was unknown and are based on abortions reported to the
Centers for Disease Control.
SOURCES: Centers for Disease Control: Abortion Surveillance, 1980. Public
Health Service, DHHS, Atlanta, Ga., May 1983; CDC Surveillance
Summaries. Abortion Surveillance, United States, 1984-1985. Vol. 38,
No. SS-2. Public Health Service, DHHS, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1989;
and Abortion Surveillance: Preliminary Analysis, United States, 1986
and 1987; Vol. 38, No. 38. Public Health Service, DHHS, Atlanta, Ga.,
Sept. 1989; Sullivan, E., Tietze, C., and Dryfoos,
J.: Legal abortions in the United States, 1975-1976. Fam. Plann.
Perspect. 9(3):116-129, May-June 1977; Henshaw,
and Blaine, E.: Abortion services in the United States, 1981 and
1982. Fam. Plann. Perspect. 16(3), May-June 1984; Henshaw, S.,
Forrest, J. D., and Van Vost, J.: Abortion services in the United
States, 1984 and 1985. Fam. Plann. Perspect. 19(2), Mar.-Apr. 1987.
3Legal abortions/related deaths & rate:by gestation period '74-85
Table 11. Legal abortions, abortion-related deaths, and abortion-
related death rates, according to period of gestation
United States, 1974-76, 1977-79, 1980-82, and 1983-85
(Data are based primarily on reporting by State health departments and
by facilities)
Abortion-related
deaths1/
Number of
legal Rate per
Period of gestation abortions 100,000
and year reported Number abortions
Total
1974-76............................. 2,606,596 66 2.5
1977-79............................. 3,489,127 44 1.3
1980-82............................. 3,902,346 2/27 0.7
1983-85............................. 3,931,078 3/27 0.7
Under 9 weeks
1974-76............................. 1,171,478 8 *0.7
1977-79............................. 1,808,655 10 *0.6
1980-82............................. 1,996,573 6 *0.3
1983-85............................. 1,968,827 2 *
9-10 weeks
1974-76............................. 738,615 10 *1.4
1977-79............................. 942,467 9 *1.0
1980-82............................. 1,036,542 5 *0.5
1983-85............................. 1,046,140 5 *0.5
11-12 weeks
1974-76............................. 387,208 10 *2.6
1977-79............................. 439,754 7 *1.6
1980-82............................. 477,875 3 *
1983-85............................. 497,902 3 *
13 weeks and over
1974-76............................. 309,295 38 12.3
1977-79............................. 298,251 18 6.0
1980-82............................. 391,356 11 2.8
1983-85............................. 418,209 15 3.6
1/1983 data are provisional.
2/1982 data include 2 deaths with weeks of gestation unknown.
3/1984 data include 2 deaths with weeks of gestation unknown.
*Estimates with relative standard errors greater than 30 percent are
considered unreliable.
Estimates with relative standard errors greater than 50 percent are
considered highly unreliable and are not shown.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control: Abortion Surveillance, 1978.
Public Health Service, DHHS, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1980;
Unpublished data.
3Methods contraception ever-married women 15-44:race/age'73,82,88
Table 12. Methods of contraception for ever-married women 15-44 years of age,
according to race and age: United States, 1973, 1982, and 1988
(Data are based on household interviews of samples of women in the
childbearing ages)
All races White
Method of
contraception
and age 1973 19821/ 19882/ 1973 19821/ 19882/
Number of ever-married women in thousands
15-44 years.............. 30,247 34,935 36,842 26,795 30,419 31,465 "
15-24 years.............. 6,593 5,550 3,971 5,855 4,975 3,495
25-34 years.............. 12,731 15,996 16,889 11,356 31,819 14,371
35-44 years.............. 10,922 13,439 15,982 9,584 11,626 13,599
All methods Percent of ever-married women using contraception
15-44 years.............. 66.4 66.9 70.8 67.8 68.0 71.8
15-24 years.............. 66.9 65.4 69.6 67.1 66.8 68.8
25-34 years.............. 70.4 70.0 70.6 71.6 70.7 71.3
35-44 years.............. 61.5 63.9 71.4 63.6 65.3 73.1
Female sterilization Percent of ever-married contracepting women
15-44 years................ 13.6 28.9 34.7 12.5 27.2 32.9
15-24 years.............. 4.3 *6.1 8.4 4.1 *5.7 8.2
25-34 years.............. 12.1 24.5 27.6 11.4 22.7 26.2
35-44 years.............. 21.7 44.0 48.5 19.2 42.4 45.9
Male sterilization3/
15-44 years................ 10.4 13.6 15.0 11.2 14.7 16.8
15-24 years.............. 2.1 *4.1 *2.8 2.3 *4.4 *3.2
25-34 years.............. 10.3 11.5 11.8 11.0 12.6 13.1
35-44 years.............. 15.8 20.2 21.3 17.2 21.8 23.9
Birth control pill
15-44 years................ 36.6 20.7 21.2 36.1 20.6 21.1
15-24 years.............. 65.3 56.2 61.4 64.4 56.0 59.8
25-34 years.............. 36.2 22.8 28.6 35.8 22.1 28.7
35-44 years.............. 18.3 *3.2 3.8 18.2 *3.2 4.0
Intrauterine device
15-44 years................ 10.2 7.6 2.2 9.8 7.5 2.1
15-24 years.............. 10.8 *3.5 *0.4 10.7 *3.3 *0.5
25-34 years.............. 13.2 9.6 2.1 12.7 9.4 1.8
35-44 years.............. 5.6 6.8 2.8 5.4 7.0 2.7
Diaphragm
15-44 years................ 3.4 6.5 6.0 3.6 6.8 6.2
15-24 years.............. *1.5 *7.0 3.1 *1.6 *7.2 *3.5
25-34 years.............. 3.1 8.5 6.7 3.2 9.1 7.1
35-44 years.............. 5.0 *3.8 5.9 5.3 *3.7 6.0
Condom
15-44 years................ 12.6 12.1 12.9 13.4 12.6 13.1
15-24 years.............. 7.7 12.7 16.3 8.3 12.9 17.7
25-34 years.............. 12.4 12.4 13.9 13.1 13.0 14.0
35-44 years.............. 16.1 11.4 11.0 17.2 12.0 11.0
Black
Method of
contraception
and age 1973 19821/ 19882/
Number of ever-married women in thousands
15-44 years.............. 3,109 3,440 3,614
15-24 years.............. 692 427 343
25-34 years.............. 1,226 1,628 1,666
35-44 years.............. 1,191 1,358 1,606
All methods Percent of ever-married women using contraception
15-44 years.............. 55.8 60.4 63.9
15-24 years.............. 65.2 53.3 69.0
25-34 years.............. 59.2 67.7 66.1
35-44 years.............. 46.8 54.0 60.5
Female sterilization Percent of ever-married contracepting women
15-44 years................ 25.4 42.8 54.5
15-24 years.............. 6.8 *13.0 *11.0
25-34 years.............. 20.3 37.7 46.9
35-44 years.............. 47.2 59.5 73.6
Male sterilization3/
15-44 years................ *1.2 *2.2 1.3
15-24 years.............. *0.1 *0.5 *-
25-34 years.............. *2.0 *1.7 *1.6
35-44 years.............. *1.1 *3.6 *1.4
Birth control pill
15-44 years................ 41.8 23.1 22.7
15-24 years.............. 72.4 56.8 74.9
25-34 years.............. 41.6 28.8 29.3
35-44 years.............. 17.2 *4.3 *2.4
Intrauterine device
15-44 years................ 13.8 10.0 3.4
15-24 years.............. 12.6 *8.2 *-
25-34 years.............. 18.8 14.1 3.8
35-44 years.............. 8.4 *4.5 3.9
Diaphragm
15-44 years................ 1.8 4.2 2.3
15-24 years.............. *0.3 *4.5 *1.3
25-34 years.............. *2.2 3.1 *1.6
35-44 years.............. *2.5 *5.7 3.4
Condom
15-44 years................ 4.1 5.0 7.7
15-24 years.............. *1.8 *6.3 *7.6
25-34 years.............. 3.8 5.0 9.6
35-44 years.............. 6.4 *4.5 5.7
1/Estimates have been revised and differ from those previously published.
2/Preliminary estimates.
3/Refers only to currently married couples in 1973.
*Relative standard error greater than 30 percent.
SOURCE: Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics:
Data from the National Survey of Family Growth.
3Methods contraception women 15-44 by race/marital status '82,'88
Table 13. Methods of contraception for women 15-44 years of age, according to
race and marital status: United States, 1982 and 1988
(Data are based on household interviews of samples of women in the child-
bearing ages)
All races White Black
Marital status and
method of contraception 19821/ 19882/ 19821/ 19882/ 19821/ 19882/
Marital status Number of women in thousands
All marital statuses...........54,099 57,900 45,367 47,077 6,985 7,679
Currently married..............28,231 29,147 25,195 25,426 2,130 2,197
Widowed, separated, or divorced 6,704 7,695 5,224 6,038 1,310 1,417
Never married..................19,164 21,058 14,948 15,612 3,545 4,065
All methods Percent of women using contraception
All marital statuses..............55.7 60.3 56.7 61.8 52.0 56.7
Currently married.................69.7 74.3 70.4 75.3 63.3 67.0
Widowed, separated, or divorced...55.5 57.6 56.3 57.4 55.7 59.0
Never married.....................35.3 41.9 33.6 41.5 43.8 50.4
Female sterilization Percent of contracepting women
All marital statuses..............23.2 27.5 22.1 26.1 30.0 38.1
Currently married.................26.9 31.4 25.8 30.2 37.0 48.3
Widowed, separated, or divorced...39.2 50.7 35.2 47.9 53.5 65.4
Never married..................... 3.7 6.4 *1.0 2.4 12.8 19.6
Male sterilization
All marital statuses..............10.9 11.7 12.2 13.6 1.4 0.9
Currently married.................15.5 17.3 16.4 19.1 3.4 2.0
"Widowed, separated, or divorced...3.4 3.6 4.3 4.3 *- *0.1
Never married......................1.8 1.8 2.3 2.3 *0.4 *0.3
Birth control pill
All marital statuses..............28.0 30.7 26.7 29.8 38.0 38.0
Currently married.................19.3 20.4 19.0 20.0 24.5 26.0
Widowed, separated, or divorced...28.4 25.3 30.4 27.4 20.4 16.8
Never married.....................53.0 59.0 51.6 60.2 58.1 55.3
Intrauterine device
All marital statuses...............7.1 2.0 6.9 1.8 9.1 3.1
Currently married..................6.9 2.0 6.8 1.8 9.3 2.3
Widowed, separated, or divorced...11.5 3.6 11.8 3.3 11.4 5.4
Never married..................... 5.4 1.3 4.3 *0.9 7.9 2.7
Diaphragm
All marital statuses.............. 8.1 5.7 8.8 6.2 3.5 1.9
Currently married..................6.5 6.2 6.7 6.4 5.1 2.4
Widowed, separated, or divorced....6.7 5.3 7.8 5.6 *2.5 *2.1
Never married.....................13.4 4.9 16.8 6.1 2.6 1.5
Condom
All marital statuses..............12.0 14.6 12.7 14.9 6.2 10.3
Currently married.................14.1 14.3 14.5 14.3 6.8 9.8
Widowed, separated, or divorced...*1.5 5.9 *1.5 6.3 *1.6 4.1
Never married.....................11.6 19.6 12.8 21.4 7.9 13.2
1/Estimates have been revised and differ from those previously published.
2/Preliminary estimates.
*Relative standard error greater than 30 percent.
SOURCE: Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics:
Data from the National Survey of Family Growth.
2Mortality
3Life expectancy birth/age 65 according to race/sex:U.S. 1900-88
Table 14. Life expectancy at birth and at 65 years of age, according to race
and sex: United States, selected years 1900-1988
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
All races White
Specified age Both Both
and year sexes Male Female sexes Male Female
At birth Remaining life expectancy in years
19001,2/......... 47.3 46.3 48.3 47.6 46.6 48.7
19502/........... 68.2 65.6 71.1 69.1 66.5 72.2
19602/........... 69.7 66.6 73.1 70.6 67.4 74.1
1970............. 70.9 67.1 74.8 71.7 68.0 75.6
1975............. 72.6 68.8 76.6 73.4 69.5 77.3
1980............. 73.7 70.0 77.4 74.4 70.7 78.1
1981............. 74.2 70.4 77.8 74.8 71.1 78.4
1982............. 74.5 70.9 78.1 75.1 71.5 78.7
1983............. 74.6 71.0 78.1 75.2 71.7 78.7
1984............. 74.7 71.2 78.2 75.3 71.8 78.7
1985............. 74.7 71.2 78.2 75.3 71.9 78.7
1986............. 74.8 71.3 78.3 75.4 72.0 78.8
1987............. 75.0 71.5 78.4 75.6 72.2 78.9
Provisional data:
19852/......... 74.7 71.2 78.2 75.3 71.8 78.7
19862/......... 74.9 71.3 78.3 75.4 72.0 78.9
19872/......... 74.9 71.5 78.3 75.5 72.1 78.8
19882/......... 74.9 71.4 78.3 75.5 72.1 78.9
At 65 years
1900-19021,2/.... 11.9 11.5 12.2 --- 11.5 12.2
19502/........... 13.9 12.8 15.0 --- 12.8 15.1
19602/........... 14.3 12.8 15.8 14.4 12.9 15.9
1970............. 15.2 13.1 17.0 15.2 13.1 17.1
1975............. 16.1 13.8 18.1 16.1 13.8 18.2
1980............. 16.4 14.1 18.3 16.5 14.2 18.4
1981............. 16.7 14.3 18.6 16.7 14.4 18.7
1982............. 16.8 14.5 18.7 16.9 14.5 18.8
1983............. 16.7 14.5 18.6 16.8 14.5 18.7
1984............. 16.8 14.6 18.6 16.9 14.6 18.7
1985............. 16.7 14.6 18.6 16.8 14.6 18.7
1986............. 16.8 14.7 18.6 16.9 14.8 18.7
1987............. 16.9 14.8 18.7 17.0 14.9 18.8
Provisional data:
19852/......... 16.8 14.6 18.6 16.8 14.6 18.7
19862/......... 16.9 14.8 18.6 17.0 14.8 18.8
19872/......... 16.9 14.8 18.6 17.0 14.9 18.7
19882/......... 16.9 14.8 18.6 17.0 14.9 18.7
Black
Specified age Both
and year sexes Male Female
At birth Remaining life expectancy in years
19001,2/......... 3/33.0 3/32.5 3/33.5
19502/........... 60.7 58.9 62.7
19602/........... 63.2 60.7 65.9
1970............. 64.1 60.0 68.3
1975............. 66.8 62.4 71.3
1980............. 68.1 63.8 72.5
1981............. 68.9 64.5 73.2
1982............. 69.4 65.1 73.7
1983............. 69.6 65.4 73.6
1984............. 69.7 65.6 73.7
1985............. 69.5 65.3 73.5
1986............. 69.4 65.2 73.5
1987............. 69.4 65.2 73.6
Provisional data:
19852/......... 69.5 65.3 73.7
19862/......... 69.6 65.5 73.6
19872/......... 69.7 65.4 73.8
19882/......... 69.5 65.1 73.8
At 65 years
1900-19021,2/.... --- 10.4 11.4
19502/........... 13.9 12.9 14.9
19602/........... 13.9 12.7 15.1
1970............. 14.2 12.5 15.7
1975............. 15.0 13.1 16.7
1980............. 15.1 13.0 16.8
1981............. 15.5 13.4 17.3
1982............. 15.7 13.5 17.5
1983............. 15.5 13.4 17.3
1984............. 15.5 13.5 17.2
1985............. 15.3 13.3 17.0
1986............. 15.4 13.4 17.0
1987............. 15.4 13.5 17.1
Provisional data:
19852/......... 15.5 13.3 17.2
19862/......... 15.5 13.6 16.9
19872/......... 15.6 13.6 17.2
19882/......... 15.5 13.6 17.1
1/Death registration area only. The death registration area increased from
10 States and the District of Columbia in 1900 to the coterminous United
States in 1933.
2/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
3/Figure is for the all other population.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics Rates in the
United States, 1940-1960, by R. D. Grove and A. M. Hetzel. DHEW
Pub. No. (PHS) 1677. Public Health Service. Washington. U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1968; Vital Statistics of the United
States, 1970, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A. DHEW Pub. No. (HRA)
75-1101. Health Resources Administration. Washington. U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1974; Annual summary of births,
marriages, divorces, and deaths, United States, 1985. Monthly Vital
Statistics Report. Vol. 34, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 86-1120.
Sept. 19, 1986; Annual summary of births, marriages, divorces,
and deaths, United States, 1986. Monthly Vital Statistics Report.
Vol. 35, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 87-1120. Aug. 24, 1987; Annual
summary of births, marriages, divorces, and deaths, United States,
1987. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 36, No. 13. DHHS
Pub. No. (PHS) 88-1120. July 29, 1988; Annual summary of births,
marriages, divorces, and deaths, United States, 1988. Monthly Vital
Statistics Report. Vol. 37, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 89-1120.
July 26, 1989. Public Health Service. Hyattsville, Md.; Unpublished
data from the Division of Vital Statistics; Data computed by the
Office of Research and Methodology from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics.
3Infant/perinatal mortality rate/Fetal death rate:race:U.S.'50-88
Table 15. Infant mortality rates, fetal death rates, and perinatal
mortality rates, according to race: United States,
selected years 1950-88
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Infant mortality rate1/
Neonatal
Late
fetal Perinatal
Under Under Post- death death mortality
Race and year Total 28 days 7 days neonatal rate2/ rate3/ rate4/
All races Deaths per 1,000 live births
19505/.............29.2 20.5 17.8 8.7 18.4 14.9 32.5
19605/.............26.0 18.7 16.7 7.3 15.8 12.1 28.6
1970...............20.0 15.1 13.6 4.9 14.0 9.5 23.0
1975...............16.1 11.6 10.0 4.5 10.6 7.8 17.7
1980...............12.6 8.5 7.1 4.1 9.1 6.2 13.2
1981...............11.9 8.0 6.7 3.9 8.9 5.9 12.6
1982...............11.5 7.7 6.4 3.8 8.8 5.9 12.3
1983...............11.2 7.3 6.1 3.9 8.4 5.4 11.5
1984...............10.8 7.0 5.9 3.8 8.1 5.2 11.0
1985...............10.6 7.0 5.8 3.7 7.8 4.9 10.7
1986...............10.4 6.7 5.6 3.6 7.7 4.7 10.3
1987...............10.1 6.5 5.4 3.6 7.6 4.6 10.0
Provisional data:
19855/...........10.6 6.9 --- 3.6 --- --- ---
19865/...........10.4 6.7 --- 3.7 --- --- ---
19875/...........10.0 6.5 --- 3.4 --- --- ---
19885/........... 9.9 6.4 --- 3.5 --- --- ---
White
19505/.............26.8 19.4 17.1 7.4 16.6 13.3 30.1
19605/.............22.9 17.2 15.6 5.7 13.9 10.8 26.2
1970...............17.8 13.8 12.5 4.0 12.3 8.6 21.1
1975...............14.2 10.4 9.0 3.8 9.4 7.1 16.0
1980...............11.0 7.5 6.2 3.5 8.1 5.7 11.9
1981...............10.5 7.1 5.9 3.4 8.0 5.5 11.3
1982...............10.1 6.8 5.6 3.3 7.9 5.4 11.0
1983................9.7 6.4 5.4 3.3 7.4 5.0 10.3
1984................9.4 6.2 5.1 3.3 7.3 4.8 9.9
1985................9.3 6.1 5.0 3.2 7.0 4.5 9.6
1986................8.9 5.8 4.8 3.1 6.7 4.3 9.1
1987................8.6 5.5 4.5 3.1 6.6 4.2 8.7
Black
19505/.............43.9 27.8 23.0 16.1 32.1 --- ---
19605/.............44.3 27.8 23.7 16.5 --- --- ---
1970...............32.6 22.8 20.3 9.9 23.2 --- ---
1975...............26.2 18.3 15.7 7.9 16.8 11.4 26.9
1980...............21.4 14.1 11.9 7.3 14.4 8.9 20.7
1981...............20.0 13.4 11.4 6.6 13.8 8.2 19.4
1982...............19.6 13.1 11.1 6.6 13.8 8.1 19.1
1983...............19.2 12.4 10.6 6.8 13.5 7.7 18.2
1984...............18.4 11.8 10.2 6.5 12.7 7.3 17.4
1985...............18.2 12.1 10.3 6.1 12.6 7.1 17.4
1986...............18.0 11.7 10.1 6.3 12.5 7.0 17.0
1987...............17.9 11.7 10.0 6.1 12.8 7.0 16.9
1/Infant mortality rate is number of deaths of infants under 1 year per
1,000 live births. Neonatal deaths occur within 28 days of birth;
postneonatal deaths occur 28-365 days after birth. Deaths within 7 days are
early neonatal deaths.
2/Number of deaths of fetuses of 20 weeks or more gestation per 1,000 live
births plus fetal deaths.
3/Number of fetal deaths of 28 weeks or more gestation per 1,000 live
births plus late fetal deaths.
4/Number of late fetal deaths plus infant deaths within 7 days of birth per
1,000 live births plus late fetal deaths.
5/Includes births and deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics
of the United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, for
1950-87. Public Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government
Printing Office. Annual summary of births, marriages, divorces,
and deaths, United States, 1985. Monthly Vital Statistics Report.
Vol. 34, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 86-1120. Sept. 19, 1986;
Annual summary of births, marriages, divorces, and deaths, United
States, 1988. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 37, No. 13.
DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 89-1120. July 26, 1989. Public Health Service.
Hyattsville, Md.; Data computed by the Division of Analysis
from data compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics.
3Infant mortality rates:race,geographic division,state:U.S.'75-87
Table 16. Infant mortality rates, according to race, geographic division, and
State: United States, average annual 1975-77, 1980-82, and 1985-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
All races White
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births
United States............... 15.1 12.0 10.4 13.3 10.5 9.0
New England................. 12.8 10.4 8.6 12.2 9.9 8.0
Maine.................... 11.2 9.7 8.7 11.3 9.8 8.8
New Hampshire............ 11.6 10.2 8.7 11.7 10.2 8.7
Vermont.................. 11.9 9.2 9.0 12.0 9.3 8.9
Massachusetts............ 12.5 10.1 8.3 12.1 9.7 7.5
Rhode Island............. 13.7 10.9 8.7 13.0 10.6 8.4
Connecticut.............. 14.4 11.5 9.2 12.7 10.2 7.9
Middle Atlantic............. 15.3 12.2 10.5 13.2 10.6 8.8
New York................. 15.5 12.4 10.7 13.2 10.7 9.2
New Jersey............... 14.7 11.7 9.9 12.4 9.7 8.0
Pennsylvania............. 15.3 12.2 10.5 13.7 10.9 8.8
East North Central.......... 15.2 12.5 10.8 13.3 10.6 9.0
Ohio..................... 14.9 12.2 10.1 13.6 10.8 9.0
Indiana.................. 14.5 11.7 10.8 13.5 10.6 9.7
Illinois................. 17.0 14.1 11.8 13.7 11.2 9.3
Michigan................. 15.2 12.7 11.2 13.2 10.4 8.9
Wisconsin................ 12.5 10.0 9.0 12.0 9.4 8.3
West North Central.......... 14.0 11.0 9.5 13.1 10.2 8.8
Minnesota................ 12.8 9.9 8.9 12.5 9.6 8.6
Iowa..................... 13.4 10.7 9.0 13.1 10.4 8.9
Missouri................. 15.3 12.3 10.4 13.4 11.0 9.1
North Dakota............. 14.1 11.3 8.6 13.4 10.8 8.3
South Dakota............. 16.5 10.9 11.0 14.5 9.2 9.1
Nebraska................. 13.6 10.5 9.4 13.2 9.9 8.8
Kansas................... 13.8 10.7 9.2 13.1 10.0 8.7
South Atlantic.............. 16.9 13.8 11.8 13.6 10.9 9.2
Delaware................. 13.6 13.8 12.7 11.7 10.4 10.2
Maryland................. 16.2 12.8 11.7 13.5 10.3 9.1
District of Columbia..... 27.2 23.8 20.4 *15.4 *13.9 11.6
Virginia................. 16.5 13.0 10.9 13.8 11.1 8.8
West Virginia............ 16.6 12.1 10.3 16.2 11.8 9.8
North Carolina........... 17.3 13.8 11.7 13.9 11.2 9.4
South Carolina........... 18.8 16.0 13.4 14.2 11.7 9.8
Georgia.................. 16.5 13.6 12.6 13.1 10.2 9.7
Florida.................. 16.1 13.6 10.9 12.8 10.8 8.7
East South Central.......... 17.3 13.6 11.8 14.1 11.0 9.4
Kentucky................. 14.9 12.3 10.3 14.3 11.7 9.8
Tennessee................ 15.9 12.7 11.4 13.7 10.7 8.9
Alabama.................. 18.7 14.0 12.7 14.3 10.7 9.6
Mississippi.............. 20.6 16.0 13.3 14.1 10.7 9.4
West South Central.......... 16.2 12.0 10.1 14.1 10.6 8.8
Arkansas................. 16.3 11.6 10.8 13.8 9.4 9.5
Louisiana................ 18.0 13.7 11.9 13.2 10.0 8.4
Oklahoma................. 15.5 12.3 10.3 14.7 12.0 10.2
Texas.................... 15.7 11.5 9.5 14.2 10.6 8.6
Mountain.................... 13.7 10.5 9.5 13.2 10.2 9.3
Montana.................. 15.2 11.1 10.0 15.2 10.7 9.3
Idaho.................... 12.5 10.0 10.7 12.5 10.1 10.7
Wyoming.................. 15.8 10.1 10.8 15.8 10.0 10.8
Colorado................. 13.1 9.7 9.3 12.8 9.6 9.0
New Mexico............... 15.4 10.9 9.4 14.7 10.7 9.2
Arizona.................. 14.5 11.1 9.5 13.4 10.6 9.1
Utah..................... 11.6 10.4 9.0 11.3 10.4 9.1
Nevada................... 15.1 10.7 9.1 14.6 10.0 8.8
Pacific..................... 12.8 10.5 9.3 12.4 10.2 9.0
Washington............... 14.1 11.0 10.1 13.9 10.7 10.0
Oregon................... 13.2 11.2 9.9 13.1 11.1 9.9
California............... 12.6 10.4 9.2 12.0 10.1 8.8
Alaska................... 15.3 12.0 10.7 13.1 10.0 9.4
Hawaii................... 11.7 9.6 9.0 11.9 10.0 8.1
Black
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births
United States.................. 25.1 20.3 18.0
New England.................... 23.6 18.7 18.1
Maine....................... * * *
New Hampshire............... * * *
Vermont..................... * * *
Massachusetts............... 19.9 17.1 17.6
Rhode Island................ *27.0 *17.7 *13.0
Connecticut................. 27.4 20.9 19.6
Middle Atlantic................ 25.1 20.0 18.0
New York.................... 24.8 19.3 16.7
New Jersey.................. 24.9 20.2 18.4
Pennsylvania................ 26.1 21.6 20.8
East North Central............. 26.5 23.5 20.1
Ohio........................ 24.0 21.5 16.5
Indiana..................... 23.7 21.1 20.1
Illinois.................... 29.8 25.1 21.4
Michigan.................... 25.3 24.5 22.2
Wisconsin................... 21.1 18.7 17.1
West North Central............. 25.5 20.2 17.0
Minnesota................... *23.9 *21.3 16.5
Iowa........................ *28.1 *22.5 *14.9
Missouri.................... 25.9 20.0 17.7
North Dakota................ * * *
South Dakota................ * * *
Nebraska.................... *25.2 *20.2 *18.0
Kansas...................... 24.1 19.7 16.3
South Atlantic................. 25.2 20.9 18.5
Delaware.................... 20.7 25.4 21.0
Maryland.................... 23.7 19.3 18.1
District of Columbia........ 29.6 25.8 23.5
Virginia.................... 25.9 19.6 18.0
West Virginia............... *25.9 *20.0 *21.3
North Carolina.............. 25.4 19.9 17.8
South Carolina.............. 26.2 22.4 19.2
Georgia..................... 23.0 19.7 18.3
Florida..................... 25.7 21.9 18.3
East South Central............. 26.1 20.5 18.3
Kentucky.................... 21.4 19.2 15.3
Tennessee................... 24.1 19.9 19.5
Alabama..................... 26.9 20.1 18.7
Mississippi................. 27.9 21.7 17.8
West South Central............. 25.1 18.7 16.2
Arkansas.................... 24.1 18.4 15.0
Louisiana................... 25.6 19.9 17.3
Oklahoma.................... 24.7 19.0 16.6
Texas....................... 25.1 17.7 15.5
Mountain....................... 21.1 16.7 15.1
Montana..................... * * *
Idaho....................... * * *
Wyoming..................... * * *
Colorado.................... 20.6 14.2 16.5
New Mexico.................. *27.9 *16.9 *17.3
Arizona..................... *19.7 16.2 14.3
Utah........................ * * *
Nevada...................... *21.3 *20.6 *15.3
Pacific........................ 20.6 16.4 16.0
Washington.................. 19.2 16.3 13.8
Oregon...................... *21.0 *16.2 *18.0
California.................. 20.7 16.4 16.2
Alaska...................... * *20.5 *13.3
Hawaii...................... *13.7 *12.4 *15.5
*Data for States with fewer than 5,000 live births for the 3-year period are
considered unreliable. Data for States with fewer than 1,000 live births
are considered highly unreliable and are not shown.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics: Data computed by the Division
of Analysis from data compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics.
3Neonatal mortality rate:race,geographic division,state:U.S'75-87
Table 17. Neonatal mortality rates, according to race, geographic division,
and State: United States, average annual 1975-77, 1980-82, and
1985-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
All races White
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births
United States..................10.8 8.1 6.7 9.6 7.1 5.8
New England.................... 9.6 7.6 6.1 9.2 7.2 5.6
Maine....................... 7.6 6.3 5.7 7.6 6.4 5.8
New Hampshire............... 9.0 7.5 5.9 9.0 7.5 5.9
Vermont..................... 8.7 5.4 6.0 8.7 5.5 6.0
Massachusetts............... 9.4 7.4 5.8 9.1 7.1 5.3
Rhode Island................ 9.8 8.6 6.2 9.3 8.5 5.9
Connecticut.................11.3 8.7 6.9 10.1 7.7 5.8
Middle Atlantic................11.4 8.6 7.2 10.0 7.6 6.2
New York....................11.4 8.6 7.3 9.8 7.6 6.5
New Jersey..................11.0 8.0 6.7 9.5 7.0 5.6
Pennsylvania................11.7 8.8 7.2 10.5 8.0 6.1
East North Central.............10.9 8.6 7.1 9.7 7.4 5.9
Ohio........................10.9 8.4 6.4 10.1 7.5 5.8
Indiana.....................10.2 7.9 7.1 9.5 7.2 6.3
Illinois....................12.2 9.7 8.0 10.1 8.0 6.4
Michigan....................10.8 8.9 7.6 9.5 7.2 5.9
Wisconsin................... 8.7 6.6 5.5 8.5 6.3 5.0
West North Central.............10.3 7.1 5.8 9.8 6.7 5.5
Minnesota................... 9.3 6.2 5.4 9.2 6.1 5.3
Iowa........................10.3 6.9 5.7 10.2 6.8 5.6
Missouri....................11.0 8.1 6.5 9.8 7.4 5.8
North Dakota................10.5 7.2 4.8 10.2 7.1 4.7
South Dakota................11.6 6.8 5.8 11.0 6.2 5.4
Nebraska.................... 9.8 6.8 5.9 9.6 6.5 5.5
Kansas......................10.4 7.3 5.6 9.9 6.8 5.3
South Atlantic.................12.0 9.5 7.9 10.0 7.5 6.1
Delaware.................... 9.8 10.1 9.2 8.6 7.5 7.6
Maryland....................12.3 9.2 8.1 10.3 7.4 6.1
District of Columbia........21.4 17.8 15.5 *12.3 *10.7 8.4
Virginia....................12.1 9.4 7.4 10.1 7.9 5.9
West Virginia...............11.8 8.0 6.9 11.6 7.8 6.6
North Carolina..............12.4 9.4 7.8 10.5 7.6 6.2
South Carolina..............13.1 10.8 9.1 10.3 7.9 6.6
Georgia.....................11.0 8.9 8.5 9.2 6.8 6.7
Florida.....................11.3 9.2 7.1 9.3 7.5 5.7
East South Central.............12.2 9.0 7.7 10.2 7.4 6.1
Kentucky....................10.6 8.0 6.6 10.2 7.6 6.3
Tennessee...................11.4 8.7 7.4 9.8 7.2 5.7
Alabama.....................12.9 9.2 8.5 10.4 7.3 6.6
Mississippi.................14.3 10.6 8.3 10.5 7.2 5.9
West South Central.............11.5 7.8 6.3 10.1 6.9 5.6
Arkansas....................11.2 6.8 6.2 9.9 5.8 5.7
Louisiana...................13.3 9.2 7.7 9.9 6.9 5.7
Oklahoma....................10.5 7.6 6.2 10.0 7.4 6.1
Texas.......................11.2 7.6 6.0 10.1 7.0 5.4
Mountain....................... 9.1 6.6 5.5 9.0 6.6 5.4
Montana.....................10.4 6.8 5.1 10.7 6.9 4.8
Idaho....................... 8.1 5.9 6.4 8.1 6.0 6.4
Wyoming.....................10.5 6.7 6.1 10.6 6.8 6.3
Colorado.................... 8.5 6.3 5.6 8.3 6.2 5.4
New Mexico..................10.0 6.6 5.6 10.1 6.8 5.5
Arizona..................... 9.6 7.1 5.8 9.4 7.2 5.6
Utah........................ 7.9 6.4 4.9 7.9 6.4 5.0
Nevada......................10.3 6.5 4.9 10.0 6.1 4.7
Pacific........................ 8.6 6.6 5.7 8.3 6.5 5.5
Washington.................. 9.1 6.5 5.6 9.1 6.5 5.6
Oregon...................... 8.5 6.7 5.2 8.5 6.7 5.2
California.................. 8.5 6.6 5.7 8.1 6.4 5.5
Alaska...................... 8.9 7.0 5.6 7.8 6.2 5.2
Hawaii...................... 8.3 6.7 5.9 7.9 7.2 5.1
Black
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births
United States.................. 17.4 13.5 11.8
New England.................... 17.5 13.8 13.3
Maine....................... * * *
New Hampshire............... * * *
Vermont..................... * * *
Massachusetts............... 14.1 12.2 12.5
Rhode Island................ *19.5 *10.5 *10.3
Connecticut................. 21.3 16.3 15.1
Middle Atlantic................ 18.1 13.2 11.8
New York.................... 17.9 12.9 10.9
New Jersey.................. 17.1 12.5 11.8
Pennsylvania................ 19.3 14.8 14.0
East North Central............. 18.3 15.7 13.4
Ohio........................ 17.2 14.4 10.4
Indiana..................... 16.9 13.6 13.9
Illinois.................... 20.3 16.3 13.9
Michigan.................... 17.4 17.7 16.1
Wisconsin................... 13.1 11.2 11.1
West North Central............. 17.9 12.8 10.3
Minnesota................... *15.6 *13.9 9.8
Iowa........................ *21.4 *13.7 *8.5
Missouri.................... 17.9 12.5 10.7
North Dakota................ * * *
South Dakota................ * * *
Nebraska.................... *15.9 *12.9 *10.4
Kansas...................... 18.1 13.3 10.0
South Atlantic................. 17.3 14.3 12.6
Delaware.................... 14.2 18.9 14.7
Maryland.................... 17.7 13.9 13.0
District of Columbia........ 23.3 19.2 17.9
Virginia.................... 19.1 14.6 12.6
West Virginia............... *19.6 *13.7 *14.6
North Carolina.............. 17.2 14.0 12.2
South Carolina.............. 17.4 15.2 13.1
Georgia..................... 14.5 12.5 12.1
Florida..................... 17.1 14.4 11.7
East South Central............. 17.6 13.5 12.0
Kentucky.................... 14.7 12.8 10.3
Tennessee................... 17.2 13.8 13.1
Alabama..................... 17.7 12.7 12.2
Mississippi................. 18.5 14.2 11.3
West South Central............. 17.6 12.0 10.1
Arkansas.................... 15.0 10.0 8.2
Louisiana................... 18.7 13.2 11.1
Oklahoma.................... 17.2 11.8 10.5
Texas....................... 17.5 11.6 9.6
Mountain....................... 15.0 11.0 9.6
Montana..................... * * *
Idaho....................... * * *
Wyoming..................... * * *
Colorado.................... 14.7 9.7 10.1
New Mexico.................. *19.2 *10.1 *10.6
Arizona..................... *14.9 11.4 10.0
Utah........................ * * *
Nevada...................... *14.2 *12.6 *9.3
Pacific........................ 13.6 10.4 9.8
Washington.................. 11.8 8.8 8.5
Oregon...................... *13.0 *10.7 *9.1
California.................. 13.7 10.5 9.9
Alaska...................... * *13.4 *6.6
Hawaii...................... *9.1 *6.7 *9.8
*Data for States with fewer than 5,000 live births for the 3-year period
are considered unreliable. Data for States with fewer than 1,000 live births
are considered highly unreliable and are not shown.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics: Data computed by the Division
of Analysis from data compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics.
3Postneonatal mortality rate:race,geographic div,state:U.S.'75-87
Table 18. Postneonatal mortality rates, according to race, geographic
division, and State: United States, average annual 1975-77,
1980-82, and 1985-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
All races White
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Postneonatal deaths per 1,000 live births
United States..................4.3 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.2
New England....................3.2 2.8 2.5 3.0 2.7 2.3
Maine.......................3.6 3.4 3.0 3.6 3.4 3.0
New Hampshire...............2.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8
Vermont.....................3.3 3.8 3.0 3.2 3.8 2.9
Massachusetts...............3.1 2.7 2.4 2.9 2.6 2.2
Rhode Island................3.9 2.3 2.5 3.7 2.1 2.5
Connecticut.................3.0 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.0
Middle Atlantic................3.9 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.6
New York....................4.1 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.7
New Jersey..................3.8 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.4
Pennsylvania................3.6 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.7
East North Central.............4.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.1
Ohio........................3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2
Indiana.....................4.3 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.4 3.3
Illinois....................4.8 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.2 2.9
Michigan....................4.4 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.2 3.0
Wisconsin...................3.8 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.3
West North Central.............3.7 3.8 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.3
Minnesota...................3.5 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.3
Iowa........................3.0 3.8 3.4 3.0 3.7 3.3
Missouri....................4.3 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.3
North Dakota................3.5 4.1 3.8 3.2 3.6 3.6
South Dakota................4.9 4.1 5.2 3.5 3.0 3.7
Nebraska....................3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.2
Kansas......................3.4 3.5 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.4
South Atlantic.................4.9 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.0
Delaware....................3.8 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.6
Maryland....................4.0 3.6 3.6 3.2 2.9 3.0
District of Columbia........5.8 6.0 4.9 *3.2 *3.2 *3.1
Virginia....................4.4 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.2 2.9
West Virginia...............4.7 4.1 3.4 4.7 4.0 3.2
North Carolina..............4.9 4.4 3.9 3.4 3.7 3.2
South Carolina..............5.8 5.2 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.2
Georgia.....................5.5 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.0
Florida.....................4.8 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0
East South Central.............5.2 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.3
Kentucky....................4.3 4.3 3.6 4.1 4.2 3.5
Tennessee...................4.5 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.3
Alabama.....................5.8 4.8 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.0
Mississippi.................6.3 5.4 4.9 3.6 3.4 3.5
West South Central.............4.7 4.2 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.3
Arkansas....................5.2 4.8 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.8
Louisiana...................4.7 4.5 4.1 3.3 3.2 2.8
Oklahoma....................5.0 4.7 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.0
Texas.......................4.6 3.9 3.5 4.1 3.6 3.2
::
Mountain.......................4.6 3.9 4.0 4.2 3.7 3.8
Montana.....................4.8 4.2 4.9 4.5 3.8 4.4
Idaho.......................4.4 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.3
Wyoming.....................5.3 3.3 4.7 5.2 3.2 4.5
Colorado....................4.5 3.4 3.7 4.5 3.5 3.6
New Mexico..................5.4 4.3 3.8 4.6 3.9 3.7
Arizona.....................5.0 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.4 3.5
Utah........................3.6 4.0 4.1 3.4 4.0 4.1
Nevada......................4.8 4.2 4.1 4.6 3.9 4.1
Pacific........................4.3 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.8 3.5
Washington..................4.9 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.5
Oregon......................4.7 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.7
California..................4.1 3.7 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.3
Alaska......................6.4 5.0 5.1 5.3 3.8 4.2
Hawaii......................3.4 2.9 3.2 4.0 2.8 3.1
Black
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Postneonatal deaths per 1,000 live births
United States.................. 7.7 6.8 6.2
New England.................... 6.0 4.9 4.7
Maine....................... * * *
New Hampshire............... * * *
Vermont..................... * * *
Massachusetts............... 5.8 5.0 5.1
Rhode Island................ * *7.1 *2.7
Connecticut................. 6.1 4.6 4.5
Middle Atlantic................ 7.0 6.8 6.2
New York.................... 6.9 6.4 5.8
New Jersey.................. 7.8 7.7 6.6
Pennsylvania................ 6.8 6.9 6.9
East North Central............. 8.2 7.8 6.7
Ohio........................ 6.8 7.0 6.2
Indiana..................... 6.8 7.5 6.2
Illinois.................... 9.5 8.8 7.6
Michigan.................... 7.8 6.8 6.1
Wisconsin................... 8.0 7.5 5.9
West North Central............. 7.7 7.3 6.8
Minnesota................... *8.2 *7.5 *6.7
Iowa........................ *6.7 *8.8 *6.4
Missouri.................... 8.0 7.5 6.9
North Dakota................ * * *
South Dakota................ * * *
Nebraska.................... *9.2 *7.3 *7.7
Kansas...................... *6.0 6.4 6.3
South Atlantic................. 7.9 6.6 5.9
Delaware.................... *6.5 *6.5 *6.3
Maryland.................... 6.1 5.4 5.1
District of Columbia........ 6.3 6.6 5.6
Virginia.................... 6.8 5.0 5.4
West Virginia............... *6.3 *6.3 *6.7
North Carolina.............. 8.2 5.9 5.7
South Carolina.............. 8.8 7.2 6.1
Georgia..................... 8.5 7.2 6.2
Florida..................... 8.6 7.5 6.5
East South Central............. 8.5 7.1 6.4
Kentucky.................... 6.7 6.4 5.0
Tennessee................... 6.9 6.1 6.4
Alabama..................... 9.2 7.4 6.5
Mississippi................. 9.3 7.6 6.5
West South Central............. 7.5 6.6 6.1
Arkansas.................... 9.1 8.4 6.9
Louisiana................... 6.9 6.7 6.2
Oklahoma.................... 7.5 7.2 6.2
Texas....................... 7.5 6.2 5.8
Mountain....................... 6.1 5.7 5.5
Montana..................... * * *
Idaho....................... * * *
Wyoming..................... * * *
Colorado.................... *5.9 *4.4 *6.4
New Mexico.................. * *6.7 *6.7
Arizona..................... *4.8 *4.8 *4.3
Utah........................ * * *
Nevada...................... *7.1 *8.0 *6.0
Pacific........................ 6.9 6.0 6.3
Washington.................. *7.4 *7.4 5.4
Oregon...................... *8.0 *5.5 *8.8
California.................. 6.9 5.9 6.3
Alaska...................... * * *
Hawaii...................... * * *5.7
*Data for States with fewer than 10,000 live births for the 3-year period are
considered unreliable. Data for States with fewer than 2,000 live births are
considered highly unreliable and are not shown.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics: Data computed by the Division
of Analysis from data compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics.
3Fetal death rate by race,geographic division,state:U.S. 1975-87
Table 19. Fetal death rates, according to race, geographic division, and
State: United States, average annual 1975-77, 1980-82, and 1985-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
All races White
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Fetal deaths1/ per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths
United States..................10.3 9.0 7.7 9.1 8.0 6.8
New England.................... 8.7 7.3 6.4 8.4 7.1 6.0
Maine....................... 6.1 7.0 5.9 6.2 7.0 5.9
New Hampshire............... 7.3 6.4 5.8 7.2 6.4 5.8
Vermont..................... 7.7 7.1 6.2 7.8 7.0 6.2
Massachusetts............... 9.0 7.0 6.3 8.7 6.7 5.9
Rhode Island................12.7 9.9 7.3 12.4 9.6 6.8
Connecticut................. 8.6 7.8 6.7 8.2 7.4 6.0
Middle Atlantic................11.0 10.3 9.0 10.0 9.4 8.0
New York....................11.0 11.3 9.6 10.2 10.3 8.5
New Jersey.................. 9.9 8.3 8.0 8.9 7.3 6.9
Pennsylvania................11.6 10.1 8.8 10.4 9.2 8.0
East North Central............. 9.7 8.2 7.0 8.7 7.4 6.2
Ohio........................ 9.4 8.3 7.4 8.7 7.7 6.7
Indiana..................... 9.8 8.3 7.6 9.2 7.8 6.8
Illinois....................10.7 9.1 7.7 9.3 7.7 6.4
Michigan.................... 9.4 7.2 5.7 8.5 6.7 5.2
Wisconsin................... 7.8 7.3 6.3 7.5 7.0 5.7
West North Central............. 9.0 7.7 6.4 8.5 7.3 6.1
Minnesota................... 8.3 6.6 6.2 8.2 6.5 6.1
Iowa........................ 8.2 7.2 6.1 8.0 7.1 6.0
Missouri.................... 9.6 8.8 6.6 8.7 7.8 5.9
North Dakota................ 9.3 7.7 6.1 9.2 7.4 5.9
South Dakota................ 9.8 7.7 6.3 9.2 6.8 6.0
Nebraska.................... 8.5 8.3 7.3 8.1 7.9 7.0
Kansas...................... 9.5 8.0 6.5 9.1 7.5 6.0
South Atlantic.................12.1 11.1 9.4 9.9 9.2 7.5
Delaware....................10.7 8.8 7.4 9.7 7.7 5.8
Maryland....................10.1 8.8 8.2 8.4 7.0 6.6
District of Columbia........15.7 13.2 12.2 *8.6 *9.7 6.8
Virginia....................13.5 12.5 10.1 11.1 10.8 8.6
West Virginia...............11.0 9.3 7.9 10.6 9.2 7.8
North Carolina..............12.1 10.1 8.5 9.9 8.3 7.2
South Carolina..............13.7 12.4 10.3 10.3 9.0 7.6
Georgia.....................13.6 14.2 11.7 11.1 11.6 9.3
Florida.....................10.6 9.9 8.4 8.8 8.5 6.7
East South Central.............12.5 10.5 9.1 10.1 8.6 7.3
Kentucky....................10.4 9.4 8.1 9.7 9.0 7.6
Tennessee...................11.5 8.8 7.0 10.2 7.7 6.1
Alabama.....................12.6 11.3 10.6 9.7 8.9 8.2
Mississippi.................16.7 13.5 11.3 11.4 9.4 7.5
West South Central.............10.2 8.4 7.4 9.1 7.6 6.6
Arkansas....................11.3 8.7 7.9 9.3 7.3 6.8
Louisiana...................11.1 9.8 8.4 8.3 7.7 6.4
Oklahoma.................... 9.5 8.6 7.7 8.7 8.0 7.3
Texas....................... 9.9 7.9 7.0 9.3 7.5 6.6
Mountain....................... 9.4 8.0 6.9 9.1 7.8 6.7
Montana..................... 9.0 6.5 7.3 8.7 6.3 7.0
Idaho....................... 8.1 7.4 6.7 7.9 7.5 6.6
Wyoming.....................10.0 8.3 6.9 10.0 8.5 6.8
Colorado....................12.2 9.8 8.3 12.1 9.6 8.1
New Mexico.................. 9.1 7.7 4.9 8.6 7.3 4.9
Arizona..................... 8.6 7.8 6.5 8.2 7.3 6.2
Utah........................ 8.0 7.1 6.7 8.0 7.0 6.7
Nevada...................... 8.1 8.0 7.2 7.5 7.6 6.8
Pacific........................ 8.8 7.7 6.7 8.3 7.3 6.3
Washington.................. 8.0 7.4 5.9 7.9 7.3 5.8
Oregon...................... 8.4 6.8 6.2 8.3 6.8 6.3
California.................. 8.8 7.7 6.7 8.2 7.4 6.3
Alaska...................... 8.2 7.4 6.7 7.8 6.8 6.1
Hawaii......................12.7 11.4 8.5 14.6 14.0 8.9
Black
Geographic division
and State 1975-77 1980-82 1985-87
Fetal deaths1/ per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths
United States.................. 16.1 14.0 12.6
New England.................... 13.5 11.5 11.1
Maine....................... * * *
New Hampshire............... * * *
Vermont..................... * * *
Massachusetts............... 13.8 11.7 10.9
Rhode Island................ *19.1 *14.1 *13.1
Connecticut................. 12.4 11.0 11.3
Middle Atlantic................ 15.7 14.6 13.8
New York.................... 14.6 14.9 14.1
New Jersey.................. 14.3 12.5 12.7
Pennsylvania................ 19.8 15.9 13.9
East North Central............. 14.9 12.6 11.0
Ohio........................ 14.0 12.0 11.1
Indiana..................... 15.6 12.3 13.1
Illinois.................... 16.0 14.1 12.0
Michigan.................... 13.9 10.4 8.2
Wisconsin................... 13.2 13.2 12.6
West North Central............. 14.8 13.8 10.8
Minnesota................... *14.0 *10.4 9.9
Iowa........................ *15.9 *10.8 *9.4
Missouri.................... 14.6 14.6 10.6
North Dakota................ * * *
South Dakota................ * * *
Nebraska.................... *17.2 *14.2 *12.9
Kansas...................... 15.0 13.2 12.2
South Atlantic................. 17.5 15.8 14.1
Delaware.................... 13.8 12.5 12.7
Maryland.................... 14.9 13.1 12.2
District of Columbia........ 17.0 13.9 14.0
Virginia.................... 21.7 18.0 15.6
West Virginia............... *20.6 *13.5 *11.2
North Carolina.............. 17.0 14.2 11.9
South Carolina.............. 18.9 17.5 14.6
Georgia..................... 18.0 18.8 16.2
Florida..................... 15.7 14.1 13.7
East South Central............. 19.1 15.6 13.8
Kentucky.................... 17.4 13.3 13.6
Tennessee................... 16.3 12.8 9.7
Alabama..................... 18.1 15.7 15.2
Mississippi................. 22.3 18.0 15.7
West South Central............. 14.8 12.2 10.9
Arkansas.................... 17.6 12.9 11.2
Louisiana................... 15.4 13.6 11.7
Oklahoma.................... 15.4 14.3 11.8
Texas....................... 13.5 10.6 10.2
Mountain....................... 15.7 13.2 10.7
Montana..................... * * *
Idaho....................... * * *
Wyoming..................... * * *
Colorado.................... 17.9 15.0 11.5
New Mexico.................. *15.4 *15.6 *6.2
Arizona..................... *14.4 12.7 11.0
Utah........................ * * *
Nevada...................... *12.4 *12.0 10.4
Pacific........................ 13.8 11.6 11.5
Washington.................. 13.5 12.4 9.4
Oregon...................... *11.6 *9.2 *7.1
California.................. 13.9 11.5 11.8
Alaska...................... * *11.2 *7.1
Hawaii...................... *15.2 *15.3 *11.6
1/Deaths of fetuses of 20 weeks or more gestation.
*Data for States with fewer than 5,000 live births for the 3-year period are
considered unreliable. Data for States with fewer than 1,000 live births are
considered highly unreliable and are not shown.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics: Data computed by the Division
of Analysis from data compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics.
3Infant mortality,perinatal mort. ratios,ann.% change:cntry'81,87
Table 20. Infant mortality rates, perinatal mortality ratios, and average
annual percent change: Selected countries, 1981 and 1986
(Data are based on reporting by countries)
Infant mortality rate Perinatal mortality ratio
Average Average
annual annual
Country 19811/ 19863/ percent 19811/ 19863/ pecent
change change
Infant deaths per Perinatal deaths per
1,000 live births 1,000 live births
Japan........................7.1 5.2 -6.0 10.8 7.3 -7.5
Finland......................6.5 5.9 -1.9 7.9 6.4 -4.1
Sweden.......................6.9 5.9 -3.1 7.7 7.5 -0.5
Switzerland................. 7.6 6.8 -2.2 9.2 7.7 -3.5
Hong Kong....................9.4 7.7 -3.9 10.9 8.3 -5.3
Netherlands..................8.3 7.8 -1.2 10.8 9.8 -1.9
Canada.......................9.6 7.9 -3.8 10.8 8.5 -4.7
Norway.......................7.5 8.0 1.3 9.6 8.4 -2.6
France.......................9.7 8.0 -3.8 12.4 10.5 -3.3
Denmark......................7.9 8.2 0.7 9.1 8.4 -1.6
Federal Republic of Germany.11.6 8.5 -6.0 10.6 7.6 -6.4
Spain.......................12.1 8.5 -6.8 14.6 11.9 -9.7
Ireland.....................10.3 8.7 -3.3 13.6 12.4 -2.3
Australia...................10.0 8.9 -2.3 12.6 10.9 -2.9
Scotland....................11.3 8.9 -4.7 11.7 10.2 -2.7
German Democratic Republic..12.3 9.2 -5.6 13.7 9.9 -7.8
Singapore...................10.7 9.3 -2.8 12.7 10.3 -4.1
England and Wales...........11.0 9.6 -2.7 11.9 9.6 -4.2
Italy.......................14.1 9.8 -7.0 16.8 13.5 -5.3
Northern Ireland............13.2 10.2 -5.0 15.5 9.5 -9.3
Austria.....................12.7 10.3 -4.1 12.0 9.2 -5.2
United States...............11.9 10.4 -2.7 12.6 10.4 -3.8
New Zealand.................11.8 11.4 -0.7 10.9 8.7 -4.4
Israel......................15.6 11.4 -6.1 14.4 12.1 -5.6
Greece......................16.3 12.3 -5.5 18.6 14.9 -5.4
Czechoslovakia..............16.9 13.4 -4.5 16.4 12.4 -5.4
Cuba........................18.5 13.6 -6.0 22.7 19.1 -3.4
Trinidad and Tobago.........15.9 13.7 -3.7 13.0 --- ---
Puerto Rico.................18.5 13.7 -5.8 23.6 18.4 -4.9
Bulgaria....................18.9 14.7 -4.9 13.4 11.9 -2.3
Kuwait......................24.1 15.7 -8.2 19.9 18.7 -1.2
Portugal....................21.8 15.9 -6.1 23.0 18.4 -4.4
Belgium.....................11.5 16.1 7.0 13.3 11.3 -5.3
Poland......................20.6 17.5 -3.2 17.7 15.8 -2.2
Costa Rica..................19.1 17.8 -1.4 --- --- ---
Hungary.....................20.8 19.1 -1.7 21.2 18.3 -2.9
Chile.......................27.0 19.1 -6.7 17.8 14.1 -4.6
U.S.S.R.....................25.1 25.1 0.0 --- --- ---
Romania.....................28.6 25.6 -2.7 14.7 12.5 -4.0
1/Data for the U.S.S.R. are for 1983.
2/Data for Trinidad and Tobago are provisional for 1985; data for Romania are
for 1985. Data for Spain are provisional.
3/Data for the German Democratic Republic, Greece, Ireland, Italy, and
Romania are for 1985; data for Belgium and Israel are for 1984; and data for
Spain are for 1983.
NOTE: Rankings are from lowest to highest infant mortality rates based on the
latest data available for countries or geographic areas with at least
1 million population and with complete counts of live births and
infant deaths as indicated in the United Nations Demographic
SOURCES: World Health Organization: World Health Statistics
Annuals. Vols. 1983-1988. Geneva. United Nations: Demographic
Yearbook 1982 and 1986; Population and Vital Statistics Report.
April 1, 1989. New York
3Life expectancy at birth/age 65 according to sex:countries'81,8
Table 21. Life expectancy at birth and at 65 years of age, according to
sex: Selected countries, 1981 and 1986
(Data are based on reporting by countries)
At birthAt 65 years
19811/19862/19811/19862/
Male Life expectancy in years
Japan............................... 73.8 75.5 14.9 16.1
Greece.............................. 73.5 74.1 15.4 15.4
Sweden.............................. 73.1 74.0 14.4 14.9
Hong Kong........................... 73.4 73.8 15.8 14.9
Switzerland......................... 72.5 73.8 14.4 15.1
Israel.............................. 72.8 73.4 14.7 14.9
Spain............................... 72.6 73.2 14.8 15.2
Netherlands......................... 72.8 73.1 14.1 14.1
Canada.............................. 71.9 73.1 14.7 15.0
Australia........................... 71.4 73.0 14.0 14.9
Norway.............................. 72.7 72.9 14.3 14.5
Cuba................................ 72.2 72.7 15.8 15.8
England and Wales................... 71.2 72.6 13.1 13.9
Costa Rica.......................... 71.0 72.0 14.8 14.2
Denmark............................. 71.4 71.9 13.7 14.1
Federal Republic of Germany......... 70.2 71.9 13.1 13.8
Kuwait.............................. 69.0 71.9 12.5 13.9
France.............................. 70.9 71.8 14.3 14.7
Italy............................... 71.1 71.3 14.0 13.7
United States....................... 70.4 71.3 14.3 14.7
New Zealand......................... 70.5 71.1 13.5 13.9
Northern Ireland.................... 68.4 71.1 11.9 13.0
Austria............................. 69.3 71.0 13.0 14.0
Singapore........................... 69.1 71.0 12.6 13.4
Belgium............................. 70.0 70.9 13.0 13.6
Ireland............................. 70.1 70.8 12.5 12.4
Finland............................. 69.6 70.6 13.0 13.5
Puerto Rico....................... 70.8 70.2 16.1 15.0
Portugal........................... 68.2 70.2 13.2 14.1
Trinidad and Tobago............... --- 70.2 --- 15.0
Scotland............................ 69.1 70.1 12.2 12.6
German Democratic Republic........ 69.0 69.5 12.3 12.4
Chile............................. 67.8 68.9 13.3 13.3
Bulgaria............................ 68.9 68.6 13.0 12.7
Czechoslovakia...................... 67.0 67.3 11.7 11.7
Romania............................. 66.8 67.1 12.9 12.8
Poland.............................. 67.1 66.7 12.7 12.3
Hungary............................. 65.5 65.3 11.6 11.9
U.S.S.R........................... --- 64.2 --- 12.3
Female
Japan................................ 79.1 81.6 17.9 20.0
Switzerland......................... 79.4 80.6 18.5 19.4
Sweden............................... 79.3 80.2 18.2 19.0
France.............................. 79.1 80.0 18.7 19.2
Norway.............................. 79.5 79.9 18.4 19.0
Canada.............................. 79.3 79.9 19.3 19.3
Netherlands......................... 79.6 79.8 18.8 18.9
Spain............................... 78.8 79.8 18.1 18.7
Australia........................... 78.7 79.6 18.4 18.9
Hong Kong........................... 79.4 79.2 19.4 18.2
Finland............................. 78.2 78.9 17.1 17.7
Greece.............................. 78.0 78.9 17.5 17.7
Italy............................... 77.8 78.9 17.3 17.7
Federal Republic of Germany......... 76.9 78.5 16.9 17.7
United States....................... 77.8 78.3 18.6 18.6
England and Wales................... 77.2 78.3 17.2 17.9
Denmark............................. 77.6 77.8 17.9 18.1
Austria............................. 76.4 77.8 16.4 17.3
Belgium............................. 76.8 77.7 16.9 17.8
New Zealand......................... 77.0 77.5 17.5 17.8
Puerto Rico......................... 77.7 77.2 19.7 17.3
Northern Ireland.................... 75.0 77.2 15.7 16.9
Trinidad and Tobago................. --- 77.2 --- 17.3
Portugal............................ 75.2 77.1 16.2 17.3
Israel.............................. 76.0 77.0 16.1 16.4
Costa Rica.......................... 76.0 76.6 16.6 17.1
Ireland............................. 75.8 76.4 15.8 16.0
Singapore........................... 74.5 76.4 15.5 16.5
Scotland............................ 75.3 76.3 16.0 16.4
Cuba................................ 75.9 76.1 17.9 17.4
German Democratic Republic.......... 74.8 75.4 15.1 15.3
Chile............................... 74.7 75.4 16.8 16.5
Poland.............................. 75.4 75.1 16.4 15.9
Kuwait.............................. 73.8 74.9 15.2 15.4
Czechoslovakia...................... 74.5 74.8 15.0 15.0
Bulgaria............................ 74.4 74.7 15.1 14.9
Hungary............................. 73.0 73.3 14.8 15.1
U.S.S.R............................. --- 73.3 --- 15.8
Romania............................. 72.4 72.7 14.7 14.7
1/Data for Belgium are for 1979-1982; data for Costa Rica and Northern
Ireland are for 1980; data for Chile and Kuwait are for 1982; and data for
Switzerland are for 1981-1982.
2/Data for Chile, the German Democratic Republic, Hong Kong, Italy, and
Puerto Rico are for 1985; data for England and Wales and Northern Ireland
are for 1987; data for Romania and Spain are for 1984; data for the
U.S.S.R. are for 1985-1986; and data for Trinidad and Tobago are for 1983.
NOTES: Rankings are from highest to lowest life expectancy based on the
latest available data for countries or geographic areas with at
least 1 million population. This table is based on official
mortality data from the country concerned, as submitted to the
United Nations Demographic Yearbook or the World Health
Statistics Annual.
SOURCES: World Health Organization: World Health Statistics Annuals. Vols.
1982-1985, 1987, and 1988. Geneva. United Nations: Demographic
Yearbook 1985-1987. New York. National Center for Health
Statistics: Vital Statistics of the United States, 1981, Vol. II,
Mortality, Part A. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 86-11-1. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986;
Vital Statistics of the United States, 1986, Vol. II, Mortality,
Part A. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 88-1122. Public Health Service.
Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988.
3Death rates all causes death by sex/race:U.S.select years '50-87
Table 22. Death rates for all causes, according to sex, race, and age:
United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted.... 840.5 760.9 714.3 585.8
All ages, crude........... 963.8 954.7 945.3 878.3
Under 1 year.................... 3,299.2 2,696.4 2,142.4 1,288.3
1-4 years....................... 139.4 109.1 84.5 63.9
5-14 years...................... 60.1 46.6 41.3 30.6
15-24 years..................... 128.1 106.3 127.7 115.4
25-34 years..................... 178.7 146.4 157.4 135.5
35-44 years..................... 358.7 299.4 314.5 227.9
45-54 years..................... 853.9 756.0 730.0 584.0
55-64 years..................... 1,911.7 1,735.1 1,658.8 1,346.3
65-74 years..................... 4,067.7 3,822.1 3,582.7 2,994.9
75-84 years..................... 9,331.1 8,745.2 8,004.4 6,692.6
85 years and over............... 20,196.9 19,857.5 16,344.9 15,980.3
White male
All ages, age adjusted...... 963.1 917.7 893.4 745.3
All ages, crude............. 1,089.5 1,098.5 1,086.7 983.3
Under 1 year.................... 3,400.5 2,694.1 2,113.2 1,230.3
1-4 years....................... 135.5 104.9 83.6 66.1
5-14 years...................... 67.2 52.7 48.0 35.0
15-24 years..................... 152.4 143.7 170.8 167.0
25-34 years..................... 185.3 163.2 176.6 171.3
35-44 years..................... 380.9 332.6 343.5 257.4
45-54 years..................... 984.5 932.2 882.9 698.9
55-64 years..................... 2,304.4 2,225.2 2,202.6 1,728.5
65-74 years..................... 4,864.9 4,848.4 4,810.1 4,035.7
75-84 years..................... 10,526.3 10,299.6 10,098.8 8,829.8
85 years and over............... 22,116.3 21,750.0 18,551.7 19,097.3
Black male
All ages, age adjusted...... 1,373.1 1,246.1 1,318.6 1,112.8
All ages, crude............. 1,260.3 1,181.7 1,186.6 1,034.1
Under 1 year.................... --- 5,306.8 4,298.9 2,586.7
1-4 years....................... --- 208.5 150.5 110.5
5-14 years...................... 95.1 75.1 67.1 47.4
15-24 years..................... 289.7 212.0 320.6 209.1
25-34 years..................... 503.5 402.5 559.5 407.3
35-44 years..................... 878.1 762.0 956.6 689.8
45-54 years..................... 1,905.0 1,624.8 1,777.5 1,479.9
55-64 years..................... 3,773.2 3,316.4 3,256.9 2,873.0
65-74 years..................... 5,310.3 5,798.7 5,803.2 5,131.1
75-84 years..................... --- 8,605.1 9,454.9 9,231.6
85 years and over............... --- 14,844.8 12,222.3 16,098.8
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White female
All ages, age adjusted...... 645.0 555.0 501.7 411.1
All ages, crude............. 803.3 800.9 812.6 806.1
Under 1 year.................... 2,566.8 2,007.7 1,614.6 962.5
1-4 years....................... 112.2 85.2 66.1 49.3
5-14 years...................... 45.1 34.7 29.9 22.9
15-24 years..................... 71.5 54.9 61.6 55.5
25-34 years..................... 112.8 85.0 84.1 65.4
35-44 years..................... 235.8 191.1 193.3 138.2
45-54 years..................... 546.4 458.8 462.9 372.7
55-64 years..................... 1,293.8 1,078.9 1,014.9 876.2
65-74 years..................... 3,242.8 2,779.3 2,470.7 2,066.6
75-84 years..................... 8,481.5 7,696.6 6,698.7 5,401.7
85 years and over............... 19,679.5 19,477.7 15,980.2 14,979.6
Black female
All ages, age adjusted...... 1,106.7 916.9 814.4 631.1
All ages, crude............. 1,002.0 905.0 829.2 733.3
Under 1 year.................... --- 4,162.2 3,368.8 2,123.7
1-4 years....................... --- 173.3 129.4 84.4
5-14 years...................... 72.8 53.8 43.8 30.5
15-24 years..................... 213.1 107.5 111.9 70.5
25-34 years..................... 393.3 273.2 231.0 150.0
35-44 years..................... 758.1 568.5 533.0 323.9
45-54 years..................... 1,576.4 1,177.0 1,043.9 768.2
55-64 years..................... 3,089.4 2,510.9 1,986.2 1,561.0
65-74 years..................... 4,000.2 4,064.2 3,860.9 3,057.4
75-84 years..................... --- 6,730.0 6,691.5 6,212.1
85 years and over............... --- 13,052.6 10,706.6 12,367.2
Sex, race, and age 1981 1982 1983 1984
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted.... 568.2 553.8 550.5 545.9
All ages, crude........... 862.4 852.0 862.8 862.3
Under 1 year.................... 1,207.3 1,164.2 1,107.3 1,085.6
1-4 years....................... 60.2 57.6 55.9 51.9
5-14 years...................... 29.4 28.3 26.9 26.7
15-24 years..................... 107.1 101.0 96.0 96.8
25-34 years..................... 132.1 125.2 121.4 121.1
35-44 years..................... 221.3 207.4 201.9 204.8
45-54 years..................... 573.5 549.7 535.7 521.1
55-64 years..................... 1,322.1 1,297.9 1,299.5 1,287.8
65-74 years..................... 2,922.3 2,885.2 2,874.3 2,848.1
75-84 years..................... 6,429.9 6,329.8 6,441.5 6,399.3
85 years and over...............15,379.7 15,048.3 15,168.0 15,223.6
White male
All ages, age adjusted...... 724.4 706.0 698.4 689.9
All ages, crude............. 965.1 951.8 957.4 951.1
Under 1 year.................... 1,182.0 1,135.5 1,052.9 1,038.4
1-4 years....................... 60.5 58.2 57.3 51.8
5-14 years...................... 34.2 32.5 31.1 30.5
15-24 years..................... 154.5 145.6 137.0 138.8
25-34 years..................... 167.3 158.7 154.8 154.3
35-44 years..................... 252.4 238.6 232.9 235.1
45-54 years..................... 686.5 659.9 636.5 617.9
55-64 years..................... 1,692.0 1,654.6 1,642.9 1,625.5
65-74 years..................... 3,926.9 3,859.8 3,816.1 3,745.3
75-84 years..................... 8,565.2 8,444.7 8,556.9 8,459.1
85 years and over...............18,454.0 18,123.1 18,443.3 18,552.7
Black male
All ages, age adjusted...... 1,067.7 1,035.0 1,019.6 1,011.7
All ages, crude............. 991.6 960.4 963.3 958.1
Under 1 year.................... 2,164.8 2,168.9 2,243.4 2,136.6
1-4 years....................... 105.3 93.4 96.8 85.2
5-14 years...................... 45.2 44.4 40.9 42.4
15-24 years..................... 186.7 175.4 165.0 163.9
25-34 years..................... 387.1 360.3 335.8 335.6
35-44 years..................... 667.9 606.7 586.5 616.0
45-54 years..................... 1,432.5 1,352.1 1,287.3 1,273.5
55-64 years..................... 2,804.1 2,758.1 2,713.1 2,658.3
65-74 years..................... 5,046.3 5,040.1 4,949.3 4,874.5
75-84 years..................... 8,635.1 8,477.2 9,100.0 9,023.1
85 years and over...............15,396.4 15,117.9 14,155.6 14,642.9
::
White female
All ages, age adjusted...... 401.4 393.3 392.7 391.3
All ages, crude............. 799.6 797.9 815.3 822.3
Under 1 year.................... 935.4 895.2 837.6 818.5
1-4 years....................... 47.7 47.0 43.9 41.6
5-14 years...................... 21.6 21.2 19.7 20.0
15-24 years..................... 53.2 49.5 48.3 49.6
25-34 years..................... 64.7 61.3 60.1 59.5
35-44 years..................... 133.6 127.7 123.4 123.9
45-54 years..................... 370.9 355.1 351.0 341.9
55-64 years..................... 869.4 859.8 867.8 864.9
65-74 years..................... 2,032.8 2,022.9 2,024.7 2,032.5
75-84 years..................... 5,176.3 5,100.7 5,162.2 5,140.0
85 years and over...............14,438.2 14,123.9 14,278.3 14,319.6
Black female
All ages, age adjusted...... 599.1 581.4 590.4 585.3
All ages, crude............. 707.3 692.4 711.2 712.0
Under 1 year.................... 1,823.4 1,760.1 1,818.6 1,789.1
1-4 years....................... 81.6 76.4 73.6 72.2
5-14 years...................... 30.0 29.4 28.0 27.8
15-24 years..................... 64.0 63.5 65.6 61.6
25-34 years..................... 141.1 134.8 130.0 130.6
35-44 years..................... 306.1 282.7 276.1 285.7
45-54 years..................... 723.9 693.1 685.8 655.0
55-64 years..................... 1,527.9 1,498.3 1,526.3 1,489.7
65-74 years..................... 2,929.7 2,863.0 2,930.6 2,907.4
75-84 years..................... 5,822.3 5,708.5 6,064.6 6,184.1
85 years and over...............11,933.0 11,660.0 11,329.5 11,439.1
Sex, race, and age 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted.... 546.1 541.7 535.5
All ages, crude........... 873.9 873.2 872.4
Under 1 year.................... 1,067.8 1,032.1 1,018.5
1-4 years....................... 51.4 52.0 51.6
5-14 years...................... 26.3 26.0 25.6
15-24 years..................... 95.9 102.3 99.4
25-34 years..................... 123.4 132.1 133.2
35-44 years..................... 207.2 212.9 214.1
45-54 years..................... 516.3 504.8 498.0
55-64 years..................... 1,282.7 1,255.1 1,241.3
65-74 years..................... 2,838.6 2,801.4 2,751.3
75-84 years..................... 6,445.1 6,348.2 6,282.5
85 years and over...............15,480.3 15,398.9 15,320.8
White male
All ages, age adjusted...... 688.7 679.8 668.2
All ages, crude............. 960.0 954.4 947.8
Under 1 year.................... 1,033.9 976.6 942.1
1-4 years....................... 52.4 52.2 52.0
5-14 years...................... 29.9 29.9 30.0
15-24 years..................... 136.3 145.9 137.3
25-34 years..................... 157.1 168.8 167.8
35-44 years..................... 241.4 248.4 249.6
45-54 years..................... 608.8 592.2 582.8
55-64 years..................... 1,614.3 1,573.1 1,552.8
65-74 years..................... 3,716.8 3,634.8 3,548.4
75-84 years..................... 8,500.4 8,341.7 8,212.2
85 years and over...............18,788.9 18,576.1 18,434.9
Black male
All ages, age adjusted...... 1,024.0 1,026.9 1,023.2
All ages, crude............. 976.8 987.7 989.5
Under 1 year.................... 2,134.8 2,181.7 2,211.4
1-4 years....................... 89.0 90.9 90.5
5-14 years...................... 41.3 42.0 42.5
15-24 years..................... 174.1 190.5 203.9
25-34 years..................... 374.4 385.6 389.8
35-44 years..................... 641.8 675.9 701.5
45-54 years..................... 1,283.3 1,266.5 1,263.6
55-64 years..................... 2,623.1 2,545.5 2,464.7
65-74 years..................... 4,888.7 4,789.9 4,737.6
75-84 years..................... 9,298.4 9,290.8 9,240.7
85 years and over...............15,046.2 15,488.1 15,226.1
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White female
All ages, age adjusted...... 390.6 387.7 384.1
All ages, crude............. 837.1 840.7 845.5
Under 1 year.................... 786.9 759.1 742.9
1-4 years....................... 39.7 40.7 40.5
5-14 years...................... 19.4 18.6 17.9
15-24 years..................... 48.4 50.4 49.1
25-34 years..................... 58.9 60.4 62.6
35-44 years..................... 121.2 121.3 119.3
45-54 years..................... 339.5 330.3 325.7
55-64 years..................... 864.1 853.3 848.5
65-74 years..................... 2,028.3 2,031.8 2,001.8
75-84 years..................... 5,171.4 5,108.7 5,075.2
85 years and over...............14,579.4 14,502.9 14,486.9
Black female
All ages, age adjusted...... 589.1 588.2 586.2
All ages, crude............. 727.7 733.9 737.3
Under 1 year.................... 1,756.6 1,731.1 1,791.5
1-4 years....................... 70.3 76.5 73.5
5-14 years...................... 28.1 26.9 25.0
15-24 years..................... 59.5 64.3 67.9
25-34 years..................... 136.3 146.5 150.0
35-44 years..................... 278.4 290.2 295.9
45-54 years..................... 654.0 654.6 646.3
55-64 years..................... 1,501.7 1,469.8 1,445.0
65-74 years..................... 2,925.7 2,892.3 2,874.5
75-84 years..................... 6,252.0 6,148.8 6,145.7
85 years and over...............12,154.7 12,510.3 12,313.2
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data
computed by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Age adjusted death rate for select causes by sex/race:U.S.'50-87
Table 23. Age-adjusted death rates for selected causes of death, according to
sex and race: United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and cause of death 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All causes........................... 840.5 760.9 714.3 585.8
Diseases of heart.......................... 307.2 286.2 253.6 202.0
Ischemic heart disease................... --- --- --- 149.8
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 88.6 79.7 66.3 40.8
Malignant neoplasms........................ 125.3 125.8 129.8 132.8
Respiratory system....................... 12.8 19.2 28.4 36.4
Colorectal............................... 19.0 17.7 16.8 15.5
Prostate2/............................... 13.4 13.1 13.3 14.4
Breast3/................................. 22.2 22.3 23.1 22.7
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 4.4 8.2 13.2 15.9
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 26.2 28.0 22.1 12.9
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 8.5 10.5 14.7 12.2
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 14.3 13.6 14.1 10.1
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 57.5 49.9 53.7 42.3
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 23.3 22.5 27.4 22.9
Suicide.................................... 11.0 10.6 11.8 11.4
Homicide and legal intervention............ 5.4 5.2 9.1 10.8
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
White male
All causes............................. 963.1 917.7 893.4 745.3
Diseases of heart.......................... 381.1 375.4 347.6 277.5
Ischemic heart disease................... --- --- --- 218.0
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 87.0 80.3 68.8 41.9
Malignant neoplasms........................ 130.9 141.6 154.3 160.5
Respiratory system....................... 21.6 34.6 49.9 58.0
Colorectal............................... 19.8 18.9 18.9 18.3
Prostate................................. 13.1 12.4 12.3 13.2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 6.0 13.8 24.0 26.7
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 27.1 31.0 26.0 16.2
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 11.6 14.4 18.8 15.7
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 11.3 11.6 12.7 9.5
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 80.9 70.5 76.2 62.3
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 35.9 34.0 40.1 34.8
Suicide.................................... 18.1 17.5 18.2 18.9
Homicide and legal intervention............ 3.9 3.9 7.3 10.9
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
Black male
All causes............................. 1,373.1 1,246.1 1,318.6 1,112.8
Diseases of heart.......................... 415.5 381.2 375.9 327.3
Ischemic heart disease................... --- --- --- 196.0
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 146.2 141.2 122.5 77.5
Malignant neoplasms........................ 126.1 158.5 198.0 229.9
Respiratory system....................... 16.9 36.6 60.8 82.0
Colorectal............................... 13.8 15.0 17.3 19.2
Prostate................................. 16.9 22.2 25.4 29.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... --- --- --- 20.9
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 63.8 70.2 53.8 28.0
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 8.8 14.8 33.1 30.6
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 11.5 16.2 21.2 17.7
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 105.7 100.0 119.5 82.0
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 39.8 38.2 50.1 32.9
Suicide.................................... 7.0 7.8 9.9 11.1
Homicide and legal intervention............ 51.1 44.9 82.1 71.9
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
White female
All causes............................. 645.0 555.0 501.7 411.1
Diseases of heart.......................... 223.6 197.1 167.8 134.6
Ischemic heart disease................... --- --- --- 97.4
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 79.7 68.7 56.2 35.2
Malignant neoplasms........................ 119.4 109.5 107.6 107.7
Respiratory system....................... 4.6 5.1 10.1 18.2
Colorectal............................... 19.0 17.0 15.3 13.3
Breast................................... 22.5 22.4 23.4 22.8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 2.8 3.3 5.3 9.2
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 18.9 19.0 15.0 9.4
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 5.8 6.6 8.7 7.0
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 16.4 13.7 12.8 8.7
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 30.6 25.5 27.2 21.4
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 10.6 11.1 14.4 12.3
Suicide.................................... 5.3 5.3 7.2 5.7
Homicide and legal intervention............ 1.4 1.5 2.2 3.2
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
Black female
All causes............................. 1,106.7 916.9 814.4 631.1
Diseases of heart.......................... 349.5 292.6 251.7 201.1
Ischemic heart disease................... --- --- --- 116.1
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 155.6 139.5 107.9 61.7
Malignant neoplasms........................ 131.9 127.8 123.5 129.7
Respiratory system....................... 4.1 5.5 10.9 19.5
Colorectal............................... 15.0 15.4 16.1 15.3
Breast................................... 19.3 21.3 21.5 23.3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... --- --- --- 6.3
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 50.4 43.9 29.2 12.7
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 5.7 8.9 17.8 14.4
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 22.7 27.3 30.9 22.1
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 38.5 35.9 35.3 25.1
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 10.3 10.0 13.8 8.4
Suicide.................................... 1.7 1.9 2.9 2.4
Homicide and legal intervention............ 11.7 11.8 15.0 13.7
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
Sex, race, and cause of death 1981 1982 1983 1984
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All causes........................... 568.2 553.8 550.5 545.9
Diseases of heart.......................... 195.0 190.5 188.8 183.6
Ischemic heart disease................... 143.4 139.3 135.2 129.7
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 38.1 35.8 34.4 33.4
Malignant neoplasms........................ 131.6 132.5 132.6 133.5
Respiratory system....................... 36.6 37.5 37.9 38.4
Colorectal............................... 15.1 15.0 14.9 15.0
Prostate2/............................... 14.3 14.4 14.6 14.5
Breast3/................................. 22.7 22.8 22.7 23.2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 16.3 16.2 17.4 17.7
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 12.3 10.9 11.8 12.2
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 11.4 10.5 10.2 10.0
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 9.8 9.6 9.9 9.5
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 39.8 36.6 35.3 35.0
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 21.8 19.3 18.5 19.1
Suicide.................................... 11.5 11.6 11.4 11.6
Homicide and legal intervention............ 10.4 9.7 8.6 8.4
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
White male
All causes............................. 724.4 706.0 698.4 689.9
Diseases of heart.......................... 268.8 262.1 257.8 249.5
Ischemic heart disease................... 209.1 203.0 195.7 187.0
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 38.9 36.6 35.2 33.9
Malignant neoplasms........................ 158.3 159.4 158.9 159.0
Respiratory system....................... 57.8 58.5 58.0 58.4
Colorectal............................... 17.9 17.7 17.8 17.8
Prostate................................. 13.1 13.2 13.4 13.3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 26.8 26.2 27.6 27.6
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 15.6 14.3 15.3 15.8
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 14.8 14.1 13.4 13.2
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.0
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 59.1 54.1 51.8 51.3
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 33.4 29.3 27.8 28.4
Suicide.................................... 18.9 19.4 19.3 19.7
Homicide and legal intervention............ 10.3 9.5 8.4 8.2
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
Black male
All causes............................. 1,067.7 1,035.0 1,019.6 1,011.7
Diseases of heart.......................... 316.7 309.4 308.2 300.1
Ischemic heart disease................... 188.8 182.2 175.8 168.5
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 72.7 68.9 64.2 62.8
Malignant neoplasms........................ 232.0 235.2 232.2 234.9
Respiratory system....................... 84.1 85.8 83.3 85.9
Colorectal............................... 19.1 19.6 19.0 19.9
Prostate................................. 29.9 29.1 29.9 29.7
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 21.4 20.6 22.2 22.8
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 26.4 23.2 24.3 25.2
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 27.3 23.5 22.8 22.5
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 16.8 16.1 17.7 17.6
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 74.7 68.3 66.2 64.7
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 30.7 27.2 26.4 27.2
Suicide.................................... 11.0 10.8 10.5 11.2
Homicide and legal intervention............ 69.2 62.3 53.8 50.8
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
White female
All causes............................. 401.4 393.3 392.7 391.3
Diseases of heart.......................... 129.8 127.4 126.7 124.0
Ischemic heart disease................... 93.2 90.9 89.0 86.0
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 33.1 31.0 29.6 28.9
Malignant neoplasms........................ 107.2 108.2 108.5 109.9
Respiratory system....................... 18.8 20.0 21.0 21.6
Colorectal............................... 12.9 12.7 12.5 12.8
Breast................................... 22.8 22.8 22.7 23.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 9.8 10.0 11.3 11.8
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 9.0 7.6 8.6 8.8
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 6.7 6.1 6.0 5.9
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 8.4 8.3 8.6 8.0
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 20.2 18.7 18.3 18.5
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 11.7 10.5 10.3 10.9
Suicide.................................... 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.6
Homicide and legal intervention............ 3.1 3.1 2.8 2.9
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
Black female
All causes............................. 599.1 581.4 590.4 585.3
Diseases of heart.......................... 191.2 186.3 191.5 186.6
Ischemic heart disease................... 110.1 106.9 106.8 102.6
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 58.1 54.7 53.8 51.8
Malignant neoplasms........................ 127.1 128.7 129.8 131.0
Respiratory system....................... 20.1 20.4 22.0 21.4
Colorectal............................... 15.3 15.5 15.1 15.3
Breast................................... 23.7 24.6 24.4 26.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 6.3 7.3 7.6 8.1
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 11.3 10.1 10.2 11.3
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 12.7 10.9 10.8 10.3
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 21.3 19.8 21.1 20.5
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 21.6 20.8 21.9 20.1
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.6
Suicide.................................... 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.3
Homicide and legal intervention............ 12.9 12.0 11.2 11.0
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- --- ---
Sex, race, and cause of death 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All causes........................... 546.1 541.7 535.5
Diseases of heart.......................... 180.5 175.0 169.6
Ischemic heart disease................... 125.5 118.8 113.9
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 32.3 31.0 30.3
Malignant neoplasms........................ 133.6 133.2 132.9
Respiratory system....................... 38.8 39.0 39.7
Colorectal............................... 14.8 14.4 14.3
Prostate2/............................... 14.6 15.0 14.9
Breast3/................................. 23.2 23.1 22.9
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 18.7 18.8 18.7
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 13.4 13.5 13.1
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 9.6 9.2 9.1
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 9.6 9.6 9.8
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 34.7 35.2 34.6
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 18.8 19.4 19.5
Suicide.................................... 11.5 11.9 11.7
Homicide and legal intervention............ 8.3 9.0 8.6
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- 5.5
White male
All causes............................. 688.7 679.8 668.2
Diseases of heart.......................... 244.5 234.8 225.9
Ischemic heart disease................... 180.8 169.9 161.7
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 32.8 31.1 30.3
Malignant neoplasms........................ 159.2 158.8 158.4
Respiratory system....................... 58.2 58.0 58.6
Colorectal............................... 17.6 17.2 17.1
Prostate................................. 13.3 13.8 13.7
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 28.5 28.1 27.4
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 17.4 17.5 16.8
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 12.6 12.2 12.1
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 9.2 9.1 9.5
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 50.4 51.1 49.7
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 27.6 28.7 28.4
Suicide.................................... 19.9 20.5 20.1
Homicide and legal intervention............ 8.1 8.4 7.7
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- 8.3
Black male
All causes............................. 1,024.0 1,026.9 1,023.2
Diseases of heart.......................... 301.0 294.3 287.1
Ischemic heart disease................... 164.9 153.9 150.8
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 60.8 58.9 57.1
Malignant neoplasms........................ 231.6 229.0 227.9
Respiratory system....................... 84.4 83.9 84.2
Colorectal............................... 19.5 19.3 19.7
Prostate................................. 30.2 30.1 30.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 23.9 24.6 24.0
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 26.8 27.2 26.4
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 23.4 20.8 22.0
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 17.7 17.9 18.3
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 66.7 66.9 66.8
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 27.7 29.2 28.5
Suicide.................................... 11.3 11.5 12.0
Homicide and legal intervention............ 49.9 55.9 53.8
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- 25.4
White female
All causes............................. 390.6 387.7 384.1
Diseases of heart.......................... 121.7 119.0 116.3
Ischemic heart disease................... 82.9 79.5 76.9
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 27.9 27.1 26.3
Malignant neoplasms........................ 110.3 110.1 109.7
Respiratory system....................... 22.6 23.1 23.8
Colorectal............................... 12.3 12.0 11.8
Breast................................... 23.3 23.0 22.8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 12.9 13.3 13.7
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 9.8 9.9 9.7
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 5.6 5.4 5.1
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 8.1 8.1 8.1
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 18.4 18.4 18.6
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 10.8 11.0 11.4
Suicide.................................... 5.3 5.4 5.3
Homicide and legal intervention............ 2.9 2.9 2.9
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- 0.6
Black female
All causes............................. 589.1 588.2 586.2
Diseases of heart.......................... 186.8 185.1 180.8
Ischemic heart disease................... 100.8 97.0 93.6
Cerebrovascular diseases................... 50.3 47.6 46.7
Malignant neoplasms........................ 130.4 132.1 132.0
Respiratory system....................... 22.5 23.3 24.3
Colorectal............................... 16.1 15.2 15.5
Breast................................... 25.3 25.8 26.5
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases..... 8.7 8.9 9.5
Pneumonia and influenza.................... 12.4 13.1 12.2
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis........ 10.1 9.3 9.1
Diabetes mellitus.......................... 21.1 21.4 21.3
Accidents and adverse effects.............. 20.7 21.0 21.0
Motor vehicle accidents.................. 8.2 8.5 8.7
Suicide.................................... 2.1 2.4 2.1
Homicide and legal intervention............ 10.8 11.8 12.3
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).. --- --- 4.7
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
2/Male only.
3/Female only.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based on
the then current International Classification of Diseases, which
are described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics Rates in the
United States, 1940-1960, by R. D. Grove and A. M. Hetzel. DHEW Pub.
No. (PHS) 1677. Public Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government
Printing Office, 1968; Unpublished data from the Division of Vital
Statistics; Vital Statistics of the United States, Vol. II,
Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health Service. Washington. U.S.
Government Printing Office; Data computed by the Division of Analysis
from data compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics and from
table 1.
3Crude death rate,# deaths,rank select causes:sex/race:U.S.'50-87
Table 24. Crude death rates, numbers of deaths, and rank for selected
causes of death, according to sex and race: United States, 1985-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and cause of death 1985 1986 1987
Deaths per 100,000
All races resident population
All causes.................................. 873.9 873.2 872.4
Diseases of heart........................... 323.0 317.5 312.4
Ischemic heart disease.................... 224.8 216.0 210.4
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 64.1 62.1 61.6
Malignant neoplasms......................... 193.3 194.7 195.9
Respiratory system........................ 53.3 54.1 55.5
Colorectal................................ 23.6 23.2 23.1
Prostate1/................................ 22.3 23.2 23.5
Breast2/.................................. 32.7 32.8 32.8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 31.3 31.8 32.2
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 28.3 29.0 28.4
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 11.2 10.9 10.8
Diabetes mellitus........................... 15.5 15.4 15.8
Accidents and adverse effects............... 39.1 39.5 39.0
Motor vehicle accidents................... 19.2 19.9 19.8
Suicide..................................... 12.3 12.8 12.7
Homicide and legal intervention............. 8.3 9.0 8.7
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 5.5
White male
All causes.................................. 960.0 954.4 947.8
Diseases of heart........................... 358.9 348.6 340.1
Ischemic heart disease.................... 264.8 251.6 243.0
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 52.5 50.5 49.9
Malignant neoplasms......................... 217.2 218.8 220.5
Respiratory system........................ 77.3 77.8 79.1
Colorectal................................ 25.0 24.6 24.8
Prostate.................................. 21.7 22.8 23.0
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 43.5 43.4 43.0
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 29.3 29.9 29.1
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 14.5 14.1 14.1
Diabetes mellitus........................... 12.9 12.8 13.5
Accidents and adverse effects............... 54.4 55.0 53.6
Motor vehicle accidents................... 28.2 29.2 28.8
Suicide..................................... 21.5 22.3 22.1
Homicide and legal intervention............. 8.2 8.6 7.9
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 8.6
Black male
All causes.................................. 976.8 987.7 989.5
Diseases of heart........................... 285.0 281.3 276.1
Ischemic heart disease.................... 156.6 147.6 145.5
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 58.5 57.1 55.7
Malignant neoplasms......................... 212.2 211.4 212.2
Respiratory system........................ 74.5 74.6 75.5
Colorectal................................ 18.3 18.5 18.7
Prostate.................................. 31.2 31.4 31.8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 23.1 23.8 23.5
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 26.8 27.6 26.9
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 19.1 17.3 18.3
Diabetes mellitus........................... 16.3 16.5 16.9
Accidents and adverse effects............... 64.0 65.0 64.9
Motor vehicle accidents................... 26.7 28.6 27.7
Suicide..................................... 10.8 11.1 11.6
Homicide and legal intervention............. 48.4 55.0 53.3
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 23.4
White female
All causes.................................. 837.1 840.7 845.5
Diseases of heart........................... 320.7 319.0 317.1
Ischemic heart disease.................... 220.1 214.6 211.2
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 78.1 76.2 75.8
Malignant neoplasms......................... 183.7 185.6 186.9
Respiratory system........................ 34.6 35.9 37.5
Colorectal................................ 24.7 24.2 24.0
Breast.................................... 34.6 34.6 34.5
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 25.4 26.6 27.9
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 30.3 31.0 30.9
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 7.6 7.5 7.2
Diabetes mellitus........................... 16.9 16.7 17.0
Accidents and adverse effects............... 24.2 24.4 24.6
Motor vehicle accidents................... 11.4 11.5 11.9
Suicide..................................... 5.6 5.9 5.7
Homicide and legal intervention............. 2.9 3.0 3.0
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 0.6
Black female
All causes.................................. 727.7 733.9 737.3
Diseases of heart........................... 248.1 250.8 248.3
Ischemic heart disease.................... 136.4 134.3 131.4
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 68.0 65.0 64.3
Malignant neoplasms......................... 143.9 146.7 147.8
Respiratory system........................ 23.3 24.3 25.4
Colorectal................................ 19.7 18.7 19.0
Breast.................................... 25.6 26.2 27.2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 9.9 10.1 11.1
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 17.6 18.6 17.7
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 9.5 8.7 8.6
Diabetes mellitus........................... 25.5 26.0 26.3
Accidents and adverse effects............... 22.7 23.0 23.1
Motor vehicle accidents................... 8.3 8.5 8.8
Suicide..................................... 2.1 2.3 2.1
Homicide and legal intervention............. 11.0 12.1 12.6
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 4.7
Sex, race, and cause of death 1985 1986 1987
All races Number
All causes..................................2,086,440 2,105,361 2,123,323
Diseases of heart........................... 771,169 765,490 760,353
Ischemic heart disease.................... 536,805 520,729 512,138
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 153,050 149,643 149,835
Malignant neoplasms......................... 461,563 469,376 476,927
Respiratory system........................ 127,311 130,450 134,983
Colorectal................................ 56,451 55,816 56,334
Prostate1/................................ 25,943 27,262 27,864
Breast2/.................................. 40,093 40,539 40,899
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 74,662 76,559 78,380
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 67,615 69,812 69,225
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 26,767 26,159 26,201
Diabetes mellitus........................... 36,969 37,184 38,532
Accidents and adverse effects............... 93,457 95,277 95,020
Motor vehicle accidents................... 45,901 47,865 48,290
Suicide..................................... 29,453 30,904 30,796
Homicide and legal intervention............. 19,893 21,731 21,103
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... 3/6,040 3/10,900 13,468
White male
All causes.................................. 950,455 952,554 953,382
Diseases of heart........................... 355,374 347,967 342,063
Ischemic heart disease.................... 262,139 251,111 244,461
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 51,965 50,365 50,237
Malignant neoplasms......................... 215,079 218,381 221,757
Respiratory system........................ 76,567 77,647 79,604
Colorectal................................ 24,782 24,593 24,901
Prostate.................................. 21,472 22,708 23,169
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 43,074 43,341 43,290
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 29,028 29,891 29,284
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 14,321 14,099 14,175
Diabetes mellitus........................... 12,758 12,788 13,553
Accidents and adverse effects............... 53,856 54,864 53,936
Motor vehicle accidents................... 27,894 29,163 29,017
Suicide..................................... 21,256 22,270 22,188
Homicide and legal intervention............. 8,122 8,567 7,979
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 8,700
Black male
All causes.................................. 133,610 137,214 139,551
Diseases of heart........................... 38,982 39,076 38,934
Ischemic heart disease.................... 21,425 20,498 20,521
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 8,000 7,938 7,852
Malignant neoplasms......................... 29,028 29,363 29,928
Respiratory system........................ 10,193 10,368 10,647
Colorectal................................ 2,504 2,564 2,642
Prostate.................................. 4,273 4,358 4,488
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 3,154 3,302 3,319
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 3,664 3,836 3,795
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 2,616 2,404 2,574
Diabetes mellitus........................... 2,230 2,295 2,388
Accidents and adverse effects............... 8,752 9,035 9,159
Motor vehicle accidents................... 3,659 3,974 3,913
Suicide..................................... 1,481 1,537 1,635
Motor vehicle accidents................... 11,795 12,026 12,564
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 3,301
::
White female
All causes.................................. 868,599 878,529 889,685
Diseases of heart........................... 332,778 333,396 333,669
Ischemic heart disease.................... 228,376 224,287 222,229
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 81,067 79,641 79,810
Malignant neoplasms......................... 190,648 193,971 196,71
Respiratory system........................ 35,945 37,532 39,468
Colorectal................................ 25,620 25,249 25,212
Breast.................................... 35,886 36,183 36,297
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 26,364 27,781 29,378
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 31,480 32,432 32,527
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 7,871 7,817 7,591
Diabetes mellitus........................... 17,547 17,496 17,842
Accidents and adverse effects............... 25,155 25,451 25,874
Motor vehicle accidents................... 11,795 12,026 12,564
Suicide..................................... 5,831 6,167 6,029
Homicide and legal intervention............. 3,041 3,123 3,149
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 628
Black female
All causes.................................. 110,597 113,112 115,263
Diseases of heart........................... 37,702 38,650 38,813
Ischemic heart disease.................... 20,736 20,703 20,549
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 10,341 10,014 10,055
Malignant neoplasms......................... 21,878 22,616 23,099
Respiratory system........................ 3,536 3,744 3,975
Colorectal................................ 2,988 2,877 2,968
Breast.................................... 3,896 4,045 4,252
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 1,505 1,554 1,733
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 2,674 2,864 2,770
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 1,439 1,341 1,342
Diabetes mellitus........................... 3,874 4,004 4,109
Accidents and adverse effects............... 3,455 3,550 3,618
Motor vehicle accidents................... 1,257 1,313 1,374
Suicide..................................... 314 355 328
Homicide and legal intervention............. 1,666 1,861 1,969
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 739
Sex, race, and cause of death 1985 1986 1987
All races Rank
All causes.................................. ... ... ...
Diseases of heart........................... 1 1 1
Ischemic heart disease.................... ... ... ...
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 3 3 3
Malignant neoplasms......................... 2 2 2
Respiratory system........................ ... ... ...
Colorectal................................ ... ... ...
Prostate1/................................ ... ... ...
Breast2/.................................. ... ... ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 5 5 5
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 6 6 6
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 9 9 9
Diabetes mellitus........................... 7 7 7
Accidents and adverse effects............... 4 4 4
Motor vehicle accidents................... ... ... ...
Suicide..................................... 8 8 8
Homicide and legal intervention............. 12 12 12
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... 19 16 15
White male
All causes.................................. ... ... ...
Diseases of heart........................... 1 1 1
Ischemic heart disease.................... ... ... ...
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 4 4 4
Malignant neoplasms......................... 2 2 2
Respiratory system........................ ... ... ...
Colorectal................................ ... ... ...
Prostate.................................. ... ... ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 5 5 5
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 6 6 6
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 8 8 8
Diabetes mellitus........................... 9 9 9
Accidents and adverse effects............... 3 3 3
Motor vehicle accidents................... ... ... ...
Suicide..................................... 7 7 7
Homicide and legal intervention............. 12 11 12
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 11
Black male
All causes.................................. ... ... ...
Diseases of heart........................... 1 1 1
Ischemic heart disease.................... ... ... ...
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 4 4 4
Malignant neoplasms......................... 2 2 2
Respiratory system........................ ... ... ...
Colorectal................................ ... ... ...
Prostate.................................. ... ... ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 8 8 8
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 6 6 6
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 9 9 10
Diabetes mellitus........................... 10 10 11
Accidents and adverse effects............... 3 3 3
Motor vehicle accidents................... ... ... ...
Suicide..................................... 13 14 14
Homicide and legal intervention............. 5 5 5
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 9
White female
All causes.................................. ... ... ...
Diseases of heart........................... 1 1 1
Ischemic heart disease.................... ... ... ...
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 3 3 3
Malignant neoplasms......................... 2 2 2
Respiratory system........................ ... ... ...
Colorectal................................ ... ... ...
Breast.................................... ... ... ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 5 5 5
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 4 4 4
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 10 11 11
Diabetes mellitus........................... 7 7 7
Accidents and adverse effects............... 6 6 6
Motor vehicle accidents................... ... ... ...
Suicide..................................... 12 12 12
Homicide and legal intervention............. 17 17 16
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 24
Black female
All causes.................................. ... ... ...
Diseases of heart........................... 1 1 1
Ischemic heart disease.................... ... ... ...
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 3 3 3
Malignant neoplasms......................... 2 2 2
Respiratory system........................ ... ... ...
Colorectal................................ ... ... ...
Breast.................................... ... ... ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 11 11 11
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 7 6 6
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 12 12 12
Diabetes mellitus........................... 4 4 4
Accidents and adverse effects............... 5 5 5
Motor vehicle accidents................... ... ... ...
Suicide..................................... 19 19 19
Homicide and legal intervention............. 9 9 10
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- 16
1/Male only.
2/Female only.
3/Estimates.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based on
the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision,
described in Appendix II, table V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, for data years 1985-87.
Public Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office;
Data computed by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Yrs potential life lost <age 65:some cause:sex/race:U.S'80,85-87
Table 25. Years of potential life lost before age 65 for selected causes of
death, according to sex and race: United States, 1980 and 1985-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Years lost in thousands
Sex, race, and cause of death 1980 1985 1986 1987
All races
All causes............................ 12,896 11,859 12,093 12,074
Diseases of heart........................... 1,691 1,577 1,557 1,520
Ischemic heart disease.................... 1,094 940 892 857
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 283 251 246 248
Malignant neoplasms......................... 1,824 1,834 1,832 1,817
Respiratory system........................ 426 435 431 437
Colorectal................................ 138 136 133 138
Prostate1/................................ 17 18 18 17
Breast2/.................................. 212 224 228 229
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 115 128 129 132
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 196 170 175 172
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 292 238 232 235
Diabetes mellitus........................... 113 115 121 123
Accidents and adverse effects............... 2,760 2,279 2,358 2,306
Motor vehicle accidents................... 1,690 1,385 1,456 1,442
Suicide..................................... 621 657 680 671
Homicide and legal intervention............. 751 611 680 656
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 363
White male
All causes............................ 6,520 5,916 6,016 5,924
Diseases of heart........................... 1,010 914 892 864
Ischemic heart disease.................... 745 625 591 562
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 105 92 89 90
Malignant neoplasms......................... 801 784 783 769
Respiratory system........................ 245 236 233 235
Colorectal................................ 63 63 61 63
Prostate.................................. 13 13 14 14
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 55 56 57 57
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 76 69 72 69
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 143 121 119 122
Diabetes mellitus........................... 45 48 50 53
Accidents and adverse effects............... 1,774 1,420 1,464 1,408
Motor vehicle accidents................... 1,115 870 918 893
Suicide..................................... 436 468 487 476
Homicide and legal intervention............. 313 243 260 237
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 227
Black male
All causes............................ 1,688 1,597 1,697 1,756
Diseases of heart........................... 195 197 199 196
Ischemic heart disease.................... 94 86 82 80
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 41 37 38 37
Malignant neoplasms......................... 138 144 143 142
Respiratory system........................ 47 49 48 47
Colorectal................................ 9 10 10 11
Prostate.................................. 4 4 4 4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 13 14 15 16
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 37 32 32 34
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 46 39 36 38
Diabetes mellitus........................... 12 13 14 14
Accidents and adverse effects............... 271 238 253 257
Motor vehicle accidents................... 120 113 124 122
Suicide..................................... 38 42 43 46
Homicide and legal intervention............. 267 213 250 249
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 93
White female
All causes............................ 3,425 3,117 3,109 3,090
Diseases of heart........................... 345 325 321 317
Ischemic heart disease.................... 196 172 164 161
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 96 82 80 80
Malignant neoplasms......................... 738 745 737 734
Respiratory system........................ 114 128 126 129
Colorectal................................ 55 51 50 50
Breast.................................... 182 189 189 189
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 37 46 45 47
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 55 46 46 44
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 68 52 50 48
Diabetes mellitus........................... 39 38 41 40
Accidents and adverse effects............... 557 469 479 482
Motor vehicle accidents................... 376 320 329 340
Suicide..................................... 125 121 124 122
Homicide and legal intervention............. 94 86 91 89
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 17
Black female
All causes............................ 1,015 951 983 1,010
Diseases of heart........................... 120 117 120 116
Ischemic heart disease.................... 49 44 43 41
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 37 34 33 34
Malignant neoplasms......................... 124 128 135 136
Respiratory system........................ 17 19 19 20
Colorectal................................ 9 10 10 10
Breast.................................... 27 32 36 37
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 8 10 10 11
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 24 19 21 20
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 27 20 19 20
Diabetes mellitus........................... 14 14 15 14
Accidents and adverse effects............... 92 84 90 89
Motor vehicle accidents................... 38 39 41 43
Suicide..................................... 9 8 9 9
Homicide and legal intervention............. 63 55 62 65
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 24
Years lost per 1,000 population
under 65 years of age
Sex, race, and cause of death 1980 1985 1986 1987
All races
All causes............................ 64.2 56.4 57.1 56.5
Diseases of heart........................... 8.4 7.5 7.3 7.1
Ischemic heart disease.................... 5.4 4.5 4.2 4.0
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2
Malignant neoplasms......................... 9.1 8.7 8.6 8.5
Respiratory system........................ 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0
Colorectal................................ 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Prostate1/................................ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Breast2/.................................. 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1
Diabetes mellitus........................... 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6
Accidents and adverse effects............... 13.7 10.8 11.1 10.8
Motor vehicle accidents................... 8.4 6.6 6.9 6.8
Suicide..................................... 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1
Homicide and legal intervention............. 3.7 2.9 3.2 3.1
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 1.7
White male
All causes............................ 76.1 66.8 67.5 66.1
Diseases of heart........................... 11.8 10.3 10.0 9.6
Ischemic heart disease.................... 8.7 7.1 6.6 6.3
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0
Malignant neoplasms......................... 9.4 8.8 8.8 8.6
Respiratory system........................ 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6
Colorectal................................ 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Prostate.................................. 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.4
Diabetes mellitus........................... 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Accidents and adverse effects............... 20.7 16.0 16.4 15.7
Motor vehicle accidents................... 13.0 9.8 10.3 10.0
Suicide..................................... 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.3
Homicide and legal intervention............. 3.7 2.7 2.9 2.6
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 2.5
Black male
All causes............................ 143.8 125.4 131.2 133.8
Diseases of heart........................... 16.6 15.4 15.4 14.9
Ischemic heart disease.................... 8.0 6.8 6.3 6.1
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.8
Malignant neoplasms......................... 11.7 11.3 11.1 10.8
Respiratory system........................ 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6
Colorectal................................ 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Prostate.................................. 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 3.2 2.5 2.5 2.6
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 3.9 3.0 2.8 2.9
Diabetes mellitus........................... 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
Accidents and adverse effects............... 23.1 18.7 19.6 19.6
Motor vehicle accidents................... 10.2 8.8 9.6 9.3
Suicide..................................... 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5
Homicide and legal intervention............. 22.8 16.7 19.3 19.0
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 7.1
White female
All causes............................ 39.8 35.3 35.0 34.6
Diseases of heart........................... 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.5
Ischemic heart disease.................... 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.8
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9
Malignant neoplasms......................... 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.2
Respiratory system........................ 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4
Colorectal................................ 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Breast.................................... 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5
Diabetes mellitus........................... 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
Accidents and adverse effects............... 6.5 5.3 5.4 5.4
Motor vehicle accidents................... 4.4 3.6 3.7 3.8
Suicide..................................... 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
Homicide and legal intervention............. 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 0.2
Black female
All causes............................ 79.3 69.0 70.3 71.3
Diseases of heart........................... 9.4 8.5 8.6 8.2
Ischemic heart disease.................... 3.8 3.2 3.1 2.9
Cerebrovascular diseases.................... 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.4
Malignant neoplasms......................... 9.7 9.3 9.7 9.6
Respiratory system........................ 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4
Colorectal................................ 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Breast.................................... 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.6
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases...... 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8
Pneumonia and influenza..................... 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.4
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis......... 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.4
Diabetes mellitus........................... 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
Accidents and adverse effects............... 7.2 6.1 6.4 6.3
Motor vehicle accidents................... 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.0
Suicide..................................... 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7
Homicide and legal intervention............. 4.9 4.0 4.4 4.6
Human immunodeficiency virus infection...... --- --- --- 1.7
1/Male only.
2/Female only.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based on
the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, described
in Appendix II, table V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, for data years 1980-87.
Public Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office;
Data computed by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Death rate diseases of heart by sex/race/age:U.S. 1950-87
Table 26. Death rates for diseases of heart, according to sex, race,
and age: United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980 1981 1982
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 307.2 286.2 253.6 202.0 195.0 190.5
All ages, crude........ 355.5 369.0 362.0 336.0 328.7 326.0
Under 1 year............. 3.5 6.6 13.1 22.8 21.3 21.1
1-4 years................ 1.3 1.3 1.7 2.6 2.5 2.3
5-14 years............... 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1
15-24 years.............. 6.8 4.0 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.7
25-34 years.............. 19.4 15.6 11.4 8.3 8.4 8.2
35-44 years.............. 86.4 74.6 66.7 44.6 43.2 40.7
45-54 years.............. 308.6 271.8 238.4 180.2 177.7 169.4
55-64 years.............. 808.1 737.9 652.3 494.1 481.5 468.7
65-74 years..............1,839.8 1,740.5 1,558.2 1,218.6 1,175.8 1,156.4
75-84 years..............4,310.1 4,089.4 3,683.8 2,993.1 2,850.3 2,801.4
85 years and over........9,150.6 9,317.8 7,891.3 7,777.1 7,458.8 7,341.8
White male
All ages, age adjusted. 381.1 375.4 347.6 277.5 268.8 262.1
All ages, crude........ 433.0 454.6 438.3 384.0 375.8 371.0
Under 1 year............. 4.1 6.9 12.0 22.5 20.0 22.3
1-4 years................ 1.1 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.2 2.1
5-14 years............... 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
15-24 years.............. 5.8 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.8
25-34 years.............. 20.1 17.6 12.3 9.1 9.4 9.5
35-44 years.............. 110.6 107.5 94.6 61.8 60.6 57.2
45-54 years.............. 423.6 413.2 365.7 269.8 265.6 253.8
55-64 years..............1,081.7 1,056.0 979.3 730.6 708.7 689.9
65-74 years..............2,308.3 2,297.9 2,177.2 1,729.7 1,669.9 1,636.2
75-84 years..............4,907.3 4,839.9 4,617.6 3,883.2 3,751.5 3,674.7
85 years and over........9,950.5 10,135.8 8,818.0 8,958.0 8,596.0 8,442.2
Black male
All ages, age adjusted. 415.5 381.2 375.9 327.3 316.7 309.4
All ages, crude........ 348.4 330.6 330.3 301.0 289.7 282.3
Under 1 year............. --- 13.9 33.5 42.8 35.6 34.4
1-4 years................ --- 3.8 3.9 6.3 4.4 4.3
5-14 years............... 6.4 3.0 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.5
15-24 years.............. 18.0 8.7 8.3 8.3 6.7 6.0
25-34 years.............. 51.9 43.1 41.6 30.3 29.3 26.6
35-44 years.............. 198.1 168.1 189.2 136.6 129.3 119.4
45-54 years.............. 624.1 514.0 512.8 433.4 426.1 406.4
55-64 years..............1,434.0 1,236.8 1,135.4 987.2 981.5 950.4
65-74 years..............2,140.1 2,281.4 2,237.8 1,847.2 1,812.7 1,822.5
75-84 years.............. --- 3,533.6 3,783.4 3,578.8 3,302.5 3,245.9
85 years and over........ --- 6,037.9 5,367.6 6,819.5 6,394.5 6,378.6
White female
All ages, age adjusted. 223.6 197.1 167.8 134.6 129.8 127.4
All ages, crude........ 289.4 306.5 313.8 319.2 314.6 315.8
Under 1 year............. 2.7 4.3 7.0 15.7 18.0 14.8
1-4 years................ 1.1 0.9 1.2 2.1 2.2 1.7
5-14 years............... 1.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0
15-24 years.............. 5.3 2.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7
25-34 years.............. 12.2 8.2 5.5 3.9 4.2 3.8
35-44 years.............. 40.5 28.6 23.9 16.4 16.2 15.6
45-54 years.............. 141.9 103.4 91.4 71.2 71.2 66.6
55-64 years.............. 460.2 383.0 317.7 48.1 243.7 237.9
65-74 years..............1,400.9 1,229.8 1,044.0 796.7 769.4 759.6
75-84 years..............3,925.2 3,629.7 3,143.5 2,493.6 2,359.0 2,331.7
85 years and over........9,084.7 9,280.8 7,839.9 7,501.6 7,215.1 7,118.6
Black female
All ages, age adjusted. 349.5 292.6 251.7 201.1 191.2 186.3
All ages, crude........ 289.9 268.5 261.0 249.7 241.1 237.0
Under 1 year............. --- 12.0 31.3 43.6 29.2 30.0
1-4 years................ --- 2.8 4.2 4.4 4.0 3.9
5-14 years............... 8.8 3.0 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.7
15-24 years.............. 19.8 10.0 6.0 4.6 4.2 4.3
25-34 years.............. 52.0 35.9 24.7 15.7 13.7 13.3
35-44 years.............. 185.0 125.3 99.8 61.7 56.0 53.4
45-54 years.............. 526.8 360.7 290.9 202.4 197.8 192.2
55-64 years..............1,210.7 952.3 710.5 530.1 517.2 501.9
65-74 years..............1,659.4 1,680.5 1,553.2 1,210.3 1,152.3 1,124.3
75-84 years.............. --- 2,926.9 2,964.1 2,707.2 2,509.4 2,445.0
85 years and over........ --- 5,650.0 5,003.8 5,796.5 5,583.9 5,491.3
Sex, race, and age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 188.8 183.6 180.5 175.0 169.6
All ages, crude........ 329.2 323.5 323.0 317.5 312.4
Under 1 year............. 26.0 26.1 24.5 26.1 25.2
1-4 years................ 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.2
5-14 years............... 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
15-24 years.............. 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8
25-34 years.............. 8.3 8.0 8.2 8.6 8.4
35-44 years.............. 39.3 38.7 38.0 37.5 35.6
45-54 years.............. 164.7 156.7 152.9 144.6 140.5
55-64 years.............. 463.0 450.3 439.1 424.2 408.8
65-74 years..............1,139.2 1,102.7 1,080.6 1,043.0 1,007.9
75-84 years..............2,816.3 2,748.6 2,712.6 2,637.5 2,560.0
85 years and over........7,335.5 7,251.0 7,275.0 7,178.7 7,074.2
White male
All ages, age adjusted. 257.8 249.5 244.5 234.8 225.9
All ages, crude........ 370.9 361.8 358.9 348.6 340.1
Under 1 year............. 24.1 24.6 23.8 26.0 24.8
1-4 years................ 2.2 2.2 1.7 2.1 1.8
5-14 years............... 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9
15-24 years.............. 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0
25-34 years.............. 9.6 9.2 9.2 9.5 9.3
35-44 years.............. 55.3 54.0 52.4 51.7 48.7
45-54 years.............. 243.0 31.2 224.4 208.8 201.6
55-64 years.............. 674.1 655.5 635.6 610.3 582.7
65-74 years..............1,603.6 1,533.0 1,501.0 1,440.9 1,378.0
75-84 years..............3,664.3 3,579.3 3,532.9 3,405.2 3,291.0
85 years and over........8,503.4 8,416.4 8,396.3 8,138.4 8,030.6
Black male
All ages, age adjusted. 308.2 300.1 301.0 294.3 287.1
All ages, crude........ 288.5 282.2 285.0 281.3 276.1
Under 1 year............. 54.5 48.4 46.7 49.8 45.7
1-4 years................ 5.1 4.4 4.4 5.3 5.1
5-14 years............... 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6
15-24 years.............. 6.6 6.7 7.2 6.7 6.9
25-34 years.............. 27.5 27.5 29.1 29.3 26.9
35-44 years.............. 115.9 121.1 122.0 123.6 118.8
45-54 years.............. 398.2 384.6 382.4 365.1 362.8
55-64 years.............. 928.0 895.9 882.6 864.9 814.7
65-74 years..............1,804.5 1,734.7 1,738.4 1,673.1 1,659.7
75-84 years..............3,457.5 3,375.7 3,450.0 3,407.3 3,371.6
85 years and over........5,907.9 6,015.9 6,098.5 6,268.7 6,050.7
::
White female
All ages, age adjusted. 126.7 124.0 121.7 119.0 116.3
All ages, crude........ 321.5 319.3 320.7 319.0 317.1
Under 1 year............. 19.3 20.3 18.3 19.1 19.4
1-4 years................ 2.1 2.0 1.6 2.1 1.7
5-14 years............... 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7
15-24 years.............. 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7
25-34 years.............. 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.1
35-44 years.............. 14.5 14.1 14.3 13.8 13.1
45-54 years.............. 67.4 63.1 62.1 9.8 58.8
55-64 years.............. 237.5 231.6 225.8 221.4 217.1
65-74 years.............. 745.6 735.3 713.7 693.9 675.1
75-84 years..............2,332.4 2,273.1 2,233.3 2,180.2 2,120.7
85 years and over........7,133.7 7,044.7 7,089.3 7,021.3 6,924.6
Black female
All ages, age adjusted. 191.5 186.6 186.8 185.1 180.8
All ages, crude........ 248.1 244.6 248.1 250.8 248.3
Under 1 year............. 45.6 45.1 39.5 42.8 36.4
1-4 years................ 3.6 4.3 5.2 4.8 4.4
5-14 years............... 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.4
15-24 years.............. 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.4
25-34 years.............. 13.6 12.5 13.1 15.3 14.8
35-44 years.............. 53.0 52.8 50.4 50.1 46.5
45-54 years.............. 182.8 174.1 172.6 172.5 165.7
55-64 years.............. 517.7 499.6 500.4 479.0 469.9
65-74 years..............1,159.8 1,127.1 1,133.6 1,108.3 1,090.2
75-84 years..............2,660.1 2,618.9 2,606.0 2,623.5 2,566.3
85 years and over........5,298.4 5,315.0 5,441.0 5,698.6 5,627.6
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based on
the then current International Classification of Diseases, which are
described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data computed
by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the Division of
Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Death rate cerebrovascular disease by sex/race/age:U.S. 1950-87
Table 27. Death rates for cerebrovascular diseases, according to sex, race,
and age: United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980 1981 1982
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 88.6 79.7 66.3 40.8 38.1 35.8
All ages, crude........ 104.0 108.0 101.9 75.1 71.3 68.0
Under 1 year............. 5.1 4.1 5.0 4.4 3.7 3.7
1-4 years................ 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.3
5-14 years............... 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3
15-24 years.............. 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.0 0.9 0.7
25-34 years.............. 4.2 4.7 4.5 2.6 2.6 2.4
35-44 years.............. 18.7 14.7 15.6 8.5 8.4 7.7
45-54 years.............. 70.4 49.2 41.6 25.2 24.9 23.7
55-64 years.............. 195.3 147.3 115.8 65.2 62.9 58.9
65-74 years.............. 549.7 469.2 384.1 219.5 206.3 193.5
75-84 years..............1,499.6 1,491.3 1,254.2 788.6 715.6 675.1
85 years and over........2,990.1 3,680.5 3,014.3 2,288.9 2,126.8 2,000.8
White male
All ages, age adjusted. 87.0 80.3 68.8 41.9 38.9 36.6
All ages, crude........ 100.5 102.7 93.5 63.3 59.4 56.7
Under 1 year............. 5.9 4.3 4.5 3.8 3.5 3.6
1-4 years................ 1.1 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.3
5-14 years............... 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.3
15-24 years.............. 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.0 0.8 0.7
25-34 years.............. 3.4 3.5 3.2 2.0 2.1 2.0
35-44 years.............. 13.1 11.3 11.8 6.5 6.4 5.6
45-54 years.............. 53.7 40.9 35.6 21.7 20.5 20.2
55-64 years.............. 182.2 139.0 119.9 64.2 61.6 57.3
65-74 years.............. 569.7 501.0 420.0 240.4 225.3 211.5
75-84 years..............1,556.3 1,564.8 1,361.6 854.8 775.6 727.3
85 years and over........3,127.1 3,734.8 3,018.1 2,236.9 2,051.4 1,944.7
Black male
All ages, age adjusted. 146.2 141.2 122.5 77.5 72.7 68.9
All ages, crude........ 122.0 122.9 108.8 73.1 68.2 64.3
Under 1 year............. --- 8.5 12.3 11.2 9.1 7.7
1-4 years................ --- 1.9 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.6
5-14 years............... 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.5
15-24 years.............. 3.3 3.7 3.0 2.1 1.5 1.2
25-34 years.............. 12.0 12.8 14.6 7.7 7.2 6.3
35-44 years.............. 59.3 47.4 52.7 29.2 29.2 27.8
45-54 years.............. 211.9 166.1 136.1 82.1 84.2 76.6
55-64 years.............. 522.8 439.9 343.4 189.8 182.3 174.3
65-74 years.............. 783.6 899.2 780.1 472.8 437.0 428.1
75-84 years.............. --- 1,475.2 1,445.7 1,067.6 943.9 881.7
85 years and over........ --- 2,700.0 1,963.1 1,873.2 1,787.3 1,637.5
::
White female
All ages, age adjusted. 79.7 68.7 56.2 35.2 33.1 31.0
All ages, crude........ 103.3 110.1 109.8 88.8 85.1 81.7
Under 1 year............. 2.9 2.6 3.2 3.3 2.3 2.1
1-4 years................ 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2
5-14 years............... 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2
15-24 years.............. 1.2 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.6
25-34 years.............. 2.9 3.4 3.4 2.0 2.0 1.7
35-44 years.............. 13.6 10.1 11.5 6.7 6.7 5.9
45-54 years.............. 55.0 33.8 30.5 18.7 18.8 17.8
55-64 years.............. 156.9 103.0 78.1 48.7 47.7 44.0
65-74 years.............. 498.1 383.3 303.2 172.8 163.6 154.2
75-84 years..............1,471.3 1,444.7 1,176.8 730.3 665.4 628.9
85 years and over........3,017.9 3,795.7 3,167.6 2,367.8 2,206.0 2,074.5
Black female
All ages, age adjusted. 155.6 139.5 107.9 61.7 58.1 54.7
All ages, crude........ 128.3 127.7 112.2 77.9 74.4 70.6
Under 1 year............. --- 6.7 9.1 6.4 6.2 6.5
1-4 years................ --- 1.3 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.6
5-14 years............... 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.3
15-24 years.............. 4.2 3.4 3.0 1.7 1.6 1.4
25-34 years.............. 15.9 17.4 14.3 7.0 6.6 6.5
35-44 years.............. 75.0 57.4 49.1 21.6 21.0 21.1
45-54 years.............. 248.9 166.2 119.4 61.9 59.9 56.7
55-64 years.............. 567.7 452.0 272.4 138.7 129.8 127.5
65-74 years.............. 754.4 830.5 673.5 362.2 345.1 305.3
75-84 years.............. --- 1,413.1 1,338.3 918.6 828.3 800.8
85 years and over........ --- 2,578.9 2,210.5 1,896.3 1,832.1 1,689.6
Sex, race, and age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 34.4 33.4 32.3 31.0 30.3
All ages, crude........ 66.5 65.3 64.1 62.1 61.6
Under 1 year............. 3.9 3.0 3.6 2.9 3.4
1-4 years................ 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
5-14 years............... 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
15-24 years.............. 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6
25-34 years.............. 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2
35-44 years.............. 7.3 7.5 7.2 7.1 7.0
45-54 years.............. 22.8 22.6 21.1 20.4 20.1
55-64 years.............. 57.6 55.8 54.3 53.0 52.2
65-74 years.............. 182.2 177.0 171.3 164.1 157.2
75-84 years.............. 652.7 626.2 605.8 573.8 562.6
85 years and over........1,912.5 1,883.8 1,837.5 1,762.6 1,733.1
White male
All ages, age adjusted. 35.2 33.9 32.8 31.1 30.3
All ages, crude........ 55.5 53.8 52.5 50.5 49.9
Under 1 year............. 4.0 2.6 3.7 2.5 3.6
1-4 years................ 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5
5-14 years............... 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
15-24 years.............. 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6
25-34 years.............. 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
35-44 years.............. 5.5 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.4
45-54 years.............. 19.1 19.3 18.0 16.5 16.7
55-64 years.............. 56.5 54.3 54.2 51.4 50.7
65-74 years.............. 197.1 190.4 183.7 171.4 165.4
75-84 years.............. 714.8 671.1 651.1 617.3 601.2
85 years and over........1,862.9 1,846.4 1,747.8 1,697.0 1,663.1
Black male
All ages, age adjusted. 64.2 62.8 60.8 58.9 57.1
All ages, crude........ 61.3 60.0 58.5 57.1 55.7
Under 1 year............. 7.5 8.2 9.8 8.0 5.9
1-4 years................ 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5
5-14 years............... 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.3
15-24 years.............. 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.9
25-34 years.............. 5.9 5.7 5.7 6.1 5.4
35-44 years.............. 24.3 26.0 25.9 27.2 27.1
45-54 years.............. 74.1 72.9 70.6 68.2 67.5
55-64 years.............. 163.8 159.0 151.6 144.3 143.9
65-74 years.............. 388.0 379.8 358.9 337.8 318.5
75-84 years.............. 844.1 819.5 817.6 809.9 777.6
85 years and over........1,479.4 1,395.2 1,363.1 1,350.7 1,339.1
::
White female
All ages, age adjusted. 29.6 28.9 27.9 27.1 26.3
All ages, crude........ 79.8 79.2 78.1 76.2 75.8
Under 1 year............. 2.5 2.6 2.2 1.8 2.0
1-4 years................ 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
5-14 years............... 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
15-24 years.............. 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6
25-34 years.............. 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7
35-44 years.............. 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.0 5.1
45-54 years.............. 16.9 17.0 15.4 15.5 14.5
55-64 years.............. 42.6 42.0 39.7 40.1 38.7
65-74 years.............. 144.6 140.9 138.0 136.3 129.3
75-84 years.............. 602.0 580.9 559.4 530.7 524.0
85 years and over........1,986.5 1,962.5 1,923.0 1,837.3 1,807.8
Black female
All ages, age adjusted. 53.8 51.8 50.3 47.6 46.7
All ages, crude........ 70.5 68.5 68.0 65.0 64.3
Under 1 year............. 7.3 3.3 5.3 5.3 7.8
1-4 years................ 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6
5-14 years............... 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2
15-24 years.............. 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.0 1.1
25-34 years.............. 5.1 6.1 5.6 6.0 5.8
35-44 years.............. 20.1 19.2 19.3 18.5 17.5
45-54 years.............. 55.7 50.3 49.8 46.4 47.2
55-64 years.............. 126.0 112.6 111.3 109.4 108.7
65-74 years.............. 308.4 304.6 281.5 268.5 261.2
75-84 years.............. 786.7 803.4 775.4 710.7 685.7
85 years and over........1,603.1 1,470.7 1,585.6 1,504.1 1,480.9
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based
on the then current International Classification of Diseases, which
are described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data computed
by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the Division
of Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Death rate malignant neoplasm by sex/race/age:U.S. 1950-87
Table 28. Death rates for malignant neoplasms, according to sex, race, and
age: United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980 1981 1982
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 125.3 125.8 129.8 132.8 131.6 132.5
All ages, crude........ 139.8 149.2 162.8 183.9 184.0 187.2
Under 1 year............. 8.7 7.2 4.7 3.2 2.5 3.7
1-4 years................ 11.7 10.9 7.5 4.5 4.9 4.6
5-14 years............... 6.7 6.8 6.0 4.3 4.1 4.1
15-24 years.............. 8.6 8.3 8.3 6.3 5.7 5.9
25-34 years.............. 20.0 19.5 16.5 13.7 13.0 13.2
35-44 years.............. 62.7 59.7 59.5 48.6 47.2 46.2
45-54 years.............. 175.1 177.0 182.5 180.0 178.1 176.0
55-64 years.............. 392.9 396.8 423.0 436.1 434.8 439.7
65-74 years.............. 692.5 713.9 751.2 817.9 814.8 824.9
75-84 years..............1,153.3 1,127.4 1,169.2 1,232.3 1,221.8 1,238.7
85 years and over........1,451.0 1,450.0 1,320.7 1,594.6 1,575.3 1,598.6
White male
All ages, age adjusted. 130.9 141.6 154.3 160.5 158.3 159.4
All ages, crude........ 147.2 166.1 185.1 208.7 207.9 211.7
Under 1 year............. 9.6 7.9 4.3 3.5 2.5 3.5
1-4 years................ 13.1 13.1 8.5 5.4 5.5 5.2
5-14 years............... 7.6 8.0 7.0 5.2 4.6 4.9
15-24 years.............. 9.9 10.3 10.6 7.8 6.8 6.8
25-34 years.............. 17.7 18.8 16.2 13.6 12.6 12.8
35-44 years.............. 44.5 46.3 50.1 41.1 39.7 39.3
45-54 years.............. 150.8 164.1 172.0 175.4 173.8 170.9
55-64 years.............. 409.4 450.9 498.1 497.4 494.4 497.3
65-74 years.............. 798.7 887.3 997.0 1,070.7 1,060.3 1,067.8
75-84 years..............1,367.6 1,413.7 1,592.7 1,779.7 1,749.5 1,790.0
85 years and over........1,732.7 1,791.4 1,772.2 2,375.6 2,358.7 2,413.4
Black male
All ages, age adjusted. 126.1 158.5 198.0 229.9 232.0 235.2
All ages, crude........ 106.6 136.7 171.6 205.5 206.3 208.2
Under 1 year............. --- 6.8 5.3 4.5 2.7 2.3
1-4 years................ --- 7.9 7.6 5.1 4.5 4.0
5-14 years............... 5.8 4.4 4.8 3.7 4.7 4.5
15-24 years.............. 7.9 9.7 9.4 8.1 7.0 6.9
25-34 years.............. 18.0 18.4 18.8 14.1 14.1 14.8
35-44 years.............. 55.7 72.9 81.3 73.8 75.8 70.6
45-54 years.............. 211.7 244.7 311.2 333.0 332.2 333.1
55-64 years.............. 490.8 579.7 689.2 812.5 814.8 838.2
65-74 years.............. 636.4 938.5 1,168.9 1,417.2 1,462.1 1,477.3
75-84 years.............. --- 1,053.3 1,624.8 2,029.6 2,010.5 2,048.4
85 years and over........ --- 1,155.2 1,387.0 2,393.9 2,383.6 2,566.1
::
White female
All ages, age adjusted. 119.4 109.5 107.6 107.7 107.2 108.2
All ages, crude........ 139.9 139.8 149.4 170.3 172.0 175.6
Under 1 year............. 7.8 6.8 5.4 2.7 2.6 3.5
1-4 years................ 11.3 9.7 6.9 3.6 4.5 4.3
5-14 years............... 6.3 6.2 5.4 3.7 3.5 3.5
15-24 years.............. 7.5 6.5 6.2 4.7 4.5 4.9
25-34 years.............. 20.9 18.8 16.3 13.5 12.9 12.9
35-44 years.............. 74.5 66.6 62.4 50.9 48.6 48.5
45-54 years.............. 185.8 175.7 177.3 166.4 165.5 163.5
55-64 years.............. 362.5 329.0 338.6 355.5 356.3 361.5
65-74 years.............. 616.5 562.1 554.7 605.2 605.7 618.4
75-84 years..............1,026.6 939.3 903.5 905.4 907.8 913.0
85 years and over........1,348.3 1,304.9 1,126.6 1,266.8 1,257.2 1,270.6
Black female
All ages, age adjusted. 131.9 127.8 123.5 129.7 127.1 128.7
All ages, crude........ 111.8 113.8 117.3 136.5 135.2 137.9
Under 1 year............. --- 6.7 3.3 3.0 0.7 3.1
1-4 years................ --- 6.9 5.7 3.9 4.5 4.2
5-14 years............... 3.9 4.8 4.0 3.4 4.0 3.5
15-24 years.............. 8.8 6.9 6.4 5.7 4.6 5.4
25-34 years.............. 34.3 31.0 20.9 18.3 17.4 17.9
35-44 years.............. 119.8 102.4 94.6 73.5 73.7 69.4
45-54 years.............. 277.0 254.8 228.6 230.2 217.4 216.7
55-64 years.............. 484.6 442.7 404.8 450.4 446.4 455.4
65-74 years.............. 477.3 541.6 615.8 662.4 656.2 674.9
75-84 years.............. --- 696.3 763.3 923.9 916.2 944.3
85 years and over........ --- 728.9 791.5 1,159.9 1,133.9 1,129.6
Sex, race, and age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 132.6 133.5 133.6 133.2 132.9
All ages, crude........ 189.3 191.8 193.3 194.7 195.9
Under 1 year............. 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.7
1-4 years................ 4.7 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.8
5-14 years............... 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3
15-24 years.............. 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.1
25-34 years.............. 12.8 13.0 13.1 13.1 12.4
35-44 years.............. 45.6 46.6 45.7 45.3 43.5
45-54 years.............. 172.2 170.5 169.1 165.7 164.3
55-64 years.............. 443.0 448.4 450.5 444.4 447.0
65-74 years.............. 829.3 835.1 838.3 847.0 843.6
75-84 years..............1,254.7 1,272.3 1,281.0 1,287.3 1,298.4
85 years and over........1,583.4 1,604.0 1,591.5 1,612.0 1,618.0
White male
All ages, age adjusted. 158.9 159.0 159.2 158.8 158.4
All ages, crude........ 213.8 215.1 217.2 218.8 220.5
Under 1 year............. 3.5 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.7
1-4 years................ 5.3 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.1
5-14 years............... 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.1
15-24 years.............. 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.8 6.0
25-34 years.............. 12.6 12.5 13.0 13.5 11.9
35-44 years.............. 38.3 38.5 39.5 37.7 36.7
45-54 years.............. 166.7 164.0 161.2 158.5 157.1
55-64 years.............. 499.5 504.5 508.4 504.3 509.8
65-74 years..............1,063.7 1,064.1 1,061.2 1,063.3 1,061.1
75-84 years..............1,805.3 1,806.9 1,820.1 1,827.0 1,826.6
85 years and over........2,416.3 2,438.6 2,424.5 2,462.3 2,475.5
Black male
All ages, age adjusted. 232.2 234.9 231.6 229.0 227.9
All ages, crude........ 210.5 214.0 212.2 211.4 212.2
Under 1 year............. 3.9 3.2 2.4 1.7 2.1
1-4 years................ 4.7 3.5 3.3 3.1 4.3
5-14 years............... 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 2.7
15-24 years.............. 5.6 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.5
25-34 years.............. 14.7 15.8 14.7 14.2 14.3
35-44 years.............. 70.7 74.4 71.2 71.4 64.9
45-54 years.............. 315.5 314.1 313.6 303.6 296.7
55-64 years.............. 821.6 841.7 803.3 776.0 767.3
65-74 years..............1,457.4 1,444.9 1,448.7 1,455.1 1,453.6
75-84 years..............2,196.8 2,226.3 2,238.3 2,249.2 2,329.5
85 years and over........2,219.0 2,471.4 2,507.7 2,620.9 2,659.4
::
White female
All ages, age adjusted. 108.5 109.9 110.3 110.1 109.7
All ages, crude........ 177.9 181.7 183.7 185.6 186.9
Under 1 year............. 3.5 2.9 3.0 2.4 3.0
1-4 years................ 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.6
5-14 years............... 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.8
15-24 years.............. 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.2 3.9
25-34 years.............. 12.3 12.8 12.6 12.1 12.3
35-44 years.............. 48.0 49.0 47.0 47.4 45.1
45-54 years.............. 160.0 160.0 160.6 155.6 154.9
55-64 years.............. 366.8 370.0 374.1 369.4 370.1
65-74 years.............. 627.4 638.6 645.3 658.7 654.0
75-84 years.............. 919.5 944.2 949.2 956.4 968.6
85 years and over........1,265.7 1,284.3 1,270.9 1,283.6 1,291.0
Black female
All ages, age adjusted. 129.8 131.0 130.4 132.1 132.0
All ages, crude........ 140.7 142.9 143.9 146.7 147.8
Under 1 year............. 3.3 2.5 4.3 2.8 1.8
1-4 years................ 3.1 3.1 2.5 4.3 2.6
5-14 years............... 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.0
15-24 years.............. 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.3
25-34 years.............. 17.3 16.5 17.0 17.8 15.8
35-44 years.............. 68.9 74.3 69.5 72.2 72.9
45-54 years.............. 217.8 215.1 208.1 215.3 214.5
55-64 years.............. 452.9 462.2 465.4 451.6 457.3
65-74 years.............. 694.2 685.8 694.2 717.5 703.4
75-84 years.............. 972.4 1,013.7 1,014.6 1,017.9 1,045.5
85 years and over........1,132.6 1,154.9 1,228.8 1,254.5 1,256.6
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based
on the then current International Classification of Diseases, which
are described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data computed
by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the Division of
Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Death rate malig neoplasm-respiratory sys:sex/race/age:U.S'50-87
Table 29. Death rates for malignant neoplasms of respiratory system,
according to sex, race, and age: United States, selected years
1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980 1981 1982
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 12.8 19.2 28.4 36.4 36.6 37.5
All ages, crude........ 14.1 22.2 34.2 47.9 48.5 50.2
Under 1 year................. 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
1-4 years.................... 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
5-14 years................... 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
15-24 years.................. 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
25-34 years.................. 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8
35-44 years.................. 5.1 7.3 11.6 9.6 9.5 8.8
45-54 years.................. 22.9 32.0 46.2 56.5 56.7 56.0
55-64 years.................. 55.2 81.5 116.2 144.3 145.9 150.8
65-74 years.................. 69.3 117.2 174.6 243.1 245.3 254.6
75-84 years.................. 69.3 102.9 175.1 251.4 252.6 263.5
85 years and over............ 64.0 79.1 113.5 184.5 187.7 196.0
White male
All ages, age adjusted. 21.6 34.6 49.9 58.0 57.8 58.5
All ages, crude........ 24.1 39.6 58.3 73.4 73.7 75.5
Under 1 year............... 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
1-4 years.................. 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
5-14 years................. 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
15-24 years................ 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
25-34 years................ 1.2 1.6 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.9
35-44 years................ 7.9 10.4 15.4 11.2 11.1 10.1
45-54 years................ 39.1 53.0 67.6 74.3 74.6 72.4
55-64 years................ 95.9 149.8 199.3 215.0 212.8 216.8
65-74 years................ 119.4 225.1 344.8 418.4 415.1 424.1
75-84 years................ 109.1 191.9 360.7 516.1 515.8 534.1
85 years and over.......... 102.7 133.9 221.8 391.5 420.6 439.1
Black male
All ages, age adjusted. 16.9 36.6 60.8 82.0 84.1 85.8
All ages, crude........ 14.3 31.1 51.2 70.8 71.8 73.0
Under 1 year............... - 0.4 0.4 0.4 - 0.3
1-4 years.................. - 0.1 0.1 0.2 - -
5-14 years................. 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
15-24 years................ 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
25-34 years................ 2.1 2.6 2.9 1.9 1.1 1.4
35-44 years................ 9.4 20.7 32.6 26.9 26.0 22.0
45-54 years................ 41.1 75.0 123.5 142.8 146.0 143.5
55-64 years................ 78.8 161.8 250.3 340.3 356.0 367.6
65-74 years................ 65.2 184.6 322.2 499.4 518.7 540.6
75-84 years................ --- 126.3 290.6 499.6 486.2 505.7
85 years and over.......... --- 110.3 154.4 337.7 343.6 385.7
::
White female
All ages, age adjusted. 4.6 5.1 10.1 18.2 18.8 20.0
All ages, crude........ 5.4 6.4 13.1 26.5 27.6 29.7
Under 1 year............... - 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
1-4 years.................. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
5-14 years................. 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
15-24 years................ 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
25-34 years................ 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6
35-44 years................ 2.2 3.4 6.0 6.8 6.3 6.3
45-54 years................ 6.5 9.8 22.1 33.9 33.6 35.3
55-64 years................ 15.5 16.7 39.3 74.2 78.3 83.9
65-74 years................ 27.2 26.5 45.4 108.1 114.1 123.6
75-84 years................ 40.0 36.5 56.8 99.3 102.7 110.2
85 years and over.......... 44.0 45.2 57.4 96.8 92.0 96.1
Black female
All ages, age adjusted. 4.1 5.5 10.9 19.5 20.1 20.4
All ages, crude........ 3.4 4.9 10.1 19.3 19.8 20.5
Under 1 year............... - - - 0.4 - 0.3
1-4 years.................. - 0.1 0.1 - - -
5-14 years................. - 0.1 - 0.0 - 0.0
15-24 years................ 0.3 - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
25-34 years................ 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7
35-44 years................ 2.7 3.4 10.5 7.9 9.7 9.9
45-54 years................ 8.8 12.8 25.3 46.4 46.4 40.4
55-64 years................ 15.3 20.7 36.4 83.8 89.1 92.8
65-74 years................ 16.4 20.7 49.3 91.7 89.6 98.0
75-84 years................ --- 33.1 52.6 81.1 83.5 98.5
85 years and over.......... --- 44.7 47.6 90.5 86.6 88.7
Sex, race, and age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 37.9 38.4 38.8 39.0 39.7
All ages, crude........ 51.3 52.3 53.3 54.1 55.5
Under 1 year................. 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
1-4 years.................... 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
5-14 years................... 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-24 years.................. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
25-34 years.................. 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8
35-44 years.................. 8.9 8.2 8.1 7.9 7.7
45-54 years.................. 54.6 53.9 52.8 51.7 51.6
55-64 years.................. 151.8 156.1 158.4 157.8 160.4
65-74 years.................. 258.7 262.7 268.0 271.7 278.1
75-84 years.................. 278.3 286.4 294.5 303.9 313.3
85 years and over............ 191.6 199.3 202.0 214.9 221.8
White male
All ages, age adjusted. 58.0 58.4 58.2 58.0 58.6
All ages, crude........ 75.9 76.8 77.3 77.8 79.1
Under 1 year............... 0.3 0.3 - 0.1 0.1
1-4 years.................. 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
5-14 years................. 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -
15-24 years................ 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
25-34 years................ 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9
35-44 years................ 10.0 9.1 9.4 8.5 8.5
45-54 years................ 68.7 67.8 65.2 63.7 63.5
55-64 years................ 215.2 220.0 221.7 221.3 223.7
65-74 years................ 420.7 421.3 419.1 417.0 422.9
75-84 years................ 550.1 556.5 562.6 570.7 572.9
85 years and over.......... 435.9 446.8 459.1 477.5 495.4
Black male
All ages, age adjusted. 83.3 85.9 84.4 83.9 84.2
All ages, crude........ 72.6 75.5 74.5 74.6 75.5
Under 1 year............... 0.4 1.1 0.3 - 0.7
1-4 years.................. 0.2 - - - -
5-14 years................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -
15-24 years................ 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
25-34 years................ 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.4 1.8
35-44 years................ 23.0 23.6 22.8 22.3 19.6
45-54 years................ 137.7 131.8 132.1 131.3 126.8
55-64 years................ 346.2 373.0 352.1 337.3 333.3
65-74 years................ 530.3 529.3 534.8 542.3 562.8
75-84 years................ 536.8 576.5 581.3 606.5 629.9
85 years and over.......... 309.5 423.8 390.8 456.7 459.4
::
White female
All ages, age adjusted. 21.0 21.6 22.6 23.1 23.8
All ages, crude........ 31.5 32.8 34.6 35.9 37.5
Under 1 year............... 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
1-4 years.................. 0.1 0.1 0.1 - 0.1
5-14 years................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15-24 years................ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
25-34 years................ 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
35-44 years................ 6.6 5.9 5.6 5.8 5.7
45-54 years................ 35.3 35.6 36.0 34.9 35.0
55-64 years................ 87.8 89.9 94.2 94.9 98.1
65-74 years................ 132.3 139.2 149.1 156.0 161.1
75-84 years................ 122.2 129.9 140.3 149.0 161.7
85 years and over.......... 96.7 102.5 102.1 113.8 117.6
Black female
All ages, age adjusted. 22.0 21.4 22.5 23.3 24.3
All ages, crude........ 22.3 21.9 23.3 24.3 25.4
Under 1 year............... - - 0.4 - -
1-4 years.................. 0.1 0.1 - - 0.1
5-14 years................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
15-24 years................ - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
25-34 years................ 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.4
35-44 years................ 8.7 7.7 7.7 8.6 8.9
45-54 years................ 45.4 42.4 40.7 42.8 43.9
55-64 years................ 97.2 98.4 105.6 102.4 107.0
65-74 years................ 110.6 106.1 118.9 130.9 136.5
75-84 years................ 108.5 112.3 108.6 123.5 129.9
85 years and over.......... 96.9 86.5 112.2 102.1 110.5
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based
on the then current International Classification of Diseases, which
are described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data
computed by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Death rate malignant neoplasm-female breast:race/age:U.s.'50-87
Table 30. Death rates for malignant neoplasm of breast for females, according
to race and age: United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Race and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980 1981 1982
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 22.2 22.3 23.1 22.7 22.7 22.8
All ages, crude........ 24.7 26.1 28.4 30.6 30.9 31.4
Under 25 years............... 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
25-34 years.................. 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.3 3.4
35-44 years.................. 20.8 20.2 20.4 17.9 17.4 17.3
45-54 years.................. 46.9 51.4 52.6 48.1 48.1 47.2
55-64 years.................. 70.4 70.8 77.6 80.5 79.1 80.2
65-74 years.................. 94.0 90.0 93.8 101.1 104.4 103.8
75-84 years..................139.8 129.9 127.4 126.4 126.6 130.9
85 years and over............195.5 191.9 157.1 169.3 171.9 178.1
White
All ages, age adjusted. 22.5 22.4 23.4 22.8 22.8 22.8
All ages, crude........ 25.7 27.2 29.9 32.3 32.7 33.1
Under 25 years............... 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
25-34 years.................. 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.0 3.1 3.2
35-44 years.................. 20.8 19.7 20.2 17.3 16.8 17.0
45-54 years.................. 47.1 51.2 53.0 48.1 48.2 46.5
55-64 years.................. 70.9 71.8 79.3 81.3 79.9 80.8
65-74 years.................. 96.3 91.6 95.9 103.7 106.6 105.4
75-84 years..................143.6 132.8 129.6 128.4 128.8 133.0
85 years and over............204.2 199.7 161.9 171.7 174.0 181.9
Black
All ages, age adjusted. 19.3 21.3 21.5 23.3 23.7 24.6
All ages, crude........ 16.4 18.7 19.7 22.9 23.5 24.5
Under 25 years............... 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
25-34 years.................. 4.9 6.1 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2
35-44 years.................. 21.0 24.8 24.4 24.1 23.7 22.3
45-54 years.................. 46.5 54.4 52.0 52.7 53.1 57.7
55-64 years.................. 64.3 63.2 64.7 79.9 79.4 83.0
65-74 years.................. 67.0 72.3 77.3 84.3 92.0 97.1
75-84 years.................. --- 87.5 101.8 114.1 112.6 122.0
85 years and over............ --- 92.1 112.1 149.9 158.0 145.2
Race and age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 22.7 23.2 23.2 23.1 22.9
All ages, crude........ 31.6 32.5 32.7 32.8 32.8
Under 25 years............... 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
25-34 years.................. 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.1
35-44 years.................. 16.6 18.5 17.5 18.3 17.5
45-54 years.................. 45.9 45.8 46.7 45.4 45.4
55-64 years.................. 81.9 82.0 83.6 80.9 80.7
65-74 years.................. 104.9 108.0 107.7 109.9 108.3
75-84 years.................. 130.9 136.2 137.7 136.2 137.8
85 years and over............ 175.1 180.0 175.9 180.0 176.5
White
All ages, age adjusted. 22.7 23.1 23.3 23.0 22.8
All ages, crude........ 33.3 34.2 34.6 34.6 34.5
Under 25 years............... 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
25-34 years.................. 3.0 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.9
35-44 years.................. 16.0 17.4 16.7 17.3 16.4
45-54 years.................. 45.3 45.3 46.5 44.4 44.3
55-64 years.................. 82.8 82.2 84.2 81.8 81.3
65-74 years.................. 106.9 110.1 110.0 112.4 110.6
75-84 years.................. 133.1 138.3 140.4 139.7 140.5
85 years and over............ 178.6 183.7 178.9 182.7 179.2
Black
All ages, age adjusted. 24.4 26.1 25.3 25.8 26.5
All ages, crude........ 24.4 26.3 25.6 26.2 27.2
Under 25 years............... 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
25-34 years.................. 4.6 5.0 4.4 5.6 4.7
35-44 years.................. 23.8 28.9 26.3 28.3 28.9
45-54 years.................. 55.3 55.5 54.4 59.1 60.1
55-64 years.................. 82.9 90.5 88.5 83.6 88.2
65-74 years.................. 95.0 100.1 99.3 100.5 101.0
75-84 years.................. 120.6 128.2 121.0 112.1 125.3
85 years and over............ 143.4 149.6 152.5 162.1 162.5
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based on
the then current International Classification of Diseases, which are
described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data computed
by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the Division of
Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Maternal mortality: complication-pregnancy/birth:race/age:'50-87
Table 31. Maternal mortality rates for complications of pregnancy,
childbirth, and the puerperium, according to race and age: United
States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Race and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980 1981 1982
All races Deaths per 100,000 live births
All ages, age adjusted..... 73.7 32.1 21.5 9.4 8.9 8.0
All ages, crude............ 83.3 37.1 21.5 9.2 8.5 7.9
Under 20 years................ 70.7 22.7 18.9 7.6 7.6 6.5
20-24 years................... 47.6 20.7 13.0 5.8 6.5 4.5
25-29 years................... 63.5 29.8 17.0 7.7 6.6 7.6
30-34 years...................107.7 50.3 31.6 13.6 11.4 11.4
35 years and over2/...........222.0 104.3 81.9 36.3 28.7 24.2
White
All ages, age adjusted.. 53.1 22.4 14.5 6.8 6.5 5.7
All ages, crude......... 61.1 26.0 14.4 6.7 6.3 5.8
Under 20 years................ 44.9 14.8 13.9 5.9 *4.3 *4.1
20-24 years................... 35.7 15.3 8.4 4.3 5.3 3.1
25-29 years................... 45.0 20.3 11.2 5.5 5.1 5.5
30-34 years................... 75.9 34.3 18.8 9.4 8.7 9.1
35 years and over2/...........174.1 73.9 59.6 25.8 19.8 17.2
Black
All ages, age adjusted.. --- 92.0 64.3 23.9 22.1 20.0
All ages, crude......... --- 103.6 59.8 21.5 20.4 18.2
Under 20 years................ --- 54.8 31.8 12.8 16.8 *12.3
20-24 years................... --- 56.9 41.0 13.4 13.0 11.6
25-29 years................... --- 92.8 63.8 21.4 17.9 22.3
30-34 years................... --- 150.6 115.6 41.9 34.2 *22.9
35 years and over2/........... --- 299.5 204.7 96.5 83.1 *70.5
Race and age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 live births
All ages, age adjusted.. 7.9 7.3 7.6 7.0 6.1
All ages, crude......... 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.2 6.6
Under 20 years................ 5.4 6.3 6.9 5.9 5.1
20-24 years................... 7.5 4.3 5.4 5.7 4.8
25-29 years................... 6.6 6.9 6.4 5.8 5.3
30-34 years................... 9.1 11.5 8.9 7.8 8.9
35 years and over2/........... 20.7 21.9 25.0 21.4 15.1
White
All ages, age adjusted.. 5.8 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.9
All ages, crude......... 5.9 5.4 5.2 4.9 5.1
Under 20 years................ *4.4 *4.3 *4.3 *4.1 *5.4
20-24 years................... 4.9 *2.0 3.4 3.7 3.9
25-29 years................... 5.2 5.7 4.7 3.6 3.9
30-34 years................... 6.0 7.8 5.2 5.2 6.0
35 years and over2/........... 17.3 16.0 17.8 16.1 11.8
Black
All ages, age adjusted.. 19.3 20.5 21.0 19.3 14.3
All ages, crude......... 18.3 19.7 20.4 18.8 14.2
Under 20 years................ *7.0 *11.4 *12.1 *10.6 *4.1
20-24 years................... 20.2 15.2 14.0 13.9 9.4
25-29 years................... 16.0 15.6 18.4 19.3 14.3
30-34 years................... 31.1 37.9 35.8 29.0 30.9
35 years and over2/...........*41.4 *67.6 72.6 *58.6 *43.1
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
2/Rates computed by relating deaths of women 35 years and over to live births
to women 35-49 years.
*Based on fewer than 20 deaths.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based on
the then current International Classification of Diseases, which are
described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Vital
Statistics of the United States, Vol. I, ty, 1950-86. Public
Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data
computed by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics; U.S. Bureau of the Census: Population
estimates and projections. Current Population Reports. Series P-25,
No. 499. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, May 1973.
3Death rate motor vehicle accidents by sex/race/age:U.S. 1950-87
Table 32. Death rates for motor vehicle accidents, according to sex, race
and age: United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980 1981 1982
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 23.3 22.5 27.4 22.9 21.8 19.3
All ages, crude........ 23.1 21.3 26.9 23.5 22.4 19.8
Under 1 year................. 8.4 8.1 9.8 7.0 6.1 5.8
1-4 years.................... 11.5 10.0 11.5 9.2 7.8 7.9
5-14 years................... 8.8 7.9 10.2 7.9 7.5 6.8
15-24 years.................. 34.4 38.0 47.2 44.8 41.2 36.9
25-34 years.................. 24.6 24.3 30.9 29.1 28.6 24.1
35-44 years.................. 20.3 19.3 24.9 20.9 20.2 17.7
45-54 years.................. 22.2 21.4 25.5 18.6 17.8 15.7
55-64 years.................. 29.2 25.1 27.9 17.4 17.3 15.2
65-74 years.................. 38.8 31.4 32.8 19.2 19.4 17.5
75-84 years.................. 52.7 41.8 43.5 28.1 27.3 25.2
85 years and over............ 45.1 37.9 34.2 27.6 25.8 23.7
White male
All ages, age adjusted... 35.9 34.0 40.1 34.8 33.4 29.3
All ages, crude.......... 35.1 31.5 39.1 35.9 34.5 30.1
Under 1 year................. 9.1 8.8 9.1 7.0 6.2 5.9
1-4 years.................... 13.2 11.3 12.2 9.5 8.1 8.2
5-14 years................... 12.0 10.3 12.6 9.8 9.9 8.5
15-24 years.................. 58.3 62.7 75.2 73.8 67.6 60.8
25-34 years.................. 39.1 38.6 47.0 46.6 46.3 38.5
35-44 years.................. 30.9 28.4 35.2 30.7 29.9 26.3
45-54 years.................. 31.6 29.7 34.6 26.3 25.5 22.4
55-64 years.................. 41.9 34.4 39.0 23.9 24.0 20.8
65-74 years.................. 59.1 45.5 46.2 25.8 26.3 23.1
75-84 years.................. 86.4 66.8 69.2 43.6 43.8 39.6
85 years and over............ 79.3 61.9 65.5 57.3 54.5 48.4
Black male
All ages, age adjusted... 39.8 38.2 50.1 32.9 30.7 27.2
All ages, crude.......... 37.2 33.1 44.3 31.1 28.8 25.9
Under 1 year................. --- 6.8 10.6 7.8 6.0 5.0
1-4 years.................... --- 12.7 16.9 13.7 9.7 11.1
5-14 years................... 9.7 10.4 16.1 10.5 9.3 8.6
15-24 years.................. 41.6 46.4 58.1 34.9 30.8 29.2
25-34 years.................. 57.4 51.0 70.4 44.9 42.2 36.6
35-44 years.................. 45.9 43.6 59.5 41.2 40.0 33.9
45-54 years.................. 49.9 48.1 61.4 39.1 39.0 33.9
55-64 years.................. 58.8 47.3 62.1 40.3 35.6 31.8
65-74 years.................. 48.5 46.1 54.9 41.8 42.4 33.7
75-84 years.................. --- 51.8 51.6 46.5 43.9 39.8
85 years and over............ --- 58.6 45.7 34.0 36.4 37.5
White female
All ages, age adjusted... 10.6 11.1 14.4 12.3 11.7 10.5
All ages, crude.......... 10.9 11.2 14.8 12.8 12.3 11.0
Under 1 year................. 7.8 7.5 10.2 7.1 6.5 5.6
1-4 years.................... 10.1 8.3 9.6 7.7 6.8 7.0
5-14 years................... 5.6 5.3 6.9 5.7 5.1 5.0
15-24 years.................. 12.6 15.6 22.7 23.0 21.8 18.9
25-34 years.................. 9.0 9.0 12.7 12.2 12.4 10.6
35-44 years.................. 8.1 8.9 12.3 10.6 9.9 8.8
45-54 years.................. 10.8 11.4 14.3 10.2 9.5 8.5
55-64 years.................. 15.0 15.3 16.1 10.5 10.7 9.3
65-74 years.................. 20.9 19.3 22.1 13.4 13.3 12.6
75-84 years.................. 25.4 23.8 28.1 19.0 18.0 17.3
85 years and over............ 22.3 22.2 18.1 15.3 14.7 13.9
Black female
All ages, age adjusted... 10.3 10.0 13.8 8.4 7.7 7.5
All ages, crude.......... 10.2 9.7 13.4 8.3 7.7 7.6
Under 1 year................. --- 8.1 11.9 5.3 3.1 4.8
1-4 years.................... --- 8.8 12.6 9.5 8.7 7.8
5-14 years................... 6.2 5.9 9.3 5.2 5.2 5.6
15-24 years.................. 11.5 9.9 13.4 8.0 7.7 7.8
25-34 years.................. 10.7 9.8 13.3 10.6 8.2 8.8
35-44 years.................. 11.1 11.0 16.1 8.3 7.7 7.8
45-54 years.................. 10.6 11.8 16.4 9.1 8.2 7.1
55-64 years.................. 14.0 14.0 17.0 9.3 9.3 7.9
65-74 years.................. 12.7 14.2 16.3 8.5 10.2 9.1
75-84 years.................. --- 8.8 14.4 11.1 11.8 8.5
85 years and over............ --- 21.1 15.4 12.3 6.3 9.6
Sex, race, and age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 18.5 19.1 18.8 19.4 19.5
All ages, crude........ 19.0 19.6 19.2 19.9 19.8
Under 1 year................. 5.2 4.4 4.8 4.9 5.3
1-4 years.................... 7.5 6.9 7.1 7.0 6.8
5-14 years................... 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 7.0
15-24 years.................. 35.1 36.7 36.1 39.0 37.8
25-34 years.................. 23.4 23.8 22.8 24.2 24.2
35-44 years.................. 16.8 17.1 17.1 16.6 17.3
45-54 years.................. 15.3 15.4 15.2 15.1 15.4
55-64 years.................. 14.7 15.7 15.5 15.1 15.6
65-74 years.................. 17.1 18.0 17.7 17.9 18.5
75-84 years.................. 26.0 28.2 27.6 28.8 29.3
85 years and over............ 25.0 25.0 26.1 25.3 27.1
White male
All ages, age adjusted... 27.8 28.4 27.6 28.7 28.4
All ages, crude.......... 28.5 29.1 28.2 29.2 28.8
Under 1 year................. 5.7 3.9 4.5 4.1 4.3
1-4 years.................... 8.3 7.5 7.6 7.0 7.2
5-14 years................... 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.7 9.1
15-24 years.................. 57.0 59.1 57.4 62.6 59.2
25-34 years.................. 37.0 37.3 35.5 37.3 36.8
35-44 years.................. 24.3 24.3 24.1 23.7 24.4
45-54 years.................. 21.2 21.7 20.9 20.8 20.6
55-64 years.................. 19.9 20.9 20.6 19.9 20.8
65-74 years.................. 22.5 24.0 21.7 22.4 24.0
75-84 years.................. 39.8 41.8 41.2 42.9 43.4
85 years and over............ 54.7 52.6 56.4 51.6 58.6
Black male
All ages, age adjusted... 26.4 27.2 27.7 29.2 28.5
All ages, crude.......... 25.2 26.4 26.7 28.6 27.7
Under 1 year................. 3.6 5.7 5.9 8.0 8.3
1-4 years.................... 10.9 9.8 10.7 10.7 9.9
5-14 years................... 8.5 8.7 8.9 9.6 9.2
15-24 years.................. 28.3 31.9 32.1 35.3 36.2
25-34 years.................. 35.9 36.8 37.2 41.7 38.2
35-44 years.................. 33.6 33.8 35.4 35.1 35.2
45-54 years.................. 32.4 28.5 29.9 31.4 32.4
55-64 years.................. 31.2 31.5 34.3 31.9 30.1
65-74 years.................. 29.6 35.5 30.0 27.2 31.2
75-84 years.................. 41.7 45.0 42.2 53.1 36.2
85 years and over............ 28.6 57.1 36.9 62.7 40.6
White female
All ages, age adjusted... 10.3 10.9 10.8 11.0 11.4
All ages, crude.......... 10.8 11.5 11.4 11.5 11.9
Under 1 year................. 4.8 4.4 3.9 4.6 5.8
1-4 years.................... 6.0 5.4 5.7 6.0 5.9
5-14 years................... 4.7 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.9
15-24 years.................. 18.8 20.1 20.1 21.5 21.7
25-34 years.................. 10.7 11.0 10.0 10.8 11.6
35-44 years.................. 8.8 9.4 9.4 8.4 9.3
45-54 years.................. 8.5 8.9 8.9 8.5 9.2
55-64 years.................. 9.3 10.3 9.9 9.6 10.4
65-74 years.................. 12.6 13.0 14.3 14.4 13.7
75-84 years.................. 17.9 20.6 19.9 20.5 22.0
85 years and over............ 14.0 13.8 15.1 14.7 15.9
Black female
All ages, age adjusted... 7.5 7.6 8.2 8.5 8.7
All ages, crude.......... 7.6 7.8 8.3 8.5 8.8
Under 1 year................. 5.1 5.1 7.8 5.3 5.3
1-4 years.................... 8.0 6.9 6.8 6.9 7.5
5-14 years................... 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.8 4.7
15-24 years.................. 8.6 8.4 9.1 9.1 9.5
25-34 years.................. 7.4 9.0 9.2 10.3 11.1
35-44 years.................. 7.3 8.6 9.1 8.7 9.2
45-54 years.................. 8.7 6.4 8.2 8.7 9.0
55-64 years.................. 8.1 8.5 9.5 10.9 8.8
65-74 years.................. 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.7 11.8
75-84 years.................. 15.1 13.7 15.0 10.0 10.9
85 years and over............ 7.8 9.8 9.4 11.0 7.2
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based
on the then current International Classification of Diseases, which
are described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data
computed by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Death rate homicide/legal intervention:sex/race/age:U.S. 1950-87
Table 33. Death rates for homicide and legal intervention, according to
sex, race, and age: United States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980 1981 1982
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 5.4 5.2 9.1 10.8 10.4 9.7
All ages, crude........ 5.3 4.7 8.3 10.7 10.3 9.6
Under 1 year................. 4.4 4.8 4.3 5.9 6.1 6.7
1-4 years.................... 0.6 0.7 1.9 2.5 2.6 2.7
5-14 years................... 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.2
15-24 years.................. 6.3 5.9 11.7 15.6 14.7 13.7
25-34 years.................. 9.9 9.7 16.6 19.6 18.5 17.3
35-44 years.................. 8.8 8.1 13.7 15.1 14.4 13.3
45-54 years.................. 6.1 6.2 10.1 11.1 11.3 10.2
55-64 years.................. 4.0 4.2 7.1 7.0 7.1 6.5
65-74 years.................. 3.2 2.8 5.0 5.7 4.8 4.9
75-84 years.................. 2.6 2.4 4.0 5.2 5.3 4.7
85 years and over............ 2.3 2.4 4.2 5.3 5.3 5.8
White male
All ages, age adjusted... 3.9 3.9 7.3 10.9 10.3 9.5
All ages, crude.......... 3.9 3.6 6.8 10.9 10.4 9.6
Under 1 year................. 4.3 3.8 2.9 4.3 4.7 5.8
1-4 years.................... 0.4 0.6 1.4 2.0 1.6 1.9
5-14 years................... 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.8
15-24 years.................. 3.7 4.4 7.9 15.5 14.4 13.1
25-34 years.................. 5.4 6.2 13.0 18.9 17.6 16.2
35-44 years.................. 6.4 5.5 11.0 15.5 15.1 13.9
45-54 years.................. 5.5 5.0 9.0 11.9 12.1 10.9
55-64 years.................. 4.4 4.3 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.1
65-74 years.................. 4.1 3.4 5.6 6.9 5.2 5.0
75-84 years.................. 3.5 2.7 5.1 6.3 5.1 5.2
85 years and over............ 1.8 2.7 6.4 6.4 7.9 8.2
Black male
All ages, age adjusted... 51.1 44.9 82.1 71.9 69.2 62.3
All ages, crude.......... 47.3 36.6 67.6 66.6 64.8 59.1
Under 1 year................. --- 10.3 14.3 18.6 11.1 16.1
1-4 years.................... --- 1.7 5.1 7.2 8.9 8.7
5-14 years................... 1.8 1.4 4.2 2.9 4.1 3.4
15-24 years.................. 58.9 46.4 102.5 84.3 78.2 72.0
25-34 years.................. 110.5 92.0 158.5 145.1 136.9 124.3
35-44 years.................. 83.7 77.5 126.2 110.3 106.1 91.4
45-54 years.................. 54.6 54.8 100.5 83.8 83.8 74.1
55-64 years.................. 35.7 31.8 59.8 55.6 53.4 49.3
65-74 years.................. 18.7 19.1 40.6 33.9 36.3 36.6
75-84 years.................. --- 16.1 19.0 27.6 33.5 24.8
85 years and over............ --- 10.3 19.6 17.0 29.1 19.6
White female
All ages, age adjusted... 1.4 1.5 2.2 3.2 3.1 3.1
All ages, crude.......... 1.4 1.4 2.1 3.2 3.1 3.1
Under 1 year................. 3.9 3.5 2.9 4.3 4.9 4.2
1-4 years.................... 0.6 0.5 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.7
5-14 years................... 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
15-24 years.................. 1.3 1.5 2.7 4.7 4.3 4.4
25-34 years.................. 1.9 2.0 3.4 4.3 4.3 4.3
35-44 years.................. 2.2 2.2 3.2 4.1 3.6 4.0
45-54 years.................. 1.6 1.9 2.2 3.0 3.2 2.9
55-64 years.................. 1.3 1.5 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2
65-74 years.................. 1.1 1.1 1.7 2.5 2.1 2.4
75-84 years.................. 1.2 1.2 2.5 3.3 3.6 2.9
85 years and over............ 1.9 1.5 1.9 4.0 3.3 3.9
Black female
All ages, age adjusted... 11.7 11.8 15.0 13.7 12.9 12.0
All ages, crude.......... 11.5 10.4 13.3 13.5 12.7 12.0
Under 1 year................. --- 13.8 10.7 12.8 13.1 13.3
1-4 years.................... --- 1.7 6.3 6.4 5.7 6.4
5-14 years................... 1.2 1.0 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.0
15-24 years.................. 16.5 11.9 17.7 18.4 16.9 15.3
25-34 years.................. 26.6 24.9 25.6 25.8 23.2 21.0
35-44 years.................. 17.8 20.5 25.1 17.7 16.3 16.1
45-54 years.................. 8.5 12.7 17.5 12.5 11.9 11.5
55-64 years.................. 3.6 6.8 8.1 8.9 11.2 8.0
65-74 years.................. 3.4 3.3 7.7 8.6 6.6 8.1
75-84 years.................. --- 2.5 5.7 6.7 9.2 8.8
85 years and over............ --- 2.6 9.8 8.5 4.5 12.2
Sex, race, and age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 8.6 8.4 8.3 9.0 8.6
All ages, crude........ 8.6 8.4 8.3 9.0 8.7
Under 1 year................. 5.3 6.5 5.3 7.4 7.2
1-4 years.................... 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.3
5-14 years................... 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2
15-24 years.................. 12.4 12.0 12.1 14.2 14.0
25-34 years.................. 15.4 14.7 14.7 16.1 15.1
35-44 years.................. 11.8 11.3 11.3 11.4 10.8
45-54 years.................. 8.7 8.5 8.1 8.3 7.7
55-64 years.................. 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.5
65-74 years.................. 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3
75-84 years.................. 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.8
85 years and over............ 5.0 4.3 4.1 4.7 5.1
White male
All ages, age adjusted... 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.4 7.7
All ages, crude.......... 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.6 7.9
Under 1 year................. 3.3 4.9 3.7 5.4 6.0
1-4 years.................... 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8
5-14 years................... 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.8
15-24 years.................. 11.5 11.1 11.2 12.5 11.2
25-34 years.................. 14.9 14.1 13.9 14.6 13.2
35-44 years.................. 12.4 11.8 11.5 11.6 10.2
45-54 years.................. 9.1 9.4 8.6 8.6 8.3
55-64 years.................. 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.3
65-74 years.................. 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.2
75-84 years.................. 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.9
85 years and over............ 5.6 5.3 3.9 4.4 5.4
Black male
All ages, age adjusted... 53.8 50.8 49.9 55.9 53.8
All ages, crude.......... 51.4 48.7 48.4 55.0 53.3
Under 1 year................. 14.0 20.1 16.0 22.5 19.4
1-4 years.................... 7.2 5.0 6.5 9.3 4.8
5-14 years................... 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 4.3
15-24 years.................. 66.8 61.5 66.1 79.2 85.6
25-34 years.................. 102.0 96.2 94.3 108.0 98.9
35-44 years.................. 82.0 78.1 76.3 79.4 78.4
45-54 years.................. 57.8 57.1 51.1 56.3 46.0
55-64 years.................. 46.7 40.6 37.8 35.4 32.8
65-74 years.................. 28.1 30.3 27.6 30.0 28.0
75-84 years.................. 32.4 28.3 21.5 27.9 29.5
85 years and over............ 27.0 28.6 16.9 25.4 29.0
White female
All ages, age adjusted... 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9
All ages, crude.......... 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0
Under 1 year................. 3.7 4.0 4.3 5.1 4.2
1-4 years.................... 1.2 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.5
5-14 years................... 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
15-24 years.................. 3.7 4.3 3.6 4.3 3.9
25-34 years.................. 4.1 3.9 4.4 4.4 4.6
35-44 years.................. 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.5
45-54 years.................. 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.7
55-64 years.................. 2.2 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.9
65-74 years.................. 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.4
75-84 years.................. 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1
85 years and over............ 3.8 2.6 3.2 3.3 3.8
Black female
All ages, age adjusted... 11.2 11.0 10.8 11.8 12.3
All ages, crude.......... 11.3 11.2 11.0 12.1 12.6
Under 1 year................. 15.3 16.4 10.3 17.0 18.7
1-4 years.................... 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.8 7.2
5-14 years................... 1.4 3.1 2.0 2.3 2.0
15-24 years.................. 15.7 14.8 14.2 16.2 17.7
25-34 years.................. 19.9 19.3 19.8 21.9 22.4
35-44 years.................. 14.8 14.4 14.8 14.8 14.4
45-54 years.................. 9.5 7.5 9.0 8.5 10.5
55-64 years.................. 6.3 6.7 6.4 6.8 7.6
65-74 years.................. 7.0 6.8 7.2 8.7 6.9
75-84 years.................. 11.3 9.8 7.6 8.6 10.4
85 years and over............ 8.5 7.5 11.5 13.1 10.5
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based
on the then current International Classification of Diseases, which
are described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data
computed by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Death rate for suicide by sex/race/age:U.S. select years 1950-87
Table 34. Death rates for suicide, according to sex, race, and age: United
States, selected years 1950-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Sex, race, and age 19501/ 19601/ 1970 1980 1981 1982
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 11.0 10.6 11.8 11.4 11.5 11.6
All ages, crude........ 11.4 10.6 11.6 11.9 12.0 12.2
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
15-24 years.................. 4.5 5.2 8.8 12.3 12.3 12.1
25-34 years.................. 9.1 10.0 14.1 16.0 16.3 16.0
35-44 years.................. 14.3 14.2 16.9 15.4 15.9 15.3
45-54 years.................. 20.9 20.7 20.0 15.9 16.1 16.6
55-64 years.................. 27.0 23.7 21.4 15.9 16.4 16.9
65-74 years.................. 29.3 23.0 20.8 16.9 16.2 17.4
75-84 years.................. 31.1 27.9 21.2 19.1 18.6 20.3
85 years and over............ 28.8 26.0 19.0 19.2 17.7 17.6
White male
All ages, age adjusted... 18.1 17.5 18.2 18.9 18.9 19.4
All ages, crude.......... 19.0 17.6 18.0 19.9 20.0 20.7
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9
15-24 years.................. 6.6 8.6 13.9 21.4 21.1 21.2
25-34 years.................. 13.8 14.9 19.9 25.6 26.2 26.1
35-44 years.................. 22.4 21.9 23.3 23.5 24.3 23.6
45-54 years.................. 34.1 33.7 29.5 24.2 23.9 25.8
55-64 years.................. 45.9 40.2 35.0 25.8 26.3 27.9
65-74 years.................. 53.2 42.0 38.7 32.5 30.3 33.1
75-84 years.................. 61.9 55.7 45.5 45.5 43.8 48.5
85 years and over............ 61.9 61.3 45.8 52.8 53.6 53.9
Black male
All ages, age adjusted... 7.0 7.8 9.9 11.1 11.0 10.8
All ages, crude.......... 6.3 6.4 8.0 10.3 10.2 10.1
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... --- 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.8
15-24 years.................. 4.9 4.1 10.5 12.3 11.1 11.0
25-34 years.................. 9.3 12.4 19.2 21.8 21.8 20.3
35-44 years.................. 10.4 12.8 12.6 15.6 15.5 15.6
45-54 years.................. 10.4 10.8 13.8 12.0 12.3 11.8
55-64 years.................. 16.5 16.2 10.6 11.7 12.5 11.9
65-74 years.................. 10.0 11.3 8.7 11.1 9.7 12.1
75-84 years.................. --- 6.6 8.9 10.5 18.0 12.2
85 years and over............ --- 6.9 8.7 18.9 12.7 16.1
White female
All ages, age adjusted... 5.3 5.3 7.2 5.7 6.0 5.8
All ages, crude.......... 5.5 5.3 7.1 5.9 6.2 6.1
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3
15-24 years.................. 2.7 2.3 4.2 4.6 4.9 4.5
25-34 years.................. 5.2 5.8 9.0 7.5 7.7 7.5
35-44 years.................. 8.2 8.1 13.0 9.1 9.5 9.2
45-54 years.................. 10.5 10.9 13.5 10.2 11.1 10.4
55-64 years.................. 10.7 10.9 12.3 9.1 9.4 9.5
65-74 years.................. 10.6 8.8 9.6 7.0 7.3 7.4
75-84 years.................. 8.4 9.2 7.2 5.7 5.5 6.1
85 years and over............ 8.9 6.1 5.8 5.8 3.7 3.9
Black female
All ages, age adjusted... 1.7 1.9 2.9 2.4 2.5 2.2
All ages, crude.......... 1.5 1.6 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.1
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... --- 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
15-24 years.................. 1.8 1.3 3.8 2.3 2.4 2.2
25-34 years.................. 2.6 3.0 5.7 4.1 4.6 3.7
35-44 years.................. 2.0 3.0 3.7 4.6 4.2 4.0
45-54 years.................. 3.5 3.1 3.7 2.8 2.5 3.1
55-64 years.................. 1.1 3.0 2.0 2.3 2.9 2.2
65-74 years.................. 1.9 2.3 2.9 1.7 3.0 2.1
75-84 years.................. --- 1.3 1.7 1.4 1.0 1.3
85 years and over............ --- --- 2.8 --- 1.8 0.9
Sex, race, and age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
All races Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 11.4 11.6 11.5 11.9 11.7
All ages, crude........ 12.1 12.4 12.3 12.8 12.7
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7
15-24 years.................. 11.9 12.5 12.9 13.1 12.9
25-34 years.................. 15.8 15.5 15.2 15.7 15.4
35-44 years.................. 14.6 15.1 14.6 15.2 15.0
45-54 years.................. 16.2 16.2 15.6 16.4 15.9
55-64 years.................. 16.5 17.3 16.7 17.0 16.6
65-74 years.................. 17.7 18.8 18.5 19.7 19.4
75-84 years.................. 22.3 22.0 24.1 25.2 25.8
85 years and over............ 19.0 18.4 19.1 20.8 22.1
White male
All ages, age adjusted... 19.3 19.7 19.9 20.5 20.1
All ages, crude.......... 20.6 21.3 21.5 22.3 22.1
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2
15-24 years.................. 20.6 22.0 22.7 23.6 22.7
25-34 years.................. 26.2 25.8 25.4 26.4 25.6
35-44 years.................. 23.2 23.7 23.5 23.9 23.9
45-54 years.................. 25.5 25.3 25.1 26.3 25.4
55-64 years.................. 27.4 28.8 28.6 28.7 28.7
65-74 years.................. 33.2 35.6 35.3 37.6 36.8
75-84 years.................. 52.5 52.0 57.1 58.9 60.9
85 years and over............ 56.8 55.8 60.3 66.3 71.9
Black male
All ages, age adjusted... 10.5 11.2 11.3 11.5 12.0
All ages, crude.......... 9.9 10.6 10.8 11.1 11.6
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8
15-24 years.................. 11.5 11.2 13.3 11.5 12.9
25-34 years.................. 19.1 20.7 19.6 21.3 21.1
35-44 years.................. 14.0 16.5 14.9 17.5 17.9
45-54 years.................. 12.1 11.6 13.5 12.8 13.0
55-64 years.................. 11.6 13.4 11.5 9.9 10.3
65-74 years.................. 13.6 13.8 15.8 16.1 17.6
75-84 years.................. 15.8 15.1 15.6 16.0 20.9
85 years and over............ 12.7 11.1 7.7 17.9 13.0
White female
All ages, age adjusted... 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.3
All ages, crude.......... 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.9 5.7
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3
15-24 years.................. 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6
25-34 years.................. 7.2 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.3
35-44 years.................. 8.2 8.4 7.7 8.3 7.9
45-54 years.................. 9.9 10.0 9.0 9.6 9.4
55-64 years.................. 9.1 9.1 8.4 9.0 8.4
65-74 years.................. 7.9 7.8 7.3 7.7 7.6
75-84 years.................. 6.6 6.8 7.0 8.0 7.5
85 years and over............ 5.3 5.1 4.7 5.0 4.8
Black female
All ages, age adjusted... 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.1
All ages, crude.......... 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.1
Under 1 year................. --- --- --- --- ---
1-4 years.................... --- --- --- --- ---
5-14 years................... 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
15-24 years.................. 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.3 2.5
25-34 years.................. 2.9 3.5 3.0 3.8 4.0
35-44 years.................. 3.5 3.2 3.6 2.8 2.9
45-54 years.................. 3.0 3.5 3.2 3.2 2.2
55-64 years.................. 1.7 3.1 2.2 4.2 1.8
65-74 years.................. 1.3 2.5 2.0 2.8 2.5
75-84 years.................. 1.3 0.5 4.5 2.6 2.3
85 years and over............ 2.3 0.8 1.4 --- ---
1/Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
NOTE: For data years shown, the code numbers for cause of death are based
on the then current International Classification of Diseases, which
are described in Appendix II, tables IV and V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, 1950-86. Public Health
Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office; Data
computed by the Division of Analysis from data compiled by the
Division of Vital Statistics and from table 1.
3Death for selected occupational diseases males by age:U.S.'70-87
Table 35. Deaths for selected occupational diseases for males, according to
age: United States, selected years 1970-87
(Data are based on the National Vital Statistics System)
Age and cause of death 1970 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981
25 years and over Number of deaths1/
Malignant neoplasm of peritoneum
and pleura (mesothelioma)......... 602 591 557 559 552 556
Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis........ 1155 973 840 918 977 1053
Asbestosis......................... 25 43 64 86 96 98
Silicosis.......................... 351 243 162 220 202 165
25-64 years
Malignant neoplasm of peritoneum
and pleura (mesothelioma)......... 308 280 254 246 241 229
Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis........ 294 188 116 130 136 116
Asbestosis......................... 17 22 31 29 30 21
Silicosis.......................... 90 64 50 51 49 44
65 years and over
Malignant neoplasm of peritoneum
and pleura (mesothelioma)......... 294 311 303 313 311 327
Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis........ 861 785 724 788 841 937
Asbestosis......................... 8 21 33 57 66 77
Silicosis.......................... 261 179 112 169 153 121
Age and cause of death 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
25 years and over Number of deaths1/
Malignant neoplasm of peritoneum
and pleura (mesothelioma)......... 576 584 584 571 564 575
Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis........ 954 926 923 947 882 823
Asbestosis......................... 99 128 131 130 180 195
Silicosis.......................... 176 149 160 138 135 153
25-64 years
Malignant neoplasm of peritoneum
and pleura (mesothelioma)......... 234 211 211 210 200 196
Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis........ 116 88 97 89 71 71
Asbestosis......................... 26 30 25 29 37 32
Silicosis.......................... 42 37 34 30 22 32
65 years and over
Malignant neoplasm of peritoneum
and pleura (mesothelioma)......... 342 373 373 361 364 379
Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis........ 838 838 826 858 811 752
Asbestosis......................... 73 98 106 101 143 163
Silicosis.......................... 134 112 126 108 113 121
1/This table classifies deaths according to underlying cause. Multiple
cause of death data from the Vital Statistics System can be used to
identify additional deaths for which occupational disease is a
nonunderlying cause of death rather than the underlying cause. In 1985 and
1986 among men 25 years and over the numbers of additional deaths for which
occupational disease is a nonunderlying cause are shown below.
Nonunderlying cause of death 1985 1986
Malignant neoplasm of peritoneum
and pleura (mesothelioma)......... 102 106
Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis........ 1652 1536
Asbestosis......................... 382 494
Silicosis.......................... 187 175
NOTE: Selection of occupational diseases based on definitions in D.
Rutstein et al.: Sentinel health events (occupational): A basis for
physician recognition and public health surveillance, Am. J. Public
Health 73(9): 1054-1062, Sept. 1983. For data years shown, the code
numbers for cause of death are based on the then current
International Classification of Diseases, which are described in
Appendix II, tables IV and V. Changes in number of deaths from 1978
to 1979 may be affected by changes in coding from the Eighth Revision
to the Ninth Revision.
SOURCES: Data computed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health from data compiled by the Division of Vital Statistics,
National Center for Health Statistics; Data computed by the
Division of Epidemiology and Health Promotion from data compiled
by the Division of Vital Statistics.
3Provisional death rate:all causes by race/sex/age:U.S. 1986-88
Table 36. Provisional death rates for all causes, according to race, sex, and
age: United States, 1986-88
(Data are based on a 10-percent sample of death certificates from the National
All races
Sex and age 1986 1987 1988
Both sexes Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 540.2 536.2 536.3
All ages, crude........ 870.8 874.0 883.0
Under 1 year........... 1036.7 1006.5 1001.9
1-4 years.............. 50.8 51.6 50.7
5-14 years............. 26.4 25.6 26.2
15-24 years............ 102.6 101.6 104.8
25-34 years............ 130.2 131.4 133.6
35-44 years............ 212.5 211.8 217.6
45-54 years............ 504.6 498.9 486.4
55-64 years............ 1259.0 1246.8 1246.3
65-74 years............ 2787.8 2763.6 2731.2
75-84 years............ 6316.4 6266.1 6324.4
85 years and over...... 15291.1 15405.7 15577.7
Male
All ages, age adjusted. 707.1 698.6 699.8
All ages, crude........ 937.8 935.1 944.2
Under 1 year........... 1156.7 1122.7 1121.5
1-4 years.............. 56.1 58.4 56.2
5-14 years............. 32.0 31.8 30.5
15-24 years............ 151.5 150.5 154.0
25-34 years............ 189.9 189.1 196.0
35-44 years............ 286.7 290.4 296.2
45-54 years............ 666.8 638.0 636.5
55-64 years............ 1647.9 1625.8 1624.2
65-74 years............ 3660.4 3635.7 3583.2
75-84 years............ 8296.8 8206.1 8243.2
85 years and over...... 18167.9 18037.2 18475.2
Female
All ages, age adjusted. 405.4 404.5 403.5
All ages, crude........ 807.2 815.9 825.0
Under 1 year........... 911.5 883.8 876.3
1-4 years.............. 45.2 44.4 44.9
5-14 years............. 20.6 19.1 21.7
15-24 years............ 52.7 51.7 54.5
25-34 years............ 70.4 73.6 71.2
35-44 years............ 140.4 135.4 141.0
45-54 years............ 351.5 367.3 344.3
55-64 years............ 913.7 909.6 909.4
65-74 years............ 2098.3 2070.4 2051.4
75-84 years............ 5132.7 5102.4 5166.6
85 years and over...... 14154.2 14376.5 14451.7
White
Sex and age 1986 1987 1988
Both sexes Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 518.2 514.0 513.4
All ages, crude........ 895.4 900.2 910.0
Under 1 year........... 877.3 836.9 818.4
1-4 years.............. 45.7 49.1 47.6
5-14 years............. 24.5 24.2 23.9
15-24 years............ 99.6 98.3 98.8
25-34 years............ 114.5 116.0 115.6
35-44 years............ 187.0 183.2 188.7
45-54 years............ 460.2 454.2 441.4
55-64 years............ 1201.9 1187.9 1193.9
65-74 years............ 2734.8 2711.3 2679.4
75-84 years............ 6287.0 6243.7 6305.2
85 years and over...... 15503.3 15698.5 15888.0
Male
All ages, age adjusted. 680.7 671.0 670.5
All ages, crude........ 955.3 951.6 960.3
Under 1 year........... 989.7 938.7 937.5
1-4 years.............. 51.0 54.2 51.7
5-14 years............. 29.9 30.1 29.0
15-24 years............ 146.3 145.3 144.4
25-34 years............ 167.3 166.7 169.6
35-44 years............ 250.8 251.1 254.7
45-54 years............ 607.4 577.7 573.0
55-64 years............ 1579.8 1554.7 1557.4
65-74 years............ 3615.5 3585.7 3533.8
75-84 years............ 8304.9 8200.1 8234.6
85 years and over...... 18536.5 18456.4 18933.7
Female
All ages, age adjusted. 387.0 386.9 385.8
All ages, crude........ 838.3 851.0 861.8
Under 1 year........... 758.2 729.7 692.8
1-4 years.............. 40.2 43.7 43.3
5-14 years............. 18.8 18.1 18.5
15-24 years............ 51.6 50.0 52.0
25-34 years............ 60.6 64.2 60.5
35-44 years............ 123.7 115.7 123.0
45-54 years............ 318.6 335.0 314.2
55-64 years............ 862.8 857.8 865.7
65-74 years............ 2035.6 2012.4 1993.0
75-84 years............ 5087.4 5075.9 5145.3
85 years and over...... 14327.7 14641.8 14727.8
Black
Sex and age 1986 1987 1988
Both sexes Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages, age adjusted. 768.7 767.1 769.9
All ages, crude........ 842.1 843.6 853.9
Under 1 year........... 1952.1 2001.7 2030.4
1-4 years.............. 80.2 68.1 66.1
5-14 years............. 36.9 35.7 38.7
15-24 years............ 124.0 128.6 143.3
25-34 years............ 252.4 248.7 266.5
35-44 years............ 440.7 467.2 476.9
45-54 years............ 923.7 913.3 908.9
55-64 years............ 1934.9 1922.3 1859.7
65-74 years............ 3634.5 3609.4 3587.3
75-84 years............ 7209.8 7209.9 7257.6
85 years and over...... 13563.4 12868.8 13206.1
Male
All ages, age adjusted. 1003.4 1005.4 1018.4
All ages, crude........ 964.0 973.1 988.4
Under 1 year........... 2140.4 2218.0 2196.7
1-4 years.............. 84.0 85.1 82.8
5-14 years............. 44.2 45.6 39.1
15-24 years............ 189.9 194.9 214.2
25-34 years............ 379.0 370.3 404.9
35-44 years............ 635.9 673.5 703.9
45-54 years............ 1282.1 1244.4 1294.3
55-64 years............ 2499.5 2473.5 2415.9
65-74 years............ 4561.7 4592.0 4527.3
75-84 years............ 9103.4 9238.8 9360.3
85 years and over...... 15507.5 14956.5 15342.9
Female
All ages, age adjusted. 585.0 579.9 574.9
All ages, crude........ 732.3 726.7 732.6
Under 1 year........... 1759.9 1780.9 1860.1
1-4 years.............. 76.2 50.5 48.8
5-14 years............. 29.3 25.6 38.4
15-24 years............ 59.9 64.0 74.1
25-34 years............ 139.7 140.1 142.8
35-44 years............ 277.5 295.0 286.9
45-54 years............ 633.7 644.4 596.3
55-64 years............ 1471.4 1465.6 1399.1
65-74 years............ 2955.7 2879.4 2887.1
75-84 years............ 6060.5 5979.6 5997.8
85 years and over...... 12671.2 11921.1 12259.5
NOTE: Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Annual summary of births,
marriages, divorces, and deaths, United States, 1987. Monthly Vital
Statistics Report. Vol. 36, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 88-1120.
July 29, 1988; Annual summary of births, marriages, divorces, and
deaths, United States, 1988. Monthly Vital Statistics Report.
Vol. 37, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 89-1120. July 26, 1989. Public
Health Service. Hyattsville, Md.
3Provisional age-adjusted death rate: selected causes:U.S.'86-88
Table 37. Provisional age-adjusted death rates for selected causes of death:
United States, 1986-88
(Data are based on a 10-percent sample of death certificates from the
National Vital Statistics System)
Cause of death 1986 1987 1988
Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All causes.............................. 540.2 536.2 536.3
Diseases of heart....................... 175.4 169.9 166.7
Ischemic heart disease................ 119.6 114.0 110.4
Cerebrovascular diseases................ 30.4 30.1 29.8
Malignant neoplasms..................... 132.5 133.1 133.3
Respiratory system.................... 38.3 39.3 40.6
Breast1/.............................. 23.4 23.0 23.3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.. 18.5 18.7 19.2
Pneumonia and influenza................. 13.6 13.2 14.2
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis..... 9.2 9.0 9.0
Diabetes mellitus....................... 9.4 9.6 9.9
Accidents and adverse effects........... 35.5 34.6 35.1
Motor vehicle accidents............... 19.8 19.7 20.1
Suicide................................. 12.0 11.7 11.3
Homicide and legal intervention......... 8.8 8.4 9.0
Human immunodeficiency virus infection.. --- 5.3 6.5
1/Female only.
NOTES: Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Code numbers for
cause of death are based on the International Classification of
Diseases, Ninth Revision, described in Appendix II, table V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Annual summary of births,
marriages, divorces, and deaths, United States, 1986. Monthly
Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 35, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS)
87-1120. Aug. 24, 1987; Annual summary of births, marriages,
divorces, and deaths, United States, 1987. Monthly Vital
Statistics Report. Vol. 36, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 88-1120.
July 29, 1988; Annual summary of births,
marriages, divorces, and deaths, United States, 1988. Monthly Vital
Statistics Report. Vol. 37, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 89-1120.
July 26, 1989. Public Health Service. Hyattsville, Md. Figure for
breast cancer was computed by Division of Analysis.
3Provisional death rate: 3 leading causes of death: U.S. 1986-88
Table 38. Provisional death rates for the 3 leading causes of death,
according to age: United States, 1986-88
(Data are based on a 10-percent sample of death certificates from the
National Vital Statistics System)
Cause of death and age 1986 1987 1988
Diseases of heart Deaths per 100,000 resident population
All ages................................ 318.7 313.4 312.2
Under 1 year............................ 29.2 23.9 23.6
1-14 years.............................. 1.3 1.3 1.4
15-24 years............................. 2.4 2.9 2.8
25-34 years............................. 7.6 7.5 7.3
35-44 years............................. 36.9 34.4 33.0
45-54 years............................. 142.8 140.7 131.4
55-64 years............................. 430.9 408.9 405.6
65-74 years............................. 1047.6 1019.5 985.6
75-84 years............................. 2649.2 2556.3 2554.4
85 years and over....................... 7169.2 7122.1 7119.1
Malignant neoplasms
All ages................................ 193.3 196.1 198.6
Under 1 year............................ 1.6 3.7 1.3
1-14 years.............................. 3.6 3.7 3.5
15-24 years............................. 5.4 5.1 5.0
25-34 years............................. 12.2 12.5 10.8
35-44 years............................. 46.3 44.4 44.3
45-54 years............................. 164.1 164.5 157.2
55-64 years............................. 447.1 448.5 456.5
65-74 years............................. 841.0 845.8 845.4
75-84 years............................. 1261.4 1282.8 1324.8
85 years and over....................... 1602.3 1631.7 1664.5
Cerebrovascular diseases
All ages................................ 61.3 61.3 61.1
Under 1 year............................ 1.3 2.4 1.0
1-14 years.............................. 0.2 0.2 0.1
15-24 years............................. 0.6 0.9 0.9
25-34 years............................. 2.1 2.2 2.1
35-44 years............................. 7.0 6.6 7.1
45-54 years............................. 19.7 20.8 20.4
55-64 years............................. 51.0 51.8 51.9
65-74 years............................. 162.4 153.4 155.7
75-84 years............................. 566.2 563.0 544.4
85 years and over....................... 1750.0 1734.2 1710.3
NOTES: Includes deaths of nonresidents of the United States. Code
numbers for cause of death are based on the International
Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, described in
Appendix II, table V.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics: Annual summary of
births, marriages, divorces, and deaths, United States, 1987.
Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 36, No. 13. DHHS Pub.
No. (PHS) 88-1120. July 29, 1988; Annual summary of births,
marriages, divorces, and deaths, United States, 1988. Monthly
Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 37, No. 13. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS)
89-1120. July 26, 1989. Public Health Service. Hyattsville, Md.
2Determinants and Measures of Health
3Progress toward '90 health promotion goals:U.S. select yrs'77-87
Table 39. Progress toward 1990 health promotion goals: United States,
selected years 1977-87
1990 goals 1977 1979 1980 1982 1983
Infants (under 1 year) Deaths per 1,000 live births
To continue to improve infant
health, and by 1990, to reduce
infant mortality by at least 35
percent to fewer than 9 deaths
per 1,000 live births............... 14.1 13.1 12.6 11.5 11.2
Children (1-14 years) Deaths per 100,000 population
To improve child health, foster
optimal childhood development,
and by 1990, reduce deaths among
children ages 1 to 14 years by at
least 20 percent to fewer than 34
per 100,000......................... 42.3 40.1 38.5 36.7 35.3
Adolescents and young adults
(15-24 years)
To improve the health and health
habits of adolescents and young
adults, and by 1990, to reduce
deaths among people ages 15 to 24
by at least 20 percent to fewer
than 92 per 100,000................. 114.8 114.8 115.4 101.0 96.0
Adults (25-64 years)
To improve the health of adults,
and by 1990, to reduce deaths
among people ages 25 to 64 by at
least 25 percent to fewer than
400 per 100,000..................... 532.9 500.2 498.0 462.3 452.8
Older adults
(65 years and over) Restricted-activity days per person
To improve the health and quality
of life for older adults and, by
1990, to reduce the average annual
number of days of restricted
activity due to acute and chronic
conditions by 20 percent, to fewer
than 30 days per year for people
aged 65 and older1/................. 36.5 41.9 39.2 31.6 32.1
To reduce the average annual Bed-disability days per person
number of days of bed disability
due to acute and chronic conditions
by 20 percent, to fewer than 12
days per year for people aged 65
and over1/.......................... 14.5 13.7 13.8 14.7 16.7
1990
1990 goals 1984 1985 1986 1987 goal
Infants (under 1 year) Deaths per 1,000 live births
To continue to improve infant
health, and by 1990, to reduce
infant mortality by at least 35
percent to fewer than 9 deaths
per 1,000 live births............... 10.8 10.6 10.4 10.1 9
Children (1-14 years) Deaths per 100,000 population
To improve child health, foster
optimal childhood development,
and by 1990, reduce deaths among
children ages 1 to 14 years by at
least 20 percent to fewer than 34
per 100,000......................... 34.1 33.8 33.7 33.3 34
Adolescents and young adults
(15-24 years)
To improve the health and health
habits of adolescents and young
adults, and by 1990, to reduce
deaths among people ages 15 to 24
by at least 20 percent to fewer
than 92 per 100,000................. 96.8 95.9 102.3 99.4 92
Adults (25-64 years)
To improve the health of adults,
and by 1990, to reduce deaths
among people ages 25 to 64 by at
least 25 percent to fewer than
400 per 100,000..................... 443.5 438.7 431.0 423.4 400
Older adults
(65 years and over) Restricted-activity days per person
To improve the health and quality
of life for older adults and, by
1990, to reduce the average annual
number of days of restricted
activity due to acute and chronic
conditions by 20 percent, to fewer
than 30 days per year for people
aged 65 and older1/................. 31.8 33.1 32.1 30.3 30
To reduce the average annual Bed-disability days per person
number of days of bed disability
due to acute and chronic conditions
by 20 percent, to fewer than 12
days per year for people aged 65
and over1/.......................... 15.1 13.7 14.9 14.0 12
1/Levels of estimates for 1982-87 may not be comparable to estimates for
previous years because the 1982-87 data are based on a revised questionaire
and field procedures.
SOURCES: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General:
Healthy People--The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention, 1979. DHEW Pub. No. (PHS) 79-55071. Public
Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979;
National Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics of the
United States, Vol. II, Mortality, Part A, for data years 1977-87.
Public Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office;
Data computed by Division of Analysis from data compiled by Division
of Vital Statistics and from table 1; Division of Health Interview
Statistics: Current estimates from the National Health Interview
Survey: United States, 1987. Vital and Health Statistics. Series 10,
No. 166. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 88-1594. Public Health Service.
Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, Sept. 1988.
3Vaccination child age 1-4:some diseases: race/MSA:U.S.'70s,83-85
Table 40. Vaccinations of children 1-4 years of age for selected diseases,
according to race and residence in metropolitan statistical area
(MSA): United States, 1970, 1976, and 1983-85
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
Race Inside MSA
Vaccination All Central Remaining Outside
and year Total White other city areas MSA
All respondents Percent of population
Measles:
1970................ 57.2 60.4 41.9 55.2 61.7 54.3
1976................ 65.9 68.3 54.8 62.5 67.2 67.3
1983................ 64.9 66.8 57.2 60.4 66.3 66.7
1984................ 62.8 65.4 52.0 56.6 63.3 66.4
1985................ 60.8 63.6 48.8 55.5 63.3 61.9
Rubella:
1970................ 37.2 38.3 31.8 38.3 39.2 34.3
1976................ 61.7 63.8 51.5 59.5 63.5 61.5
1983................ 64.0 66.3 54.7 59.5 65.2 66.0
1984................ 60.9 63.9 48.3 56.1 60.4 64.6
1985................ 58.9 61.6 47.7 53.9 61.0 60.3
DTP:1,2/
1970................ 76.1 79.7 58.8 68.9 80.7 77.1
1976................ 71.4 75.3 53.2 64.1 75.7 72.9
1983................ 65.7 70.1 47.7 55.4 69.4 69.4
1984................ 65.7 69.1 51.3 57.9 66.6 69.8
1985................ 64.9 68.7 48.7 55.5 68.4 67.9
Polio:2/
1970................ 65.9 69.2 50.1 61.0 70.8 64.7
1976................ 61.6 66.2 39.9 53.8 65.3 63.9
1983................ 57.0 61.9 36.7 47.7 60.3 60.3
1984................ 54.8 58.4 39.9 48.7 55.2 58.5
1985................ 55.3 58.9 40.1 47.1 58.4 58.0
Mumps:
1970................ --- --- --- --- --- ---
1976................ 48.3 50.3 38.7 45.6 50.7 47.9
1983................ 59.5 61.8 50.0 52.6 60.2 63.6
1984................ 58.7 61.3 47.7 51.8 58.3 63.6
1985................ 58.9 61.8 47.0 52.4 61.0 61.4
Respondents consulting
vaccination records, 19853/
Measles............... 76.9 78.1 67.2 73.5 76.7 79.0
Rubella............... 73.8 75.0 64.1 70.4 75.0 74.6
DTP1,2/............... 87.0 88.5 75.2 79.6 89.7 88.6
Polio2/............... 75.7 77.5 61.5 68.9 79.6 75.9
Mumps................. 75.5 77.1 62.7 70.5 76.8 77.0
1/Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis.
2/3 doses or more.
3/The data in this panel are based only on 35 percent of white respondents
and 19 percent of all other respondents who consulted records for some or all
vaccination questions. One month prior to interview all sampled households
were asked to check vaccination records such as those from a private
physician, the health department, or military.
NOTE: Beginning in 1976, the category "don't know" was added to response
categories. Prior to 1976, the lack of this option resulted in some
forced positive answers, particularly for vaccinations requiring
multiple dose schedules, that is, polio and DTP.
SOURCE: Division of Immunization, Center for Prevention Services, Centers for
Disease Control: Unpublished data from the United States
Immunization Survey.
3Select notifiable disease rate by disease: U.S. select yrs'50-88
Table 41. Selected notifiable disease rates, according to disease: United
States, selected years 1950-88
(Data are based on reporting by State health departments)
Disease 1950 1960 1970 1980
Cases per 100,000 population
Diphtheria........................ 3.83 0.51 0.21 0.00
Hepatitis A1/..................... --- --- 27.87 12.84
Hepatitis B1/..................... --- --- 4.08 8.39
Mumps............................. --- --- 55.55 3.86
Pertussis (whooping cough)........ 79.82 8.23 2.08 0.76
Poliomyelitis, total.............. 22.02 1.77 0.02 0.00
Paralytic2/..................... --- 1.40 0.02 0.00
Rubella (German measles).......... --- --- 27.75 1.72
Rubeola (measles)................. 211.01 245.42 23.23 5.96
Salmonellosis, excluding typhoid
fever............................ --- 3.85 10.84 14.88
Shigellosis....................... 15.45 6.94 6.79 8.41
Tuberculosis3/.................... 80.50 30.83 18.22 12.25
Varicella (chickenpox)............ --- --- --- 96.69
Sexually transmitted diseases:4/
Syphilis5/...................... 146.02 68.78 45.26 30.51
Primary and secondary......... 16.73 9.06 10.89 12.06
Early latent.................. 39.71 10.11 8.08 9.00
Late and late latent.......... 70.22 45.91 24.94 9.30
Congenital.................... 8.97 2.48 0.97 0.12
Gonorrhea....................... 192.45 145.33 297.22 444.99
Chancroid....................... 3.34 0.94 0.70 0.35
Granuloma inguinale............. 1.19 0.17 0.06 0.02
Lymphogranuloma venereum........ 0.95 0.47 0.30 0.09
Number of cases
Diphtheria........................ 5796 918 435 3
Hepatitis A1/..................... --- --- 56797 29087
Hepatitis B1/..................... --- --- 8310 19015
Mumps............................. --- --- 104953 8576
Pertussis (whooping cough)........ 120718 14809 4249 1730
Poliomyelitis, total.............. 33300 3190 33 9
Paralytic2/..................... --- 2525 31 8
Rubella (German measles).......... --- --- 56552 3904
Rubeola (measles)................. 319124 441703 47351 13506
Salmonellosis, excluding typhoid
fever............................ --- 6929 22096 33715
Shigellosis....................... 23367 12487 13845 19041
Tuberculosis3/.................... 121742 55494 37137 27749
Varicella (chickenpox)............ --- --- --- 190894
Sexually transmitted diseases:4/
Syphilis5/...................... 217558 122538 91382 68832
Primary and secondary......... 23939 16145 21982 27204
Early latent.................. 59256 18017 16311 20297
Late and late latent.......... 113569 81798 50348 20979
Congenital.................... 13377 4416 1953 277
Gonorrhea....................... 286746 258933 600072 1004029
Chancroid....................... 4977 1680 1416 788
Granuloma inguinale............. 1783 296 124 51
Lymphogranuloma venereum........ 1427 835 612 199
Disease 1985 1986 1987 1988
Cases per 100,000 population
Diphtheria........................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hepatitis A1/..................... 10.03 10.02 10.39 11.60
Hepatitis B1/..................... 11.50 11.17 10.65 9.43
Mumps............................. 1.30 3.37 5.43 2.05
Pertussis (whooping cough)........ 1.50 1.74 1.16 1.40
Poliomyelitis, total.............. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Paralytic2/..................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rubella (German measles).......... 0.26 0.23 0.13 0.09
Rubeola (measles)................. 1.18 2.61 1.50 1.38
Salmonellosis, excluding typhoid
fever............................ 27.37 20.73 20.92 19.91
Shigellosis....................... 7.14 7.11 9.80 12.46
Tuberculosis3/.................... 9.30 9.44 9.25 9.13
Varicella (chickenpox)............ 123.23 122.42 136.68 122.43
Sexually transmitted diseases:4/
Syphilis5/...................... 28.50 28.53 35.81 42.37
Primary and secondary......... 11.45 11.67 14.54 16.43
Early latent.................. 9.15 9.12 11.55 14.58
Late and late latent.......... 7.77 7.58 9.44 11.05
Congenital.................... 0.14 0.17 0.28 0.30
Gonorrhea....................... 384.28 376.37 323.14 298.74
Chancroid....................... 0.87 1.30 2.07 2.04
Granuloma inguinale............. 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.00
Lymphogranuloma venereum........ 0.10 0.14 0.13 0.07
Number of cases
Diphtheria........................ 3 - 3 2
Hepatitis A1/..................... 23210 23430 25280 28507
Hepatitis B1/..................... 26611 26107 25916 23177
Mumps............................. 2982 7790 12848 4866
Pertussis (whooping cough)........ 3589 4195 2823 3450
Poliomyelitis, total.............. 7 10 6 9
Paralytic2/..................... 7 10 9
Rubella (German measles).......... 630 551 306 225
Rubeola (measles)................. 2822 6282 3655 3396
Salmonellosis, excluding typhoid
fever............................ 65347 49984 50916 48948
Shigellosis....................... 17057 17138 23860 30617
Tuberculosis3/.................... 22201 22768 22517 22436
Varicella (chickenpox)............ 178162 183243 213196 192857
Sexually transmitted diseases:4/
Syphilis5/...................... 67563 68291 86545 103437
Primary and secondary......... 27131 27921 35145 40117
Early latent.................. 21689 21819 27914 35600
Late and late latent.......... 18414 18149 22811 26987
Congenital.................... 329 410 681 751
Gonorrhea....................... 911419 900856 780905 719536
Chancroid....................... 2067 3102 4998 5001
Granuloma inguinale............. 44 56 22 11
Lymphogranuloma venereum........ 226 335 303 185
1/Reports from New York City are not available for 1985 and 1986.
2/Data for 1986 and 1987 updated due to late reports; data for 1988 may also
be updated.
3/Data after 1974 are not comparable to prior years because of changes in
reporting criteria effective in 1975.
4/Newly reported civilian cases.
5/Includes stage of syphilis not stated.
NOTES: Rates greater than 0 but less than 0.005 are shown as 0.00. The total
resident population was used to calculate all rates except sexually
transmitted diseases, for which the civilian resident population was
used. Population data from those States where diseases were not
notifiable or not available were excluded from rate calculation.
SOURCES: Centers for Disease Control: Final 1988 reports of notifiable
diseases, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 37(54). Public
Health Service, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 1989, in press; Division of
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Center for Prevention Services,
Centers for Disease Control: Selected data.
3AIDS cases by age at diagnosis,sex,race/ethnicity:U.S. 1983-89
Table 42. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases, according to age
at diagnosis, sex, and race/ethnicity: United States, 1983-89
(Data are based on reporting by State health departments)
Age at diagnosis, sex, and All
race/ethnicity years1,2/ 1983 1984 1985 1986
Number, by year of report
Total3/......................... 106270 2066 4445 8205 13167
Male
All males, 13 years and over3/.. 95231 1891 4118 7551 12011
White, not Hispanic............. 58462 1138 2611 4806 7545
Black, not Hispanic............. 23648 479 947 1718 2765
Hispanic........................ 12192 268 538 972 1592
13-19 years..................... 317 5 17 29 42
20-29 years..................... 19105 392 845 1482 2486
30-39 years..................... 44680 883 1986 3612 5668
40-49 years..................... 21201 432 897 1665 2567
50-59 years..................... 7264 154 306 600 921
60 years and over............... 2664 25 67 163 327
Female
All females, 13 years and over3/ 9266 141 277 525 970
White, not Hispanic............. 2668 34 79 143 272
Black, not Hispanic............. 5045 67 141 284 523
Hispanic........................ 1449 38 57 94 162
13-19 years..................... 76 3 4 4 12
20-29 years..................... 2553 57 94 175 279
30-39 years..................... 4376 51 130 233 447
40-49 years..................... 1259 14 25 49 129
50-59 years..................... 463 11 8 27 47
60 years and over............... 539 5 16 37 56
Children
All children, under 13 years3/.. 1773 34 50 129 186
White, not Hispanic............. 411 7 10 25 43
Black, not Hispanic............. 977 22 28 86 107
Hispanic........................ 369 5 12 18 35
Under 1 year.................... 707 19 33 56 77
1-12 years...................... 1066 15 17 73 109
Age at diagnosis, sex, and All
race/ethnicity 1987 1988 19892/ years1,2/
Percent
distribution
Total3/......................... 21140 30947 25467 ...
Male
All males, 13 years and over3/.. 19137 27313 22442 100.0
White, not Hispanic............. 12352 16256 13305 61.4
Black, not Hispanic............. 4332 7151 6046 24.8
Hispanic........................ 2255 3645 2815 12.8
13-19 years..................... 69 87 66 0.3
20-29 years..................... 3845 5518 4364 20.1
30-39 years..................... 8881 12722 10559 46.9
40-49 years..................... 4290 6125 5063 22.3
50-59 years..................... 1466 2022 1738 7.6
60 years and over............... 586 839 652 2.8
Female
All females, 13 years and over3/ 1684 3064 2553 100.0
White, not Hispanic............. 544 864 723 28.8
Black, not Hispanic............. 896 1663 1438 54.4
Hispanic........................ 230 502 357 15.6
13-19 years..................... 11 24 18 0.8
20-29 years..................... 477 784 665 27.6
30-39 years..................... 751 1512 1231 47.2
40-49 years..................... 233 419 383 13.6
50-59 years..................... 90 146 132 5.0
60 years and over............... 122 179 124 5.8
Children
All children, under 13 years3/.. 319 570 472 100.0
White, not Hispanic............. 86 152 84 23.2
Black, not Hispanic............. 161 302 264 55.1
Hispanic........................ 69 111 117 20.8
Under 1 year.................... 138 193 184 39.9
1-12 years...................... 181 377 288 60.1
1/Includes cases prior to 1983.
2/Data are as of September 30, 1989, and reflect reporting delays.
3/Includes all other races not shown separately.
NOTES: The AIDS case definition was changed in September 1987 to allow for
the presumptive diagnosis of AIDS-associated diseases and conditions
and to expand the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus-associated
diseases reportable as AIDS. Excludes residents of U.S. territiories.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases, AIDS
Program.
3Deaths AIDS cases: age at diagnosis,sex,race/ethnicity:U.S.83-89
Table 43. Deaths among acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases,
according to age at diagnosis, sex, and race/ethnicity: United
States, 1983-89
(Data are based on reporting by State health departments)
Age at diagnosis, sex, and All
race/ethnicity years1,2/ 1983 1984 1985 1986
Number, by year of death
Total3/.......................... 63159 1416 3231 6314 10705
Male
All males, 13 years and over3/... 56722 1283 2947 5775 9713
White, not Hispanic.............. 34424 727 1802 3568 6068
Black, not Hispanic.............. 14610 372 728 1423 2299
Hispanic......................... 7196 179 394 749 1274
13-19 years...................... 177 3 12 23 32
20-29 years...................... 10795 265 569 1113 1858
30-39 years...................... 25862 586 1348 2649 4459
40-49 years...................... 12975 302 679 1277 2195
50-59 years...................... 4921 114 264 529 819
60 years and over................ 1992 13 75 184 350
Female
All females, 13 years and over3/. 5457 104 237 437 850
White, not Hispanic.............. 1590 23 55 142 241
Black, not Hispanic.............. 2998 56 134 209 458
Hispanic......................... 816 25 47 82 140
13-19 years...................... 46 2 1 5 10
20-29 years...................... 1462 40 89 129 233
30-39 years...................... 2487 35 104 197 393
40-49 years...................... 727 13 22 46 97
50-59 years...................... 300 9 7 18 38
60 years and over................ 435 5 14 42 79
Children
All children, under 13 years3/... 980 29 47 102 142
White, not Hispanic.............. 251 6 9 27 34
Black, not Hispanic.............. 516 20 27 58 77
Hispanic......................... 201 3 11 16 29
Under 1 year..................... 489 17 31 44 68
1-12 years....................... 491 12 16 58 74
All
Age at diagnosis, sex, and 1987 1988 19892/ years1,2/
race/ethnicity
Percent
distribution
Number, by year of death
Total3/.......................... 14150 17119 9488 ...
Male
All males, 13 years and over3/... 12621 15188 8556 100.0
White, not Hispanic.............. 7521 8943 5461 60.7
Black, not Hispanic.............. 3314 4123 2146 25.8
Hispanic......................... 1674 1971 857 12.7
13-19 years...................... 42 37 27 0.3
20-29 years...................... 2399 2877 1593 19.0
30-39 years...................... 5761 6821 3922 45.6
40-49 years...................... 2842 3541 2004 22.9
50-59 years...................... 1064 1323 749 8.7
60 years and over................ 513 589 261 3.5
Female
All females, 13 years and over3/. 1282 1680 796 100.0
White, not Hispanic.............. 400 479 233 29.1
Black, not Hispanic.............. 711 918 473 54.9
Hispanic......................... 163 266 81 15.0
13-19 years...................... 11 11 5 0.8
20-29 years...................... 336 414 198 26.8
30-39 years...................... 567 785 375 45.6
40-49 years...................... 170 250 123 13.3
50-59 years...................... 84 93 46 5.5
60 years and over................ 114 127 49 8.0
Children
All children, under 13 years3/... 247 251 136 100.0
White, not Hispanic.............. 66 67 35 25.6
Black, not Hispanic.............. 121 132 69 52.7
Hispanic......................... 57 49 29 20.5
Under 1 year..................... 116 122 75 49.9
1-12 years....................... 131 129 61 50.1
1/Includes cases prior to 1983.
2/Data are as of September 30, 1989, and reflect reporting delays.
3/Includes all other races not shown separately.
NOTES: The AIDS case definition was changed in September 1987 to allow for
the presumptive diagnosis of AIDS-associated diseased and conditions
and to expand the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus-
associated diseases reportable as AIDS. Excludes residents of
U.S. territories.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases,
AIDS Program.
3AIDS cases:race/ethnicity,transmission cat. person>13:U.S.'83-89
Table 44. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases, according to race/
ethnicity, sex, and transmission category for persons 13 years of
age and over: United States, 1983-89
(Data are based on reporting by State health departments)
Race/ethnicity, sex, and All
transmission category years1 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Number, by year of report
Total3/..........................104497 2032 4395 8076 12981 20821
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 64726 1263 2867 5426 8521 13546
Intravenous drug use............. 20590 367 776 1393 2231 3522
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 7250 200 408 595 988 1524
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 1002 11 36 75 123 214
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 1530 85 110 141 220 266
Heterosexual4/................... 3310 23 57 137 334 605
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 2367 16 42 101 231 419
Transfusion...................... 2571 26 52 168 305 630
Undetermined5/................... 3518 57 89 141 259 514
Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic.............. 61130 1172 2690 4949 7817 12896
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 47064 927 2160 4047 6219 10045
Intravenous drug use............. 4473 72 147 251 405 815
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 4481 124 265 378 651 976
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 848 10 26 64 113 184
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 3 - 1 - 1 -
Heterosexual4/................... 1006 2 16 32 94 196
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 559 - 9 16 45 101
Transfusion...................... 1918 21 39 130 236 475
Undetermined5/................... 1337 16 36 47 98 205
Black, not Hispanic.............. 28693 546 1088 2002 3288 5228
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 10626 195 402 795 1322 2103
Intravenous drug use............. 11111 182 405 749 1201 1872
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 1946 44 95 145 236 387
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 65 - 5 4 4 12
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 1510 85 109 141 218 263
Heterosexual4/................... 1674 10 23 79 160 306
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 1289 6 17 62 117 238
Transfusion...................... 409 2 10 26 44 93
Undetermined5/................... 1352 28 39 63 103 192
Hispanic......................... 13641 306 595 1066 1754 2485
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 6352 137 289 542 893 1250
Intravenous drug use............. 4900 113 223 385 612 823
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 783 31 47 70 97 148
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 65 1 4 7 5 11
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 10 - - - - 3
Heterosexual4/................... 600 11 18 26 77 100
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 506 10 16 23 69 79
Transfusion...................... 186 2 2 7 19 44
Undetermined5/................... 745 11 12 29 51 106
Sex
Male............................. 95231 1891 4118 7551 12011 19137
Homosexual/bisexual.............. 64726 1263 2867 5426 8521 13546
Intravenous drug use............. 15785 287 605 1110 1755 2685
Homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 7250 200 408 595 988 1524
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 976 11 34 72 119 209
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 1127 73 93 111 164 191
Heterosexual4/................... 914 2 11 23 61 147
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 676 1 10 21 44 109
Transfusion...................... 1607 16 30 109 201 415
Undetermined5/................... 2846 39 70 105 202 420
Female........................... 9266 141 277 525 970 1684
Intravenous drug use............. 4805 80 171 283 476 837
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 26 - 2 3 4 5
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 403 12 17 30 56 75
Heterosexual4/................... 2396 21 46 114 273 458
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 1691 15 32 80 187 310
Transfusion...................... 964 10 22 59 104 215
Undetermined5/................... 672 18 19 36 57 94
Race/ethnicity, sex, and All
transmission category 1988 19892/ years 1984 1988 19892/
Number, by year of report
Percent distribution
Total3/.......................... 30377 24995 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 17911 14670 61.9 65.2 59.0 58.7
Intravenous drug use............. 6819 5341 19.7 17.7 22.4 21.4
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 1946 1519 6.9 9.3 6.4 6.1
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 298 238 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 375 285 1.5 2.5 1.2 1.1
Heterosexual4/................... 1122 1025 3.2 1.3 3.7 4.1
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 817 734 2.3 1.0 2.7 2.9
Transfusion...................... 836 550 2.5 1.2 2.8 2.2
Undetermined5/................... 1070 1367 3.4 2.0 3.5 5.5
Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic.............. 17120 14028 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 12903 10393 77.0 80.3 75.4 74.1
Intravenous drug use............. 1483 1265 7.3 5.5 8.7 9.0
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 1132 924 7.3 9.9 6.6 6.6
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 245 199 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.4
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 1 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
Heterosexual4/................... 354 311 1.6 0.6 2.1 2.2
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 202 185 0.9 0.3 1.2 1.3
Transfusion...................... 606 407 3.1 1.4 3.5 2.9
Undetermined5/................... 396 529 2.2 1.3 2.3 3.8
Black, not Hispanic.............. 8814 7484 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 3060 2652 37.0 36.9 34.7 35.4
Intravenous drug use............. 3685 2952 38.7 37.2 41.8 39.4
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 577 440 6.8 8.7 6.5 5.9
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 26 14 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 369 278 5.3 10.0 4.2 3.7
Heterosexual4/................... 549 543 5.8 2.1 6.2 7.3
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 434 411 4.5 1.6 4.9 5.5
Transfusion...................... 148 86 1.4 0.9 1.7 1.1
Undetermined5/................... 400 519 4.7 3.6 4.5 6.9
Hispanic......................... 4147 3172 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 1747 1440 46.6 48.6 42.1 45.4
Intravenous drug use............. 1620 1085 35.9 37.5 39.1 34.2
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 232 141 5.7 7.9 5.6 4.4
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 22 15 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 3 3 0.1 - 0.1 0.1
Heterosexual4/................... 205 161 4.4 3.0 4.9 5.1
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 173 134 3.7 2.7 4.2 4.2
Transfusion...................... 64 48 1.4 0.3 1.5 1.5
Undetermined5/................... 254 279 5.5 2.0 6.1 8.8
Sex
Male............................. 27313 22442 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Homosexual/bisexual.............. 17911 14670 68.0 69.6 65.6 65.4
Intravenous drug use............. 5204 4025 16.6 14.7 19.1 17.9
Homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 1946 1519 7.6 9.9 7.1 6.8
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 293 231 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.0
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 266 190 1.2 2.3 1.0 0.8
Heterosexual4/................... 318 352 1.0 0.3 1.2 1.6
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 228 263 0.7 0.2 0.8 1.2
Transfusion...................... 506 329 1.7 0.7 1.9 1.5
Undetermined5/................... 869 1126 3.0 1.7 3.2 5.0
Female........................... 3064 2553 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Intravenous drug use............. 1615 1316 51.9 61.7 52.7 51.5
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 5 7 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 109 95 4.3 6.1 3.6 3.7
Heterosexual4/................... 804 673 25.9 16.6 26.2 26.4
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 589 471 18.2 11.6 19.2 18.4
Transfusion...................... 330 221 10.4 7.9 10.8 8.7
Undetermined5/................... 201 241 7.3 6.9 6.6 9.4
1/Includes cases prior to 1983.
2/Data are as of September 30, 1989, and reflect reporting delays.
3/Includes all other races not shown separately.
4/Includes persons who have had heterosexual contact with a person with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or at risk of HIV infection.
5/Includes persons for whom risk information is incomplete (because of death,
refusal to be interviewed, or loss to followup), persons still under
investigation, men reported only to have had heterosexual contact with
prostitutes, and interviewed persons for whom no specific risk is identified.
NOTES: The AIDS case definition was changed in September 1987 to allow for
the presumptive diagnosis of AIDS-associated diseases and conditions
and to expand the spectrum of HIV-associated diseases reportable as
AIDS. Excludes residents of U.S. territories.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases,
AIDS Program.
3Deaths AIDS cases:race/ethnicity,transmission cat. age>13:'83-89
Table 45. Deaths among acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases,
according to race/ethnicity, sex, and transmission category for
persons 13 years of age and over: United States, 1983-89
(Data are based on reporting by State health departments)
Race/ethnicity, sex, and All
transmission category years1 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Number, by year of death
Total3/.......................... 62179 1387 3184 6212 10563 13903
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 38366 823 1972 3966 6774 8361
Intravenous drug use............. 12144 275 621 1164 1909 2863
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 4527 134 307 468 790 1018
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 628 9 24 72 100 149
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 873 73 79 105 138 179
Heterosexual4/................... 1806 15 42 119 248 405
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 1283 10 35 82 171 290
Transfusion...................... 1871 18 64 184 341 488
Undetermined5/................... 1964 40 75 134 263 440
Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic.............. 36014 750 1857 3710 6309 7921
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 27605 582 1453 2923 4946 5947
Intravenous drug use............. 2474 63 104 218 338 591
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 2726 73 189 289 502 612
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 541 8 21 59 88 128
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... - - - - - -
Heterosexual4/................... 511 2 5 30 76 109
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 273 - 4 10 38 60
Transfusion...................... 1421 15 51 140 264 373
Undetermined5/................... 736 7 34 51 95 161
Black, not Hispanic.............. 17608 428 862 1632 2757 4025
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 6617 149 296 619 1085 1487
Intravenous drug use............. 6798 135 345 633 1069 1571
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 1263 40 77 124 201 284
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 41 - 1 6 3 13
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 867 73 79 104 138 177
Heterosexual4/................... 966 8 23 63 109 236
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 742 5 18 50 80 182
Transfusion...................... 278 1 10 28 43 75
Undetermined5/................... 778 22 31 55 109 182
Hispanic......................... 8012 204 441 831 1414 1837
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 3767 90 204 401 692 841
Intravenous drug use............. 2827 76 171 308 494 693
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 519 20 40 54 82 118
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 37 1 2 5 9 6
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 5 - - 1 - 2
Heterosexual4/................... 316 5 14 26 60 59
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 263 5 13 22 52 48
Transfusion...................... 125 1 2 10 26 27
Undetermined5/................... 416 11 8 26 51 91
Sex
Male............................. 56722 1283 2947 5775 9713 12621
Homosexual/bisexual.............. 38366 823 1972 3966 6774 8361
Intravenous drug use............. 9374 218 476 933 1477 2212
Homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 4527 134 307 468 790 1018
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 610 9 23 68 97 147
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 637 64 61 87 94 129
Heterosexual4/................... 451 1 6 25 43 97
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 337 - 6 22 32 70
Transfusion...................... 1171 7 43 118 236 295
Undetermined5/................... 1586 27 59 110 202 362
Female........................... 5457 104 237 437 850 1282
Intravenous drug use............. 2770 57 145 231 432 651
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 18 - 1 4 3 2
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 236 9 18 18 44 50
Heterosexual4/................... 1355 14 36 94 205 308
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 946 10 29 60 139 220
Transfusion...................... 700 11 21 66 105 193
Undetermined5/................... 378 13 16 24 61 78
Race/ethnicity, sex, and All
transmission category 1988 19892/ years 1984 1988 19892/
Number, by year of death
Percent distribution
Total3/.......................... 16868 9352 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 10092 5975 61.7 61.9 59.8 63.9
Intravenous drug use............. 3579 1600 19.5 19.5 21.2 17.1
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 1107 641 7.3 9.6 6.6 6.9
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 174 92 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 163 83 1.4 2.5 1.0 0.9
Heterosexual4/................... 601 366 2.9 1.3 3.6 3.9
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 424 263 2.1 1.1 2.5 2.8
Transfusion...................... 535 232 3.0 2.0 3.2 2.5
Undetermined5/................... 617 363 3.2 2.4 3.7 3.9
Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic.............. 9422 5694 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 7088 4401 76.7 78.2 75.2 77.3
Intravenous drug use............. 728 405 6.9 5.6 7.7 7.1
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 634 399 7.6 10.2 6.7 7.0
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 154 75 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.3
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... - - - - - -
Heterosexual4/................... 180 107 1.4 0.3 1.9 1.9
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 92 67 0.8 0.2 1.0 1.2
Transfusion...................... 405 168 3.9 2.7 4.3 3.0
Undetermined5/................... 233 139 2.0 1.8 2.5 2.4
Black, not Hispanic.............. 5041 2619 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 1887 1001 37.6 34.3 37.4 38.2
Intravenous drug use............. 2015 962 38.6 40.0 40.0 36.7
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 343 178 7.2 8.9 6.8 6.8
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 9 9 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 163 80 4.9 9.2 3.2 3.1
Heterosexual4/................... 309 212 5.5 2.7 6.1 8.1
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 237 166 4.2 2.1 4.7 6.3
Transfusion...................... 81 40 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.5
Undetermined5/................... 234 137 4.4 3.6 4.6 5.2
Hispanic......................... 2237 938 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male homosexual/bisexual......... 995 500 47.0 46.3 44.5 53.3
Intravenous drug use............. 823 225 35.3 38.8 36.8 24.0
Male homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 124 63 6.5 9.1 5.5 6.7
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 8 6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... - 2 0.1 - - 0.2
Heterosexual4/................... 107 43 3.9 3.2 4.8 4.6
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 92 29 3.3 2.9 4.1 3.1
Transfusion...................... 40 17 1.6 0.5 1.8 1.8
Undetermined5/................... 140 82 5.2 1.8 6.3 8.7
Sex
Male............................. 15188 8556 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Homosexual/bisexual.............. 10092 5975 67.6 66.9 66.4 69.8
Intravenous drug use............. 2734 1226 16.5 16.2 18.0 14.3
Homosexual/bisexual and
intravenous drug use............ 1107 641 8.0 10.4 7.3 7.5
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 168 90 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.1
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 111 51 1.1 2.1 0.7 0.6
Heterosexual4/................... 147 128 0.8 0.2 1.0 1.5
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 111 92 0.6 0.2 0.7 1.1
Transfusion...................... 328 142 2.1 1.5 2.2 1.7
Undetermined5/................... 501 303 2.8 2.0 3.3 3.5
Female........................... 1680 796 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Intravenous drug use............. 845 374 50.8 61.2 50.3 47.0
Hemophilia/coagulation disorder.. 6 2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3
Born in Caribbean/African
countries....................... 52 32 4.3 7.6 3.1 4.0
Heterosexual4/................... 454 238 24.8 15.2 27.0 29.9
Sexual contact with intravenous
drug user..................... 313 171 17.3 12.2 18.6 21.5
Transfusion...................... 207 90 12.8 8.9 12.3 11.3
Undetermined5/................... 116 60 6.9 6.8 6.9 7.5
1/Includes cases prior to 1983.
2/Data are as of September 30, 1989, and reflect reporting delays.
3/Includes all other races not shown separately.
4/Includes persons who have had heterosexual contact with a person with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or at risk of HIV, infection.
5/Includes persons for whom risk information is incomplete (because of death,
refusal to be interviewed, or loss to followup), persons still under
investigation, men reported only to have had heterosexual contact with
prostitutes, and interviewed persons for whom no specific risk is identified.
NOTES: The AIDS case definition was changed in September 1987 to allow for
the presumptive diagnosis of AIDS-associated diseases and conditions
to expand the spectrum of HIV-associated diseases reportable
as AIDS. Excludes residents of U.S. territories.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases,
AIDS Program.
3AIDS cases by geographic division and state: U.S. 1983-89
Table 46. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases, according to
geographic division and State: United States, 1983-89
(Data are based on reporting by State health departments)
Geographic division All
and State years1,2/ 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Number, by year of report
United States......... 106270 2066 4445 8205 13167 21140
New England........... 4253 57 154 281 530 846
Maine................. 130 - - 11 21 25
New Hampshire......... 124 1 3 4 13 32
Vermont............... 47 - 1 2 6 15
Massachusetts......... 2330 33 87 165 282 455
Rhode Island.......... 266 4 6 12 31 69
Connecticut........... 1356 19 57 87 177 250
Middle Atlantic....... 35266 1039 1959 3155 4863 6136
New York.............. 24800 866 1587 2483 3786 3964
New Jersey............ 7430 136 281 469 770 1512
Pennsylvania.......... 3036 37 91 203 307 660
East North Central.... 7014 61 198 355 833 1407
Ohio.................. 1526 7 30 53 211 335
Indiana............... 607 4 25 27 71 132
Illinois.............. 3196 39 101 190 358 631
Michigan.............. 1305 9 32 61 151 212
Wisconsin............. 380 2 10 24 42 97
West North Central.... 2311 15 45 130 239 474
Minnesota............. 592 4 11 41 95 130
Iowa.................. 152 - 3 12 21 29
Missouri.............. 1134 7 27 51 73 238
North Dakota.......... 16 - - 2 4 1
South Dakota.......... 16 - - 1 2 2
Nebraska.............. 122 1 2 7 10 24
Kansas................ 279 3 2 16 34 50
South Atlantic........ 18799 272 585 1302 2073 3691
Delaware.............. 209 2 4 12 22 39
Maryland.............. 1898 27 54 150 189 457
District of Columbia.. 1881 19 90 177 227 466
Virginia.............. 1283 27 40 108 160 242
West Virginia......... 96 - 5 6 8 22
North Carolina........ 969 8 15 66 83 211
South Carolina........ 610 11 7 38 58 84
Georgia............... 2777 26 56 191 300 512
Florida............... 9076 152 314 554 1026 1658
East South Central.... 1921 10 24 72 165 323
Kentucky.............. 289 4 10 17 32 47
Tennessee............. 699 2 5 18 72 72
Alabama............... 600 3 6 29 33 153
Mississippi........... 333 1 3 8 28 51
West South Central.... 9417 112 315 617 1185 2161
Arkansas.............. 229 - 1 10 30 47
Louisiana............. 1449 18 55 103 165 337
Oklahoma.............. 444 5 9 20 50 107
Texas................. 7295 89 250 484 940 1670
Mountain.............. 2984 33 74 163 333 635
Montana............... 34 - - 1 3 6
Idaho................. 48 - - 4 3 10
Wyoming............... 26 - 1 1 3 1
Colorado.............. 1159 21 38 62 166 226
New Mexico............ 220 1 3 14 21 47
Arizona............... 863 7 20 51 80 218
Utah.................. 222 2 7 17 21 39
Nevada................ 412 2 5 13 36 88
Pacific............... 24305 467 1091 2130 2946 5467
Washington............ 1435 7 59 112 171 331
Oregon................ 636 5 13 34 64 160
California............ 21744 446 1005 1951 2638 4878
Alaska................ 69 1 1 5 16 15
Hawaii................ 421 8 13 28 57 83
12 months
ending
Geographic division All September 30,
and State 1988 19892/ years1 1989
Cases per
Number, by year Percent 100,000
of report distribution population3
United States......... 30947 25467 100.0 13.45
New England........... 1287 1074 4.0 10.80
Maine................. 27 46 0.1 3.97
New Hampshire......... 38 33 0.1 4.11
Vermont............... 11 11 0.0 2.20
Massachusetts......... 712 583 2.2 13.01
Rhode Island.......... 85 59 0.3 8.45
Connecticut........... 414 342 1.3 13.64
Middle Atlantic....... 10293 7285 33.2 26.03
New York.............. 6979 4681 23.3 35.82
New Jersey............ 2458 1741 7.0 28.88
Pennsylvania.......... 856 863 2.9 9.32
East North Central.... 2152 1978 6.6 5.97
Ohio.................. 508 374 1.4 4.51
Indiana............... 80 268 0.6 4.87
Illinois.............. 995 864 3.0 9.67
Michigan.............. 457 379 1.2 5.30
Wisconsin............. 112 93 0.4 2.76
West North Central.... 772 632 2.2 4.71
Minnesota............. 167 141 0.6 4.36
Iowa.................. 42 45 0.1 2.00
Missouri.............. 412 325 1.1 8.54
North Dakota.......... 3 6 0.0 0.87
South Dakota.......... 7 4 0.0 0.83
Nebraska.............. 51 27 0.1 2.72
Kansas................ 90 84 0.3 4.05
South Atlantic........ 5458 5330 17.7 16.16
Delaware.............. 62 68 0.2 11.54
Maryland.............. 544 472 1.8 13.48
District of Columbia.. 504 395 1.8 84.06
Virginia.............. 346 360 1.2 7.07
West Virginia......... 21 34 0.1 2.04
North Carolina........ 278 307 0.9 5.69
South Carolina........ 173 239 0.6 8.01
Georgia............... 827 853 2.6 17.99
Florida............... 2703 2602 8.5 27.46
East South Central.... 760 565 1.8 4.75
Kentucky.............. 91 88 0.3 2.91
Tennessee............. 330 200 0.7 5.17
Alabama............... 213 161 0.6 5.37
Mississippi........... 126 116 0.3 5.65
West South Central.... 2874 2133 8.9 10.34
Arkansas.............. 80 61 0.2 2.96
Louisiana............. 403 368 1.4 10.44
Oklahoma.............. 153 100 0.4 4.52
Texas................. 2238 1604 6.9 12.46
::
Mountain.............. 899 840 2.8 7.84
Montana............... 16 8 0.0 1.54
Idaho................. 11 20 0.0 2.14
Wyoming............... 6 14 0.0 2.71
Colorado.............. 326 315 1.1 11.54
New Mexico............ 59 75 0.2 6.34
Arizona............... 280 206 0.8 7.63
Utah.................. 81 55 0.2 4.93
Nevada................ 120 147 0.4 17.13
Pacific............... 6452 5630 22.9 19.13
Washington............ 356 398 1.4 10.38
Oregon................ 178 180 0.6 7.95
California............ 5794 4913 20.5 22.19
Alaska................ 19 12 0.1 2.57
Hawaii................ 105 127 0.4 14.15
1/Includes cases prior to 1983.
2/Data are as of September 30, 1989, and reflect reporting delays.
3/Resident population as of mid-1988, based on extrapolation from 1980-85
data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
NOTES: The AIDS case definition was changed in September 1987 to allow for
the presumptive diagnosis of AIDS-associated diseases and conditions
and to expand the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus-associated
diseases reportable as AIDS. Excludes residents of U.S. territories.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases,
AIDS Program.
3Deaths among AIDS cases by geographic division/state:U.S.'83-89
Table 47. Deaths among acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases,
according to geographic division and State: United States, 1983-89
(Data are based on reporting by State health departments)
Geographic division All
and State years1, 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Number, by year of death
Geographic division All
and State years1, 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Number, by year of death
United States........... 63159 1416 3231 6314 10705 14150
New England............. 2215 45 101 216 364 488
Maine................... 61 - - 7 14 10
New Hampshire........... 72 1 - 6 13 14
Vermont................. 21 1 1 1 6 5
Massachusetts........... 1172 30 54 110 171 249
Rhode Island............ 145 2 5 7 21 42
Connecticut............. 744 11 41 85 139 168
Middle Atlantic......... 21298 749 1465 2535 3943 4975
New York................ 14793 615 1147 1966 2853 3469
New Jersey.............. 4609 104 232 415 785 1079
Pennsylvania............ 1896 30 86 154 305 427
East North Central...... 4084 43 132 313 587 852
Ohio.................... 851 9 32 62 127 186
Indiana................. 356 6 13 21 57 79
Illinois................ 1892 21 63 154 273 368
Michigan................ 769 5 16 59 95 167
Wisconsin............... 216 2 8 17 35 52
West North Central...... 1279 6 33 100 207 286
Minnesota............... 311 2 8 27 61 76
Iowa.................... 76 1 2 7 15 17
Missouri................ 626 2 18 47 88 128
North Dakota............ 9 - - 2 2 2
South Dakota............ 9 - - 1 3 1
Nebraska................ 80 1 2 4 12 16
Kansas.................. 168 - 3 12 26 46
South Atlantic.......... 11013 188 440 960 1637 2420
Delaware................ 121 - 2 6 20 30
Maryland................ 1126 13 51 111 165 261
District of Columbia.... 1136 13 41 130 198 233
Virginia................ 765 20 25 78 135 182
West Virginia........... 60 - 4 7 8 11
North Carolina.......... 509 5 24 44 83 108
South Carolina.......... 322 1 13 30 43 77
Georgia................. 1592 17 55 127 215 337
Florida................. 5382 119 225 427 770 1181
East South Central...... 1029 11 24 75 143 233
Kentucky................ 176 5 10 13 23 34
Tennessee............... 381 3 6 27 64 84
Alabama................. 332 3 6 27 34 79
Mississippi............. 140 - 2 8 22 36
West South Central...... 5779 77 217 506 971 1443
Arkansas................ 139 1 - 8 20 30
Louisiana............... 889 13 29 95 137 209
Oklahoma................ 250 1 11 12 39 64
Texas................... 4501 62 177 391 775 1140
Mountain................ 1669 18 62 131 277 371
Montana................. 16 - - 1 2 5
Idaho................... 26 - - 1 3 6
Wyoming................. 13 - 1 2 1 3
Colorado................ 649 10 40 57 111 143
New Mexico.............. 126 - 1 7 22 24
Arizona................. 462 4 12 38 86 100
Utah.................... 136 1 3 12 25 31
Nevada.................. 241 3 5 13 27 59
Pacific................. 14793 279 757 1478 2576 3082
Washington.............. 771 8 31 81 127 176
Oregon.................. 354 2 9 22 68 74
California.............. 13401 267 709 1336 2342 2777
Alaska.................. 25 1 - 6 7 3
Hawaii.................. 242 1 8 33 32 52
All
Geographic division 1988 19892/ years1,2/
and State
Number, by year Percent
of death distribution
United States........... 17119 9488 100.0
New England............. 618 338 3.5
Maine................... 19 11 0.1
New Hampshire........... 24 12 0.1
Vermont................. 5 2 0.0
Massachusetts........... 343 198 1.9
Rhode Island............ 42 26 0.2
Connecticut............. 185 89 1.2
Middle Atlantic......... 5481 1747 33.7
New York................ 3762 668 23.4
New Jersey.............. 1185 737 7.3
Pennsylvania............ 534 342 3.0
East North Central...... 1228 894 6.5
Ohio.................... 254 174 1.3
Indiana................. 105 71 0.6
Illinois................ 583 409 3.0
Michigan................ 228 197 1.2
Wisconsin............... 58 43 0.3
West North Central...... 370 272 2.0
Minnesota............... 83 52 0.5
Iowa.................... 19 14 0.1
Missouri................ 190 151 1.0
North Dakota............ 2 1 0.0
South Dakota............ 3 1 0.0
Nebraska................ 30 15 0.1
Kansas.................. 43 38 0.3
South Atlantic.......... 3121 2148 17.4
Delaware................ 30 31 0.2
Maryland................ 315 203 1.8
District of Columbia.... 298 213 1.8
Virginia................ 219 104 1.2
West Virginia........... 12 18 0.1
North Carolina.......... 140 104 0.8
South Carolina.......... 107 48 0.5
Georgia................. 482 345 2.5
Florida................. 1518 1082 8.5
East South Central...... 327 210 1.6
Kentucky................ 49 40 0.3
Tennessee............... 118 78 0.6
Alabama................. 106 76 0.5
Mississippi............. 54 16 0.2
West South Central...... 1679 860 9.1
Arkansas................ 50 30 0.2
Louisiana............... 247 151 1.4
Oklahoma................ 82 41 0.4
Texas................... 1300 638 7.1
Mountain................ 472 329 2.6
Montana................. 6 2 0.0
Idaho................... 11 5 0.0
Wyoming................. 1 5 0.0
Colorado................ 178 107 1.0
New Mexico.............. 32 38 0.2
Arizona................. 137 82 0.7
Utah.................... 40 24 0.2
Nevada.................. 67 66 0.4
Pacific................. 3823 2690 23.4
Washington.............. 224 122 1.2
Oregon.................. 111 67 0.6
California.............. 3404 2464 21.2
Alaska.................. 7 - 0.0
Hawaii.................. 77 37 0.4
1/Includes cases prior to 1983.
2/Data are as of September 30, 1989, and reflect reporting delays.
NOTES: The AIDS case definition was changed in September 1987 to allow for
the presumptive diagnosis of AIDS-associated diseases and conditions
and to expand the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus-
associated diseases reportable as AIDS. Excludes residents of U.S.
territories.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases,
AIDS Program.
3Age-adjusted cancer incident rate:select sites:sex/race: '73-87
Table 48. Age-adjusted cancer incidence rates for selected cancer sites,
according to sex and race: Selected years 1973-87
(Data are based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
Program's population-based registries in Atlanta, Detroit, Seattle-Puget
Sound, San Francisco-Oakland, Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico, Utah, and
Hawaii)
Race, sex, and site 1973 1975 1980 1983 1984
White male Number of new cases per 100,000 population2/
All sites................ 363.8 377.6 404.2 417.2 421.1
Oral cavity and pharynx.. 17.4 18.2 16.8 18.0 16.8
Esophagus................ 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.1 4.8
Stomach.................. 14.0 12.5 12.3 10.8 10.9
Colon and rectum......... 54.2 54.9 58.4 60.1 62.7
Colon.................. 34.7 36.0 39.2 41.3 43.1
Rectum................. 19.5 19.0 19.3 18.7 19.6
Pancreas................. 12.7 12.4 11.0 11.3 11.0
Lung and bronchus........ 72.5 75.7 82.1 82.3 84.4
Prostate gland........... 62.4 68.5 78.0 83.3 82.0
Urinary bladder.......... 27.2 28.5 31.2 30.4 32.0
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma... 10.3 11.4 12.5 14.4 15.3
Leukemia................. 14.4 14.1 14.1 14.0 13.5
Black male
All sites................ 437.8 435.5 507.9 526.3 529.8
Oral cavity and pharynx.. 16.5 17.2 23.0 23.4 26.6
Esophagus................ 12.9 17.3 16.3 20.1 17.5
Stomach.................. 25.9 19.8 21.4 22.1 17.4
Colon and rectum......... 42.4 46.8 63.5 60.6 54.9
Colon.................. 31.3 33.9 46.0 46.0 42.0
Rectum................. 11.0 12.9 17.5 14.6 12.9
Pancreas................. 15.7 15.4 17.6 18.6 15.1
Lung and bronchus........ 104.4 100.7 130.7 129.4 139.0
Prostate gland........... 105.1 110.7 125.5 131.0 136.4
Urinary bladder.......... 10.7 13.6 14.5 15.1 15.5
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma... 9.0 7.1 9.3 9.0 11.0
Leukemia................. 12.0 12.4 12.8 12.0 10.1
White female
All sites................ 293.8 308.8 308.5 321.8 330.1
Colon and rectum......... 41.6 42.9 44.5 43.9 44.5
Colon.................. 30.2 30.9 32.7 32.5 32.1
Rectum................. 11.4 12.0 11.7 11.4 12.3
Pancreas................. 7.5 7.1 7.3 8.1 8.4
Lung and bronchus........ 17.9 21.9 28.3 34.4 34.9
Melanoma of skin......... 5.8 6.8 8.9 9.0 8.8
Breast................... 83.8 89.0 86.7 95.2 99.5
Cervix uteri............. 12.7 11.1 9.0 8.0 8.3
Corpus uteri............. 29.4 33.5 25.2 24.6 23.9
Ovary.................... 14.6 14.4 14.0 14.0 14.7
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma... 7.5 8.4 9.1 10.0 10.9
Black female
All sites................ 279.0 292.5 302.6 317.0 321.3
Colon and rectum......... 40.6 42.9 49.3 49.1 47.4
Colon.................. 29.2 32.3 40.8 36.1 37.6
Rectum................. 11.5 10.5 8.5 13.0 9.8
Pancreas................. 11.5 11.7 12.9 12.3 13.3
Lung and bronchus........ 20.7 20.4 33.9 34.6 39.8
Breast................... 67.8 77.2 73.3 85.7 83.6
Cervix uteri............. 29.5 27.7 19.0 15.0 17.5
Corpus uteri............. 14.8 16.8 14.0 15.8 14.8
Ovary.................... 10.3 10.1 9.9 11.6 9.3
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma... 5.4 4.0 5.9 7.9 6.1
Estimated
annual
percent
Race, sex, and site 1985 1986 1987 change1/
White male Number of new cases per 100,000 population2/
All sites................ 425.1 430.2 441.3 1.2
Oral cavity and pharynx.. 16.4 16.1 16.8 -0.5
Esophagus................ 5.3 5.2 5.5 0.6
Stomach.................. 10.6 10.8 10.4 -1.8
Colon and rectum......... 63.4 61.9 60.5 0.9
Colon.................. 43.2 42.7 41.6 1.4
Rectum................. 20.1 19.2 18.9 -0.1
Pancreas................. 10.7 10.9 10.3 -1.0
Lung and bronchus........ 82.0 81.6 82.3 0.8
Prostate gland........... 85.7 89.1 99.2 2.7
Urinary bladder.......... 30.9 31.9 33.0 1.1
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma... 15.6 16.4 17.8 3.8
Leukemia................. 13.6 13.4 12.5 -0.7
Black male
All sites................ 522.3 518.3 520.1 1.6
Oral cavity and pharynx.. 22.3 24.5 25.7 3.2
Esophagus................ 19.1 21.4 17.3 1.5
Stomach.................. 18.3 18.4 19.8 -0.9
Colon and rectum......... 59.0 58.0 58.5 2.0
Colon.................. 45.5 42.8 44.7 2.3
Rectum................. 13.5 15.3 13.8 1.1
Pancreas................. 19.6 15.9 15.2 0.0
Lung and bronchus........ 129.6 131.3 118.9 2.0
Prostate gland........... 130.2 126.8 136.1 2.0
Urinary bladder.......... 15.9 17.3 16.7 2.3
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma... 9.8 11.0 8.8 2.6
Leukemia................. 12.6 10.0 12.0 -0.4
White female
All sites................ 339.7 336.8 344.0 0.9
Colon and rectum......... 45.7 42.8 40.5 0.1
Colon.................. 33.8 31.9 29.7 0.2
Rectum................. 11.9 10.8 10.9 -0.2
Pancreas................. 8.2 7.8 7.3 0.5
Lung and bronchus........ 35.9 37.5 38.7 5.4
Melanoma of skin......... 9.7 9.8 10.1 3.8
Breast................... 105.7 108.4 115.9 1.8
Cervix uteri............. 7.5 7.9 7.3 -3.6
Corpus uteri............. 23.2 22.3 22.5 -2.8
Ovary.................... 15.0 13.4 14.5 -0.2
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma... 11.1 11.1 10.9 2.7
Black female
All sites................ 323.5 328.6 321.8 1.2
Colon and rectum......... 45.9 47.2 46.7 1.4
Colon.................. 36.1 36.6 36.1 1.9
Rectum................. 9.8 10.6 10.5 0.0
Pancreas................. 11.5 13.2 14.5 1.1
Lung and bronchus........ 40.8 43.2 37.5 5.4
Breast................... 92.9 94.6 90.9 2.0
Cervix uteri............. 16.1 15.5 15.1 -4.6
Corpus uteri............. 14.9 14.0 13.0 -0.4
Ovary.................... 10.2 8.8 10.1 0.1
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma... 6.8 6.6 8.0 4.3
1/The estimated annual percent change has been calculated by fitting a
linear regression model to the natural logarithm of the yearly rates from
1973-87.
2/Age adjusted by the direct method to the 1970 U.S. population.
SOURCE: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1988
Annual Cancer Statistics Review, Including a Report on the Status of
Cancer Control. NIH Pub. No. 89-2789. U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. Public Health Service. Bethesda, Md., 1989.
35-year relative cancer survival rate select sites:sex/race'74-86
Table 49. Five-year relative cancer survival rates for selected sites,
according to race and sex: 1974-76, 1977-80, and 1981-86
(Data are based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program's
population-based registries in Atlanta, Detroit, Seattle-Puget Sound,
San Francisco-Oakland, Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico, Utah, and Hawaii)
All race White
Sex and site 1974-76 1977-80 1981-86 1974-76 1977-80 1981-86
Male Percent of patients
All sites.............. 40.6 42.9 45.1 41.7 44.1 46.6
Oral cavity and pharynx 52.0 50.6 49.0 54.2 53.1 52.0
Esophagus.............. 3.6 4.9 7.1 4.3 5.7 7.5
Stomach................ 13.6 14.8 15.8 12.8 13.8 14.7
Colon.................. 49.3 51.6 56.8 49.7 51.9 57.5
Rectum................. 47.3 48.7 52.0 47.7 49.9 53.1
Pancreas............... 3.0 2.4 2.8 3.2 2.4 2.7
Lung and bronchus...... 11.0 11.7 11.6 10.9 11.9 11.8
Prostate gland......... 66.5 70.6 73.3 67.4 71.7 74.7
Urinary bladder........ 73.4 76.1 79.7 74.2 76.6 80.3
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 46.7 46.0 49.7 47.4 46.6 50.6
Leukemia............... 32.4 34.6 34.3 32.9 35.5 35.3
Female
All sites.............. 56.4 55.4 55.9 57.2 56.2 57.0
Colon.................. 50.4 53.1 55.9 50.5 53.3 56.5
Rectum................. 49.1 50.6 54.9 49.5 51.4 55.6
Pancreas............... 2.3 2.7 3.4 2.3 2.2 3.1
Lung and bronchus...... 15.5 16.2 16.0 15.7 16.2 16.2
Melanoma of skin....... 84.2 86.1 86.5 84.3 86.3 86.6
Breast................. 74.0 74.3 76.6 74.7 75.0 77.5
Cervix uteri........... 68.3 67.3 65.8 69.1 68.2 67.3
Corpus uteri........... 88.2 84.3 82.6 89.0 85.6 84.0
Ovary.................. 36.5 38.0 38.9 36.2 37.4 38.7
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 47.2 50.4 51.9 47.3 50.4 52.2
Black
Sex and site 1974-76 1977-80 1981-86
Male Percent of patients
All sites.............. 31.1 32.4 32.8
Oral cavity and pharynx 30.5 28.8 26.8
Esophagus.............. 2.2 2.9 5.9
Stomach................ 15.6 15.4 17.5
Colon.................. 43.5 46.0 45.9
Rectum................. 34.2 36.7 37.8
Pancreas............... 1.1 3.5 3.2
Lung and bronchus...... 10.8 9.7 9.9
Prostate gland......... 57.7 62.2 62.1
Urinary bladder........ 53.9 60.9 63.2
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 43.5 42.3 41.5
Leukemia............... 31.1 27.7 28.3
Female
All sites.............. 46.5 45.7 44.4
Colon.................. 47.1 49.2 48.7
Rectum................. 48.2 36.9 44.9
Pancreas............... 3.2 6.7 3.8
Lung and bronchus...... 12.6 16.9 13.7
Melanoma of skin....... --- --- *67.5
Breast................. 62.6 62.9 64.3
Cervix uteri........... 62.9 61.9 57.1
Corpus uteri........... 62.2 56.0 55.0
Ovary.................. 40.8 39.4 37.6
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 53.4 56.6 49.4
*Standard error is greater than 10 percentage points.
NOTES: Rates are based on followup of patients through 1986. The rate is the
ratio of the observed survival rate for the patient group to the
expected survival rate for persons in the general population similar
to the patient group with respect to age, sex, race, and calendar year
of observation. It estimates the chance of surviving the effects of
cancer.
SOURCE: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1988 Annual
Cancer Statistics Review, Including a Report on the Status of Cancer
Control. NIH Pub. No. 89-2789. U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. Public Health Service. Bethesda, Md., 1989; National
Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control:
Unpublished data.
3Limitation of activity done by chronic cond.:select chars.'83,88
Table 50. Limitation of activity caused by chronic conditions, according
selected characteristics: United States, 1983 and 1988
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
Total with Limited Limited in Unable to
limitation but not in amount or kind carry on
of activity major of major major
activity activity activity
Characteristic 1983 1988 1983 1988 1983 1988 1983 1988
Percent of population
Total1,2/.......... 13.8 13.1 4.1 4.0 6.0 5.3 3.6 3.8
Age
Under 15 years..... 4.8 5.0 1.3 1.2 3.1 3.4 0.4 0.4
Under 5 years.... 2.1 2.2 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.5
5-14 years....... 6.2 6.5 1.8 1.5 4.1 4.7 0.3 0.3
15-44 years........ 8.5 8.4 2.7 2.7 3.9 3.5 1.9 2.2
45-64 years........ 24.3 22.4 5.9 5.5 10.2 8.4 8.2 8.6
65 years and over.. 40.2 37.0 14.8 14.4 15.0 12.1 10.4 10.5
65-74 years...... 37.6 33.9 13.5 12.6 13.3 10.3 10.7 11.1
75 years and over 44.4 41.8 16.8 17.2 17.7 14.9 9.9 9.7
Sex1/
Male............... 13.9 13.2 3.8 3.7 5.6 5.2 4.6 4.3
Female............. 13.6 12.9 4.5 4.3 6.4 5.3 2.7 3.4
Race1/
White.............. 13.4 12.8 4.2 4.0 5.9 5.3 3.3 3.5
Black.............. 17.5 16.3 3.8 3.8 7.5 5.9 6.2 6.6
Family income1,3/
Less than $10,000.. 23.0 23.2 5.4 5.4 9.6 8.6 8.0 9.1
$10,000-$14,999.... 16.6 15.4 4.5 4.2 6.8 6.2 5.2 5.0
$15,000-$19,999.... 14.4 13.1 4.3 4.0 6.6 5.3 3.5 3.7
$20,000-$34,999.... 11.0 10.7 3.7 3.5 5.1 4.6 2.1 2.6
$35,000 or more.... 9.4 8.1 3.7 3.0 4.1 3.6 1.6 1.4
Geographic region1/
Northeast.......... 13.0 11.5 4.0 3.8 5.4 4.2 3.6 3.4
Midwest............ 13.1 13.2 3.9 3.9 5.9 5.8 3.2 3.5
South.............. 14.7 14.2 4.1 4.2 6.7 5.7 3.9 4.3
West............... 14.2 12.8 4.7 3.9 5.8 5.1 3.7 3.7
Location of residence1/
Within MSA......... 13.5 12.6 4.1 3.9 5.9 5.0 3.5 3.7
Outside MSA........ 14.4 14.9 4.2 4.2 6.4 6.4 3.8 4.3
1/Age adjusted.
2/Includes all other races not shown separately and unknown family income
3/Family income categories for 1983. Income categories for 1988 are: less
than $13,000; $13,000-$18,999; $19,000-$24,999; $25,000-$44,999; and
$45,000 or more.
SOURCE: Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Heal
Statistics: Data from the National Health Interview Survey.
3Disability days & incidence associated w/acute cond.by age'83-88
Table 51. Disability days associated with acute conditions and incidence
of acute conditions, according to age: United States, 1983-88
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
Age 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Restricted-activity days Number per person
All ages1/................... 7.2 7.4 6.8 7.7 6.8 7.1
Under 15 years............... 8.2 7.9 6.9 8.2 7.5 8.1
Under 5 years.............. 9.5 8.8 7.5 9.0 9.4 9.7
5-14 years................. 7.5 7.4 6.7 7.8 6.6 7.2
15-44 years.................. 6.6 7.1 6.5 7.0 6.5 6.7
45-64 years.................. 6.3 6.6 6.0 7.0 6.1 5.8
65 years and over............ 9.2 9.1 9.6 10.2 8.0 8.2
65-74 years................ 8.7 8.3 8.9 10.2 8.2 7.3
75 years and over.......... 10.1 10.2 10.9 10.1 7.7 9.6
Bed-disability days2/
All ages1/................... 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.1
Under 15 years............... 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.9
Under 5 years.............. 4.7 3.8 3.5 3.9 4.4 4.9
5-14 years................. 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.8 2.8 3.4
15-44 years.................. 3.0 3.2 2.8 3.1 2.8 2.8
45-64 years.................. 2.8 2.6 2.7 3.1 2.6 2.4
65 years and over............ 4.5 3.9 3.9 4.6 3.4 3.4
65-74 years................ 4.4 3.7 2.8 3.9 3.7 3.1
75 years and over.......... 4.7 4.3 5.7 5.5 3.0 4.0
Incidence of acute
conditions3/ Number per 100 persons
All ages1/................... 182.9 184.9 183.1 189.5 180.8 184.8
Under 15 years............... 288.1 289.3 280.0 302.7 281.7 296.5
Under 5 years.............. 354.5 345.1 334.6 360.4 358.9 362.8
5-14 years................. 252.8 259.2 250.9 271.7 240.4 261.3
15-44 years.................. 165.1 172.2 170.1 180.5 168.7 162.6
45-64 years.................. 109.3 104.4 112.9 125.1 101.4 107.9
65 years and over............ 100.9 98.8 98.4 119.5 100.4 108.9
65-74 years................ 103.1 97.4 98.9 118.2 94.8 107.8
75 years and over.......... 97.3 101.0 97.7 121.5 109.4 110.6
1/Age adjusted.
2/A subset of restricted-activity days.
3/Excludes conditions involving neither medical attention nor activity
restriction.
SOURCE: Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for
Health Statistics: Data from the National Health Interview
Survey.
3Self-assessment of health by select characteristics:U.S. '83-87
Table 52. Self-assessment of health, according to selected characteristics
United States, 1983 and 1988
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
Excellent Very good Good Fair
or poor
Characteristic Total 1983 1988 1983 1988 1983 1988 1983 1988
Percent distribution
Total1,2/.......... 100.0 40.7 40.2 25.4 27.7 23.2 22.7 10.7 9.4
Age
Under 15 years..... 100.0 53.3 53.3 24.9 26.6 18.8 17.4 3.0 2.7
Under 5 years.... 100.0 54.0 53.9 25.1 26.2 18.0 16.4 2.9 3.4
5-14 years....... 100.0 52.9 53.0 24.8 26.7 19.3 17.9 3.1 2.4
15-44 years........ 100.0 44.7 42.6 27.9 30.5 21.5 21.4 6.0 5.5
45-64 years........ 100.0 26.6 28.2 24.0 26.5 29.3 28.2 20.1 17.1
65 years and over.. 100.0 16.6 16.3 19.2 21.5 30.8 32.8 33.3 29.4
65-74 years...... 100.0 16.9 17.5 19.1 22.8 31.7 33.1 32.3 26.6
75 years and over 100.0 16.2 14.5 19.4 19.5 29.4 32.2 34.9 33.8
Sex1/
Male............... 100.0 43.0 42.2 25.0 27.5 21.8 21.4 10.2 8.9
Female............. 100.0 38.6 38.3 25.7 27.8 24.6 24.0 11.1 9.9
Race1/
White.............. 100.0 42.6 41.8 25.8 28.4 22.1 21.4 9.6 8.5
Black.............. 100.0 28.5 30.1 21.8 23.3 30.0 30.2 19.7 16.4
Family income1,3/
Less than $10,000.. 100.0 29.1 27.9 22.1 24.1 27.6 28.2 21.2 19.8
$10,000-$14,999.... 100.0 34.2 33.6 24.8 27.4 27.2 27.0 13.9 12.0
$15,000-$19,999.... 100.0 37.0 37.4 26.9 29.5 25.7 24.1 10.5 9.0
$20,000-$34,999.... 100.0 43.7 42.7 27.4 29.1 22.0 21.7 6.9 6.5
$35,000 or more.... 100.0 53.1 52.6 26.2 27.2 16.1 16.2 4.7 4.0
Geographic region1/
Northeast.......... 100.0 41.7 41.2 26.5 29.8 22.7 21.1 9.1 7.8
Midwest............ 100.0 40.9 41.4 26.5 28.2 22.9 21.8 9.7 8.6
South.............. 100.0 38.3 37.5 24.0 25.9 24.7 25.1 13.1 11.5
West............... 100.0 43.5 42.1 25.0 27.9 22.0 21.6 9.5 8.4
Location of residence1/
Within MSA......... 100.0 41.5 41.4 25.8 27.6 22.7 22.2 10.0 9.0
Outside MSA........ 100.0 39.1 36.2 24.4 28.1 24.6 24.8 12.0 11.0
1/Age adjusted.
2/Includes all other races not shown separately and unknown family income.
3/Family income categories for 1983. Income categories for 1988 are: less
than $13,000; $13,000-$18,999; $19,000-$24,999; $25,000-$44,999; and
$45,000 or more.
SOURCE: Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health
Statistics: Data from the National Health Interview Survey.
3Current cigarette smoking age>18 by sex/race/age:U.S. 1965-87
Table 53. Current cigarette smoking by persons 18 years of age and over,
according to sex, race, and age: United States, selected years
1965-87
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
Sex, race, and age 1965 1974 1979 1983 1985 1987
All persons Percent of persons 18 years of age
and over
18 years and over, age adjusted... 42.3 37.2 33.5 32.2 30.0 28.7
18 years and over, crude.......... 42.4 37.1 33.5 32.1 30.1 28.8
All males
18 years and over, age adjusted... 51.6 42.9 37.2 34.7 32.1 31.0
18 years and over, crude.......... 51.9 43.1 37.5 35.1 32.6 31.2
18-24 years....................... 54.1 42.1 35.0 32.9 28.0 28.2
25-34 years....................... 60.7 50.5 43.9 38.8 38.2 34.8
35-44 years....................... 58.2 51.0 41.8 41.0 37.6 36.6
45-64 years....................... 51.9 42.6 39.3 35.9 33.4 33.5
65 years and over................. 28.5 24.8 20.9 22.0 19.6 17.2
White:
18 years and over, age adjusted 50.8 41.7 36.5 34.1 31.3 30.4
18-24 years....................... 53.0 40.8 34.3 32.5 28.4 29.2
25-34 years....................... 60.1 49.5 43.6 38.6 37.3 33.8
35-44 years....................... 57.3 50.1 41.3 40.8 36.6 36.2
45-64 years....................... 51.3 41.2 38.3 35.0 32.1 32.4
65 years and over................. 27.7 24.3 20.5 20.6 18.9 16.0
Black:
18 years and over, age adjusted 59.2 54.0 44.1 41.3 39.9 39.0
18-24 years....................... 62.8 54.9 40.2 34.2 27.2 24.9
25-34 years....................... 68.4 58.5 47.5 39.9 45.6 44.9
35-44 years....................... 67.3 61.5 48.6 45.5 45.0 44.0
45-64 years....................... 57.9 57.8 50.0 44.8 46.1 44.3
65 years and over................. 36.4 29.7 26.2 38.9 27.7 30.3
All females
18 years and over, age adjusted... 34.0 32.5 30.3 29.9 28.2 26.7
18 years and over, crude.......... 33.9 32.1 29.9 29.5 27.9 26.5
18-24 years....................... 38.1 34.1 33.8 35.5 30.4 26.1
25-34 years....................... 43.7 38.8 33.7 32.6 32.0 31.8
35-44 years....................... 43.7 39.8 37.0 33.8 31.5 29.6
45-64 years....................... 32.0 33.4 30.7 31.0 29.9 28.6
65 years and over................. 9.6 12.0 13.2 13.1 13.5 13.7
White:
18 years and over, age adjusted 34.3 32.3 30.6 30.1 28.3 27.2
18-24 years....................... 38.4 34.0 34.5 36.5 31.8 27.8
25-34 years....................... 43.4 38.6 34.1 32.2 32.0 31.9
35-44 years....................... 43.9 39.3 37.2 34.8 31.0 29.2
45-64 years....................... 32.7 33.0 30.6 30.6 29.7 29.0
65 years and over................. 9.8 12.3 13.8 13.2 13.3 13.9
Black:
18 years and over, age adjusted 32.1 35.9 30.8 31.8 30.7 27.2
18-24 years....................... 37.1 35.6 31.8 32.0 23.7 20.4
25-34 years....................... 47.8 42.2 35.2 38.0 36.2 35.8
35-44 years....................... 42.8 46.4 37.7 32.7 40.2 35.3
45-64 years....................... 25.7 38.9 34.2 36.3 33.4 28.4
65 years and over................. 7.1 8.9 8.5 13.1 14.5 11.7
NOTES: A current smoker is a person who has smoked at least 100 cigarettes
and who now smokes; includes occasional smokers. Excludes unknown
smoking status.
SOURCE: Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health
Statistics: Data from the National Health Interview Survey; Data
computed by the Division of Epidemiology and Health Promotion
from data compiled by the Division of Health Interview Statistics.
3Prevalence cigarette smoking age>25 by sex/race/education:'74-87
Table 54. Age-adjusted prevalence of current cigarette smoking by persons 25
years of age and over, according to sex, race, and education:
United States, selected years 1974-87
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
Sex, race, and education 1974 1979 1983 1985 1987
Percent of persons 25 years of age and over, age adjusted
All persons1/........... 37.1 33.3 31.7 30.2 29.1
Less than 12 years...... 43.8 41.1 40.8 41.0 40.6
12 years................ 36.4 33.7 33.6 32.1 31.8
13-15 years............. 35.8 33.2 30.3 29.7 27.2
16 or more years........ 27.5 22.8 20.7 18.6 16.7
All males1/............. 43.0 37.6 35.1 32.9 31.5
Less than 12 years...... 52.4 48.1 47.2 46.0 45.7
12 years................ 42.6 39.1 37.4 35.6 35.2
13-15 years............. 41.6 36.5 33.0 33.0 28.4
16 or more years........ 28.6 23.1 21.8 19.7 17.3
White males1/........... 41.9 36.9 34.5 31.9 30.6
Less than 12 years...... 51.6 48.0 47.9 45.2 45.3
12 years................ 42.2 38.6 37.1 34.8 34.6
13-15 years............. 41.4 36.4 32.6 32.3 28.0
16 or more years........ 28.1 22.8 21.1 19.2 17.4
Black males1/........... 53.8 44.9 42.8 42.5 41.9
Less than 12 years...... 58.3 50.1 46.0 51.1 49.4
12 years................ *51.2 48.4 47.2 41.9 43.6
13-15 years............. *45.7 39.3 44.7 42.3 32.4
16 or more years........ *41.8 *37.9 *31.3 *32.0 20.9
All females1/........... 32.2 29.6 28.8 27.8 26.9
Less than 12 years...... 36.8 35.0 35.3 36.7 36.1
12 years................ 32.5 29.9 30.9 29.6 29.2
13-15 years............. 30.2 30.0 27.5 26.7 26.0
16 or more years........ 26.1 22.5 19.2 17.4 16.1
White females1/......... 31.9 29.8 28.8 27.6 27.0
Less than 12 years...... 37.0 36.1 35.5 37.1 37.0
12 years................ 32.1 29.9 30.9 29.4 29.4
13-15 years............. 30.5 30.6 28.0 27.1 26.2
16 or more years........ 25.8 21.9 18.9 16.8 16.4
Black females1/......... 35.9 30.6 31.8 32.1 28.6
Less than 12 years...... 36.4 31.9 36.9 39.2 35.0
12 years................ 41.9 33.0 35.2 32.3 28.1
13-15 years............. 33.2 *28.8 26.5 23.7 27.2
16 or more years........ *35.2 *43.4 *38.7 27.5 19.5
1/Includes unknown education.
*For age groups where percent smoking was 0 or 100 the age-adjustment
procedure was modified to substitute the percent from the next lower
education group. These age-adjusted percents should be considered
unreliable because of small sample size.
NOTES: A current smoker is a person who has smoked at least 100 cigarettes
and who now smokes; includes occusional smokers. Excludes unknown
smoking status.
SOURCE: Data computed by the Division of Epidemiology and Health Promotion,
National Center for Health Statistics from data compiled by the
Division of Health Interview Statistics.
3Use select substances past month age 12-25 by age/sex:U.S.'74-88
Table 55. Use of selected substances in the past month by youths 12-17
years of age and young adults 18-25 years of age, according to
age and sex: United States, selected years 1974-88
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the population
12 years of age and over in the coterminous United States)
Substance, age, and sex 1974 1976 1977 1979 1982 1985 1988
Cigarettes Percent of population
Both sexes:
12-17 years.......... 25 23 22 (1/) 15 15 12
12-13 years........ 13 11 10 (1/) 6 3
14-15 years........ 25 20 22 (1/) 10 14 11
16-17 years........ 38 39 35 (1/) 30 25 20
18-25 years.......... 49 49 47 (1/) 40 37 35
Male:
12-17 years.......... 27 21 23 (1/) 16 16 12
18-25 years.......... 50 48 50 (1/) 37 38 36
Female:
12-17 years.......... 24 26 22 (1/) 13 15 11
18-25 years.......... 47 51 44 (1/) 42 35 35
Alcohol2/
Both sexes:
12-17 years.......... 34 32 31 37 27 31 25
12-13 years........ 19 19 13 20 10 11 6
14-15 years........ 32 31 28 36 23 35 23
16-17 years........ 51 47 52 55 45 46 42
18-25 years.......... 69 69 70 76 68 71 65
Male:
12-17 years.......... 39 36 37 39 27 34 27
18-25 years.......... --- 79 82 84 75 78 75
Female:
12-17 years.......... 29 29 25 36 27 28 23
18-25 years.......... --- 58 59 68 61 64 57
Marijuana
Both sexes:
12-17 years.......... 12 12 17 17 12 12 6
12-13 years........ *2 *3 *4 4 *2 *4 1
14-15 years........ 12 13 16 17 8 11 5
16-17 years........ 20 21 30 28 23 21 12
18-25 years.......... 25 25 27 35 27 22 15
Male:
12-17 years.......... 12 14 20 19 13 13 6
18-25 years.......... --- 31 35 45 36 27 20
Female:
12-17 years.......... 11 11 13 14 10 11 7
18-25 years.......... --- 19 20 26 19 17 11
Cocaine3/
Both sexes:
12-17 years.......... *1.0 *1.0 *0.8 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.1
18-25 years.......... 3.1 2.0 3.7 9.3 6.8 7.6 4.5
Male:
12-17 years.......... --- --- --- --- 1.8 2.0 0.9
18-25 years.......... --- --- --- --- 9.1 9.0 6.0
Female:
12-17 years.......... --- --- --- --- *1.5 *1.0 1.4
18-25 years.......... --- --- --- --- 4.7 6.3 3.0
1/Data not comparable because definitions differ.
2/In 1979, 1982, 1985, and 1988, private answer sheets were used for
alcohol questions; in earlier years, respondents answered questions
aloud.
3/The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) provides data on the number of
people admitted to emergency rooms following cocaine use, based on a
nonrandom sample of 562 participating emergency rooms in 21 metropolitan
areas and 78 medical examiner facilities located primarily in 27
metropolitan areas. Between 1985 and 1988 the annual number of cocaine-
related emergency room visits in DAWN hospitals increased sharply from
11,136 to 46,825. Cocaine-related emergency room visits increased from
304 to 1,027 for youths 12-17 years of age and from 3,552 to 14,434 for
young adults 18-25 years of age. (Unpublished data from National
Institute on Drug Abuse, Drug Abuse Warning Network.)
*Relative standard error greater than 30 percent.
SOURCES: National Institute on Drug Abuse: National Household Survey on
Drug Abuse: Main Findings, 1979, by P. M. Fishburne, H. I.
Abelson, and I. Cisin. DHHS Pub. No. (ADM) 80-976. Alcohol,
Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. Washington. U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1980; National Household Survey on
Drug Abuse: Main Findings, 1982, by J. D. Miller et al.
DHHS Pub. No. (ADM) 83-1263. Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental
Health Administration. Washington. U.S. Government Printing
Office, 1983; National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main
Findings, 1985. DHHS Pub. No. (ADM) 88-1586. National Household
Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings, 1988; Unpublished data.
3Alcohol consumption status age>18 by sex: U.S. select yrs '71-85
Table 56. Alcohol consumption status of persons 18 years of age and over,
according to sex: United States, selected years 1971-85
(Data are based on interviews of samples of the noninstitutionalized
population)
Sex and
alcohol consumption 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1979 1983 1985
Both sexes Percent of persons
Abstain............ 36 34 36 36 33 33 40 35
Light.............. 34 29 28 31 38 34 29 35
Moderate........... 20 23 28 21 19 24 21 22
Heavier............ 10 14 11 12 10 9 10 8
Male
Abstain............ 30 25 24 27 26 25 28 24
Light.............. 29 24 24 27 33 29 28 33
Moderate........... 26 29 34 26 24 31 28 29
Heavier............ 15 22 18 20 18 14 16 14
Female
Abstain............ 42 42 42 45 39 40 50 45
Light.............. 40 35 32 35 44 38 30 37
Moderate........... 13 17 21 15 15 18 15 15
Heavier............ 5 6 5 4 3 4 4 3
NOTE: Alcohol consumption status is defined in ounces of absolute alcohol
(ethanol) consumed per day as follows: abstain, 0; light, .01-.21;
moderate, .22-.99; and heavier, 1.00 or more.
SOURCES: Clark, W. B., Midanik, L., and Knupfer, G.: Report on the 1979
National Survey. University of California. Contract No. ADM
281-77-0021. Prepared for the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism. Rockville, Md., Dec. 1981. 1983 and 1985 data
computed by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism from data compiled by the National Center for Health
Statistics, Division of Health Interview Statistics.
3Elevated blood pressure age 20-74: race/sex/age:U.S. 60-62,71-80
Table 57. Elevated blood pressure among persons 20-74 years of age,
according to race, sex, and age: United States, 1960-62, 1971-74,
and 1976-80
(Data are based on physical examinations of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
All races White
Sex and age 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80
Percent of population with systolic pressure at least
Both sexes1/ 140 mmHg or diastolic pressure at least 90 mmHg
20-74 years, age adjusted. 37.4 38.4 38.0 36.2 37.3 37.0
20-74 years, crude........ 38.1 38.1 37.2 37.1 37.3 36.5
20-24 years............... 12.9 13.5 16.1 13.1 13.7 16.0
25-34 years............... 16.2 20.0 21.3 15.3 19.2 21.2
35-44 years............... 30.0 32.3 33.1 28.3 29.7 31.0
45-54 years............... 44.4 46.9 47.0 42.4 45.8 45.8
55-64 years............... 62.3 59.4 56.7 60.9 58.4 55.2
65-74 years............... 73.8 70.3 63.1 73.1 69.3 61.9
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 40.8 42.7 43.6 40.0 42.1 43.1
20-74 years, crude........ 41.0 42.0 42.5 40.4 41.6 42.3
20-24 years............... 21.7 20.2 24.7 22.1 20.7 25.6
25-34 years............... 23.3 27.5 31.1 22.3 27.2 31.3
35-44 years............... 37.4 38.1 39.5 37.0 36.0 37.7
45-54 years............... 47.2 52.8 51.8 46.0 53.0 51.8
55-64 years............... 59.3 59.3 58.7 58.2 58.9 57.6
65-74 years............... 65.9 65.4 62.0 65.0 64.0 60.6
Female1/
20-74 years, age adjusted. 34.0 34.3 32.6 32.3 32.6 31.0
20-74 years, crude........ 35.3 34.6 32.3 34.0 33.3 31.0
20-24 years............... 4.2 7.1 7.8 3.8 6.9 6.5
25-34 years............... 9.2 12.7 11.7 8.2 11.2 11.0
35-44 years............... 22.9 26.9 27.1 19.9 23.8 24.6
45-54 years............... 41.8 41.5 42.4 39.0 39.1 40.1
55-64 years............... 65.0 59.5 54.9 63.3 57.9 53.0
65-74 years............... 80.3 74.1 63.9 79.8 73.4 62.9
Percent of population with systolic pressure at least
Both sexes1/ 160 mmHg or diastolic pressure at least 95 mmHg
20-74 years, age adjusted. 18.8 19.3 18.1 17.2 18.0 17.4
20-74 years, crude........ 19.2 19.2 17.6 17.8 18.0 17.0
20-24 years............... 4.3 3.7 4.9 4.3 3.7 5.0
25-34 years............... 5.6 6.8 8.0 4.3 6.1 7.8
35-44 years............... 13.4 15.5 13.9 11.5 13.5 12.4
45-54 years............... 21.4 24.3 25.1 19.1 22.2 24.1
55-64 years............... 31.8 33.2 28.1 30.1 31.6 26.9
65-74 years............... 48.7 40.9 34.5 46.9 39.5 33.9
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 18.8 20.7 20.9 17.4 19.6 20.4
20-74 years, crude........ 19.0 20.2 20.1 17.6 19.3 19.8
20-24 years............... 6.7 5.7 7.4 6.5 5.8 8.0
25-34 years............... 7.8 8.9 12.2 6.1 8.3 12.2
35-44 years............... 16.2 19.1 17.0 14.9 17.2 15.2
45-54 years............... 21.4 26.8 28.2 19.6 25.8 28.4
55-64 years............... 29.3 32.5 31.2 27.4 31.2 29.8
65-74 years............... 40.5 36.4 33.3 38.6 35.1 32.6
Female1/
20-74 years, age adjusted. 18.6 18.0 15.4 16.9 16.3 14.4
20-74 years, crude........ 19.3 18.3 15.2 18.0 16.8 14.5
20-24 years............... 1.9 1.9 2.5 2.1 1.7 2.0
25-34 years............... 3.4 4.8 3.8 2.5 4.0 3.4
35-44 years............... 10.8 12.2 11.0 8.3 10.0 9.7
45-54 years............... 21.5 21.9 22.3 18.7 18.8 20.0
55-64 years............... 34.1 33.9 25.2 32.5 32.0 24.3
65-74 years............... 55.4 44.4 35.4 53.8 42.9 34.9
Black
Sex and age 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80
Percent of population with
systolic pressure at least
Both sexes1/ 140 mmHg or diastolic pressure
at least 90 mmHg
20-74 years, age adjusted. 48.8 49.6 46.6
20-74 years, crude........ 48.7 47.3 43.2
20-24 years............... 13.1 13.7 16.9
25-34 years............... 23.4 28.2 22.8
35-44 years............... 44.0 54.5 47.6
45-54 years............... 60.6 57.4 58.2
55-64 years............... 78.9 71.8 70.5
65-74 years............... 85.2 80.0 71.9
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 48.9 51.0 48.5
20-74 years, crude........ 49.6 48.9 45.7
20-24 years............... *18.4 18.6 22.2
25-34 years............... 31.9 33.6 31.7
35-44 years............... 44.2 60.5 52.8
45-54 years............... 56.3 53.3 49.8
55-64 years............... 75.1 67.5 71.8
65-74 years............... *76.8 79.3 69.2
Female1/
20-74 years, age adjusted. 49.0 48.5 45.2
20-74 years, crude........ 47.9 46.1 41.2
20-24 years............... 8.7 9.3 12.2
25-34 years............... 17.3 24.0 15.6
35-44 years............... 43.8 49.9 43.7
45-54 years............... 64.8 61.0 65.6
55-64 years............... 82.8 75.3 69.4
65-74 years............... *92.1 80.6 74.0
Percent of population with
systolic pressure at 160 mmHg
Both sexes1/ or diastolic pressure at
least 95 mmHg
20-74 years, age adjusted. 32.9 32.4 24.6
20-74 years, crude........ 32.6 30.5 22.3
20-24 years............... 5.1 4.5 4.3
25-34 years............... 14.8 13.3 9.3
35-44 years............... 29.0 31.9 24.7
45-54 years............... 39.5 43.7 36.1
55-64 years............... 50.4 52.1 39.3
65-74 years............... 71.9 55.7 36.7
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 32.9 31.8 26.1
20-74 years, crude........ 32.9 30.1 23.9
20-24 years............... *9.7 5.6 4.3
25-34 years............... 21.8 16.1 13.4
35-44 years............... 28.1 36.8 33.9
45-54 years............... 34.6 37.0 27.8
55-64 years............... 50.3 49.5 45.5
65-74 years............... *63.3 50.3 32.3
Female1/
20-74 years, age adjusted. 33.2 33.0 23.5
20-74 years, crude........ 32.3 30.9 21.0
20-24 years............... 1.3 3.5 4.4
25-34 years............... 9.7 11.2 6.0
35-44 years............... 29.8 28.2 17.5
45-54 years............... 44.3 49.4 43.4
55-64 years............... 50.5 54.2 34.2
65-74 years............... *79.0 59.8 40.0
1/Excludes pregnant women.
*Percents based on fewer than 45 persons are considered unreliable. Percent
based on fewer than 25 persons are considered highly unreliable and are not
shown.
NOTE: Percents are based on a single measurement of blood pressure
to provide comparable data across the 3 time periods.
SOURCE: Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for
Health Statistics: Unpublished data.
3Hypertension age 20-74 by race/sex/age:U.S.'60-62,'71-74,'76-80
Table 58. Hypertension among persons 20-74 years of age, according to race,
sex, and age: United States, 1960-62, 1971-74, and 1976-80
(Data are based on physical examinations of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
All races White
Sex and age 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80
Both sexes1/ Percent of population
20-74 years, age adjusted 38.5 40.0 40.6 37.1 38.7 39.4
20-74 years, crude........ 39.0 39.7 39.7 37.9 38.7 38.9
20-24 years.............. 13.4 13.6 16.4 13.3 13.8 16.2
25-34 years............... 17.3 20.6 22.0 16.1 19.5 21.9
35-44 years............... 30.7 33.4 34.5 28.6 30.6 32.3
45-54 years............... 45.5 49.1 50.2 43.4 47.5 48.9
55-64 years............... 63.5 62.5 61.4 61.9 61.2 59.8
65-74 years............... 75.7 73.5 69.7 74.9 72.5 68.5
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 41.4 44.0 45.3 40.6 43.3 44.8
20-74 years, crude........ 41.7 43.3 44.0 41.0 42.8 43.8
20-24 years............... 21.6 20.4 24.7 22.0 20.9 25.6
25-34 years............... 23.5 27.6 31.4 22.5 27.3 31.7
35-44 years............... 37.7 39.1 40.5 37.1 36.6 38.6
45-54 years............... 47.6 55.0 53.6 46.5 54.6 53.5
55-64 years............... 60.3 62.5 61.8 59.1 62.1 60.8
65-74 years.............. 68.8 67.2 67.1 68.1 65.8 65.8
Female1/
20-74 years, age adjusted. 35.5 36.1 36.0 33.4 34.1 34.2
20-74 years, crude........ 36.6 36.5 35.6 34.9 34.9 34.2
20-24 years............... 5.3 7.2 8.3 4.4 6.9 6.8
25-34 years............... 11.2 13.7 12.8 9.7 11.7 12.0
35-44 years............... 24.0 28.2 28.8 20.6 24.9 26.2
45-54 years............... 43.4 43.6 47.1 40.6 40.9 44.5
55-64 years............... 66.4 62.5 61.1 64.4 60.5 59.0
65-74 years............... 81.5 78.3 71.8 80.7 77.5 70.6
Black
Sex and age 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80
Both sexes1/ Percent of population
20-74 years, age adjusted. 51.4 53.5 50.5
20-74 years, crude........ 51.3 51.0 46.7
20-24 years............... 15.6 13.7 18.2
25-34 years............... 26.5 31.3 24.2
35-44 years............... 47.0 58.0 49.6
45-54 years............... 62.2 63.5 64.3
55-64 years............... 82.0 77.7 76.0
65-74 years............... 88.1 83.8 80.7
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 49.7 54.2 50.5
20-74 years, crude........ 50.5 52.1 47.4
20-24 years............... *18.4 18.4 22.2
25-34 years............... 32.4 33.6 32.1
35-44 years............... 46.6 64.7 54.3
45-54 years............... 56.3 61.1 53.3
55-64 years............... 76.2 72.0 73.8
65-74 years............... *76.8 81.5 75.1
Female1/
20-74 years, age adjusted. 53.4 52.9 50.6
20-74 years, crude........ 52.0 50.2 46.1
20-24 years............... 13.3 9.5 14.6
25-34 years............... 22.2 29.6 17.7
35-44 years............... 47.3 52.8 46.0
45-54 years............... 68.1 65.6 73.9
55-64 years............... 87.8 82.5 77.9
65-74 years............... *97.5 85.6 85.0
1/Excludes pregnant women.
*Percents based on fewer than 45 persons are considered unreliable. Percents
based on fewer than 25 persons are considered highly unreliable and are not
shown.
NOTE: A person with hypertension is defined by either having elevated blood
pressure (systolic pressure of at least 140 mmHg or diastolic pressure
of at least 90 mmHg) or taking antihypertensive medication.
Percents are based on a single measurement of blood pressure to
provide comparable data across the 3 time periods. In 1976-80, 31.3
percent of persons 20-74 years of age had hypertension, based on the
average of 3 blood pressure measurements, in contrast to 39.7 percent
when a single measurement is used.
SOURCE: Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for Health
Statistics: Unpublished data.
3Borderline high & high cholesterol lvl age 20-74:U.S.60-62,71-80
Table 59. Borderline high and high serum cholesterol levels among persons
20-74 years of age, according to race, sex, and age: United States,
1960-62, 1971-74, and 1976-80
(Data are based on physical examinations of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
All races White
Sex and age 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80
Both sexes Percent of population with borderline
high serum cholesterol
20-74 years, age adjusted. 32.2 32.3 30.7 32.5 32.4 30.8
20-74 years, crude........ 32.7 32.2 30.3 33.0 32.3 30.4
20-24 years............... 21.5 22.5 22.1 22.7 22.3 22.1
25-34 years............... 32.1 29.4 25.9 32.6 29.7 25.9
35-44 years............... 39.6 35.1 32.3 39.6 35.7 32.9
45-54 years............... 36.6 37.0 34.7 37.1 37.1 34.5
55-64 years............... 29.1 35.2 35.6 28.6 34.7 35.5
65-74 years............... 28.4 32.5 33.5 29.4 32.4 33.3
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 35.2 33.7 31.6 35.6 34.1 31.9
20-74 years, crude........ 35.7 33.5 31.1 36.0 34.0 31.5
20-24 years............... 23.3 19.6 20.4 24.1 19.6 20.7
25-34 years............... 33.7 30.8 28.0 34.1 31.6 28.3
35-44 years............... 40.7 36.0 33.0 39.7 37.0 33.7
45-54 years............... 38.2 38.0 35.2 38.9 38.0 35.5
55-64 years............... 36.3 39.9 37.3 36.7 40.0 37.6
65-74 years............... 35.5 35.8 34.8 37.2 36.3 34.6
Female
20-74 years, age adjusted. 29.5 31.2 30.0 29.8 30.9 29.7
20-74 years, crude........ 30.0 31.0 29.6 30.2 30.7 29.4
20-24 years............... 20.0 25.1 23.7 21.4 24.7 23.6
25-34 years............... 30.7 28.2 23.9 31.1 27.8 23.6
35-44 years............... 38.5 34.3 31.7 39.4 34.5 32.1
45-54 years............... 35.0 36.1 34.2 35.3 36.3 33.5
55-64 years............... 22.3 31.0 34.0 21.0 29.9 33.7
65-74 years............... 22.7 30.0 32.5 23.0 29.5 32.2
Both sexes Percent of population with high serum cholesterol
20-74 years, age adjusted. 33.4 28.7 28.0 34.1 28.7 28.0
20-74 years, crude........ 33.6 28.2 26.8 34.6 28.4 27.2
20-24 years............... 9.4 8.5 6.4 10.0 8.5 6.3
25-34 years............... 15.9 13.7 13.5 16.2 13.5 13.6
35-44 years............... 28.3 25.3 24.1 29.2 25.2 24.4
45-54 years............... 43.1 38.1 38.7 43.5 38.1 38.6
55-64 years............... 56.2 45.1 45.3 58.3 45.3 45.9
65-74 years............... 54.8 47.7 43.0 54.5 47.7 43.6
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 30.0 27.3 26.0 30.6 27.4 26.0
20-74 years, crude........ 30.7 26.8 24.9 31.4 26.9 25.0
20-24 years............... 8.1 7.0 6.2 9.1 7.6 6.1
25-34 years............... 18.6 15.8 15.3 19.5 15.5 15.0
35-44 years............... 33.9 31.8 27.9 35.5 31.8 27.9
45-54 years............... 39.2 37.5 36.9 39.2 38.1 36.5
55-64 years............... 41.6 36.2 36.8 42.3 36.1 37.3
65-74 years............... 38.0 34.7 31.7 37.5 34.4 32.4
Female
20-74 years, age adjusted. 36.4 29.7 29.2 37.0 29.6 29.6
20-74 years, crude........ 36.3 29.6 28.5 37.5 29.8 29.2
20-24 years............... 10.5 9.8 6.6 10.8 9.4 6.5
25-34 years............... 13.5 11.7 11.8 13.2 11.5 12.4
35-44 years............... 23.1 19.3 20.7 23.3 18.9 21.1
45-54 years............... 46.9 38.7 40.5 47.6 38.2 40.6
55-64 years............... 70.1 53.1 52.9 73.0 53.7 53.7
65-74 years............... 68.5 57.7 51.6 68.7 57.9 52.1
Black
Sex and age 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80
Both sexes Percent of population with borderline
high serum cholesterol
20-74 years, age adjusted. 29.5 31.5 29.3
20-74 years, crude........ 30.7 31.0 28.4
20-24 years............... 14.7 24.9 21.5
25-34 years............... 25.1 28.5 23.9
35-44 years............... 42.0 29.1 29.1
45-54 years............... 33.6 36.0 33.5
55-64 years............... 34.7 36.7 34.2
65-74 years............... 17.8 33.8 35.3
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 31.1 29.2 27.5
20-74 years, crude........ 33.3 28.7 26.7
20-24 years............... *15.8 19.8 18.9
25-34 years............... 24.5 25.2 22.6
35-44 years............... 49.4 25.4 28.1
45-54 years............... 35.4 38.6 31.8
55-64 years............... 36.3 33.6 29.7
65-74 years............... *14.1 32.0 35.7
Female
20-74 years, age adjusted. 27.8 33.2 30.8
20-74 years, crude........ 28.4 32.9 29.9
20-24 years............... 13.8 29.0 23.5
25-34 years............... 25.5 31.0 25.0
35-44 years............... 35.7 31.9 29.9
45-54 years............... 31.7 33.9 34.9
55-64 years............... *32.9 39.2 38.0
65-74 years............... *20.7 35.2 35.0
Both sexes Percent of population with
high serum cholesterol
20-74 years, age adjusted. 29.1 28.9 26.2
20-74 years, crude........ 28.4 27.2 23.8
20-24 years............... 2.7 6.6 5.2
25-34 years............... 15.8 15.6 13.4
35-44 years............... 21.1 24.6 20.3
45-54 years............... 42.0 39.2 40.5
55-64 years............... 41.8 44.9 41.4
65-74 years............... 60.2 47.8 39.3
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 25.9 26.6 25.7
20-74 years, crude........ 26.7 25.1 23.9
20-24 years............... *- 1.7 2.9
25-34 years............... 13.9 19.4 19.3
35-44 years............... 19.9 28.0 24.5
45-54 years............... 40.8 32.8 40.3
55-64 years............... 39.5 39.2 35.3
65-74 years............... *44.9 38.6 27.2
Female
20-74 years, age adjusted. 31.8 30.8 26.6
20-74 years, crude........ 29.9 28.8 23.7
20-24 years............... 4.7 10.6 7.0
25-34 years............... 17.1 12.7 8.7
35-44 years............... 22.1 22.0 16.9
45-54 years............... 43.3 44.6 40.7
55-64 years............... *44.4 49.4 46.5
65-74 years............... *72.6 54.8 48.4
*Percents based on fewer than 45 persons are considered unreliable. Percents
based on fewer than 25 persons are considered highly unreliable and are not
shown.
NOTES: Borderline high serum cholesterol is defined as greater than or equal
to 200 mg/dl (5.17 mmol/L) but less than or equal to 239 mg/dl
(6.19 mmol/L). High serum cholesterol is defined as greater than or
equal to 240 mg/dl (6.20 mmol/L). Risk levels have been defined by the
National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection,
Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults, Nov. 1987.
(Archives of Internal Medicine: January 1988, 148: 36-69).
3Overweight age 20-74 by race/sex/age:U.S. '60-62, '71-74, '76-80
SOURCE: Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for
Health Statistics: Unpublished data.
Table 60. Overweight persons 20-74 years of age, according to race, sex, and
age: United States, 1960-62, 1971-74, and 1976-80
(Data are based on physical examinations of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
All races White
Sex and age 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80
Both sexes Percent of population
20-74 years, age adjusted. 25.0 25.7 26.2 24.1 24.8 25.1
20-74 years, crude........ 25.5 25.5 25.7 24.6 24.7 24.8
20-24 years............... 11.6 11.3 11.7 11.5 10.9 11.2
25-34 years............... 18.7 20.5 20.2 17.5 19.7 19.4
35-44 years............... 23.5 28.4 27.9 21.4 26.6 26.4
45-54 years............... 29.4 30.0 31.7 28.6 29.1 30.2
55-64 years............... 35.4 32.0 32.8 34.6 31.0 31.9
65-74 years............... 33.5 31.5 32.7 33.8 31.0 31.9
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 23.2 24.1 24.8 23.5 24.3 24.9
20-74 years, crude........ 23.4 24.0 24.2 23.7 24.1 24.4
20-24 years............... 15.5 12.1 12.1 16.1 12.8 12.7
25-34 years............... 21.6 23.6 20.4 21.2 23.6 20.9
35-44 years............... 22.8 29.4 28.9 22.0 28.9 28.2
45-54 years............... 28.1 27.6 31.0 29.0 28.2 30.5
55-64 years............... 26.9 24.8 28.1 28.5 24.9 28.6
65-74 years............... 21.8 23.0 25.2 22.6 23.1 25.8
Female
20-74 years, age adjusted. 26.5 26.9 27.4 24.4 25.0 25.2
20-74 years, crude........ 27.4 27.0 27.1 25.4 25.2 25.1
20-24 years............... 7.9 10.5 11.4 6.7 9.1 9.6
25-34 years............... 15.9 17.6 20.0 13.9 15.9 17.9
35-44 years............... 24.1 27.3 27.0 20.9 24.5 24.8
45-54 years............... 30.7 32.3 32.5 28.2 29.9 29.9
55-64 years............... 43.2 38.5 37.0 40.1 36.6 34.8
65-74 years............... 42.9 38.0 38.5 42.8 37.0 36.5
Black
Sex and age 1960-62 1971-74 1976-80
Both sexes Percent of population
20-74 years, age adjusted. 32.6 35.7 37.7
20-74 years, crude........ 33.4 34.9 35.7
20-24 years............... 11.6 15.8 15.3
25-34 years............... 31.1 29.1 26.3
35-44 years............... 38.0 45.3 40.8
45-54 years............... 34.3 39.4 52.1
55-64 years............... 44.0 43.9 44.2
65-74 years............... 31.5 37.3 46.0
Male
20-74 years, age adjusted. 21.7 25.0 27.5
20-74 years, crude........ 22.5 24.5 25.7
20-24 years............... *8.5 8.2 5.5
25-34 years............... 33.0 26.1 17.5
35-44 years............... 28.6 39.3 40.9
45-54 years............... 20.6 22.4 41.4
55-64 years............... 17.1 25.6 26.0
65-74 years............... *11.7 21.6 26.4
Female
20-74 years, age adjusted. 42.9 44.5 46.1
20-74 years, crude........ 43.0 43.2 43.8
20-24 years............... 14.2 22.5 23.7
25-34 years............... 29.6 31.5 33.5
35-44 years............... 46.1 49.9 40.8
45-54 years............... 47.8 53.5 61.2
55-64 years............... 71.4 58.7 59.4
65-74 years............... *47.8 49.2 60.8
*Based on fewer than 45 persons.
NOTES: Overweight is defined for men as body mass index greater than or equal
to 27.8 kilograms/meter2/, and for women as body mass index greater
than or equal to 27.3 kilograms/meter2/. These cut points were used
because they represent the sex-specific 85th percentiles for persons
20-29 years of age in the 1976-80 National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey. Excludes pregnant women. Height was measured
without shoes; two pounds are deducted from data for 1960-62 to allow
for weight of clothing.
SOURCE: Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for Health
Statistics: Unpublished data.
3Air pollution by source & type of pollutant: U.S. 1970-87
Table 61. Air pollution, according to source and type of pollutant: United
States, selected years 1970-87
(Data are calculated emissions estimates)
Stationary
Type of pollutant All Transport- fuel Industrial Solid
and year sources ation combustion processes waste Other
Particulate matter Emissions in 106/ metric tons per year
1970............... 18.5 1.2 4.6 10.5 1.1 1.1
1975............... 10.6 1.3 2.8 5.2 0.6 0.7
1980............... 8.5 1.3 2.4 3.3 0.4 1.1
1983............... 7.1 1.3 2.0 2.4 0.3 1.1
1984............... 7.4 1.3 2.1 2.8 0.3 0.9
1985............... 7.0 1.4 1.8 2.8 0.3 0.8
1986............... 6.8 1.4 1.8 2.5 0.3 0.8
1987............... 7.0 1.4 1.8 2.5 0.3 1.0
Sulfur oxides
1970............... 28.4 0.6 21.3 6.4 0.0 0.1
1975............... 25.8 0.7 20.2 5.0 0.0 0.0
1980............... 23.4 0.9 18.7 3.8 0.0 0.0
1983............... 20.7 0.8 16.7 3.3 0.0 0.0
1984............... 21.5 0.8 17.4 3.3 0.0 0.0
1985............... 21.1 0.9 17.0 3.2 0.0 0.0
1986............... 20.7 0.9 16.7 3.1 0.0 0.0
1987............... 20.4 0.9 16.4 3.1 0.0 0.0
Nitrogen oxides
1970............... 18.3 7.7 9.1 0.7 0.4 0.3
1975............... 19.2 9.0 9.3 0.7 0.1 0.1
1980............... 20.4 9.3 10.1 0.7 0.1 0.2
1983............... 19.0 8.5 9.6 0.5 0.1 0.2
1984............... 19.7 8.6 10.2 0.6 0.1 0.2
1985............... 19.8 8.8 10.2 0.6 0.1 0.1
1986............... 19.3 8.5 10.0 0.6 0.1 0.1
1987............... 19.5 8.4 10.3 0.6 0.1 0.1
Volatile organic compounds
1970............... 26.2 11.1 1.1 8.9 1.8 3.3
1975............... 22.1 9.2 1.1 8.3 0.9 2.5
1980............... 22.3 7.4 2.2 9.2 0.6 2.9
1983............... 20.4 6.7 2.6 7.9 0.6 2.7
1984............... 21.5 6.8 2.6 8.8 0.6 2.7
1985............... 20.1 6.4 2.3 8.5 0.6 2.2
1986............... 19.3 6.2 2.3 8.1 0.6 2.2
1987............... 19.6 6.0 2.3 8.3 0.6 2.4
Carbon monoxide
1970............... 100.2 73.2 4.4 9.0 6.4 7.2
1975............... 82.2 63.2 4.2 6.9 3.1 4.8
1980............... 77.0 53.5 7.3 6.3 2.2 7.6
1983............... 71.3 49.3 7.9 4.4 1.9 7.7
1984............... 68.7 47.6 8.1 4.8 1.9 6.3
1985............... 64.6 45.5 7.2 4.6 2.0 5.3
1986............... 61.1 42.8 7.2 4.5 1.7 5.0
1987............... 61.4 40.7 7.2 4.7 1.7 7.1
Lead Emissions in 103/ metric tons per year
1970............... 203.8 163.6 9.6 23.9 6.7 ---
1975............... 147.0 122.6 9.3 10.3 4.8 ---
1980............... 70.6 59.4 3.9 3.6 3.7 ---
1983............... 46.3 40.7 0.6 2.4 2.6 ---
1984............... 40.1 34.7 0.5 2.3 2.6 ---
1985............... 21.1 15.5 0.5 2.3 2.8 ---
1986............... 8.6 3.5 0.5 1.9 2.7 ---
1987............... 8.1 3.0 0.5 2.0 2.6 ---
NOTE: Because of modifications in methodology and use of more refined emission
factors, data from this table should not be compared with data in
previous editions of Health, United States.
SOURCE: Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Technical Support
Division, National Air Data Branch: National Air Pollutant Emission
Estimates, 1940-1987. EPA-450/4-88-022. U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. Research Triangle Park, N.C., Mar. 1989.
3Employee w/potential exposure-continuous noise:by facility'73,82
Table 62. Employees with potential exposure to continuous noise without
controls in selected industries, according to size of facility:
United States, 1972-74 and 1981-83
(Data are based on interviews of a sample of nonagricultural businesses)
All facilities 8-99 employees
Industry 1972-74 1981-83 1972-74 1981-83
Number of employees with potential exposure
All industries.................... 3451828 2543810 935163 976695
General building contractors...... 77526 93120 22783 63862
Heavy construction contractors.... 36697 95661 17706 38848
Special trade contractors......... 70362 171213 38605 151886
Textile mill products............. 51306 101109 20055 21898
Apparel and other textile
products......................... 131850 122264 77077 19896
Lumber and wood products.......... 54135 99913 32468 61981
Paper and allied products......... 175953 77728 38330 19760
Printing and publishing........... 120275 116221 36600 43960
Chemicals and allied products..... 48037 42329 14569 12036
Primary metals industries......... 414976 132726 35585 17135
Fabricated metal products......... 354055 194830 126239 86187
Machinery, except electrical...... 245086 140604 56522 63052
Miscellaneous manufacturing
industries....................... 71039 22038 20442 8793
Transportation by air............. 31352 47441 *946 13034
Auto repair services and garages.. 17861 33820 17301 33114
Miscellaneous repair services..... 24294 4282 4125 2688
Electric and electronic equipment. 90585 72471 4287 12126
Percent of employees with potential exposure
All industries.................... 9.0 7.6 6.1 8.8
General building contractors...... 11.1 10.4 7.6 11.3
Heavy construction contractors.... 6.7 16.1 6.0 13.7
Special trade contractors......... 5.5 10.8 4.1 12.1
Textile mill products............. 22.1 14.2 21.7 20.7
Apparel and other textile
products......................... 14.4 9.8 15.4 4.7
Lumber and wood products.......... 33.9 17.2 39.6 20.4
Paper and allied products......... 30.8 12.4 30.3 14.4
Printing and publishing........... 9.7 9.8 10.5 9.2
Chemicals and allied products..... 5.0 4.6 7.4 6.7
Primary metals industries......... 30.8 12.4 29.5 12.4
Fabricated metal products......... 26.2 13.0 28.3 15.5
Machinery, except electrical...... 15.9 5.9 21.1 10.4
Miscellaneous manufacturing
industries....................... 18.5 4.2 14.7 5.3
Transportation by air............. 6.1 10.5 *3.1 16.8
Auto repair services and garages.. 14.0 8.0 15.7 8.0
Miscellaneous repair services..... 13.2 2.1 2.7 1.5
Electric and electronic equipment. 6.0 3.7 4.3 5.3
100-499 employees 500 or more employees
Industry 1972-74 1981-83 1972-74 1981-83
Number of employees with potential exposure
All industries.................... 1196451 946106 1320214 621008
General building contractors...... 54743 22563 *- *6,693
Heavy construction contractors.... 9057 43385 *9,933 *13,427
Special trade contractors......... 31756 19327 *- ---
Textile mill products............. 25312 46430 *5,938 32780
Apparel and other textile
products......................... 54300 73380 *472 *28,987
Lumber and wood products.......... 14743 29783 *6,923 *8,147
Paper and allied products......... 75073 41214 *62,549 16753
Printing and publishing........... 16805 38081 66869 34179
Chemicals and allied products..... 25749 21281 7718 9011
Primary metals industries......... 88711 55683 290679 59907
Fabricated metal products......... 145497 70147 82318 38495
Machinery, except electrical...... 64348 47989 124215 29562
Miscellaneous manufacturing
industries....................... 32232 13244 *18,364 *-
Transportation by air............. 6665 *30,658 *23,740 3749
Auto repair services and garages.. *560 *706 --- ---
Miscellaneous repair services..... *17,304 *1,593 *2,865 ---
Electric and electronic equipment. 35673 16224 50624 44120
Percent of employees with potential exposure
All industries.................... 10.8 9.6 11.1 5.0
General building contractors...... 14.7 11.4 *- *5.0
Heavy construction contractors.... 3.8 20.9 *67.3 *13.3
Special trade contractors......... 9.5 5.8 *- ---
Textile mill products............. 26.2 13.4 *13.8 12.6
Apparel and other textile
products......................... 14.3 12.0 *1.2 *13.9
Lumber and wood products.......... 28.9 16.2 *26.0 *8.8
Paper and allied products......... 28.3 14.6 *35.0 8.1
Printing and publishing........... 5.4 10.6 11.6 9.9
Chemicals and allied products..... 13.5 8.2 1.3 1.9
Primary metals industries......... 39.9 17.9 28.9 9.6
Fabricated metal products......... 28.1 11.8 21.3 11.0
Machinery, except electrical...... 17.4 7.3 13.8 2.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing
industries....................... 21.2 8.9 *19.7 *-
Transportation by air............. 11.2 *28.0 *5.6 1.4
Auto repair services and garages.. *3.3 *8.6 --- ---
Miscellaneous repair services..... *76.4 *6.5 *28.8 ---
Electric and electronic equipment. 10.7 2.9 4.7 3.7
*Based on fewer than 10 facilities.
SOURCE: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Unpublished
data from the 1972-74 National Occupational Hazard Survey and
1981-83 National Occupational Exposure Survey.
3Health & safety services in manufacturing by facility size'73,82
Table 63. Health and safety services in manufacturing industries,
according to size of facility: United States, 1972-74 and
1981-83
(Data are based on interviews of a sample of nonagricultural businesses)
All facilities 8-99 employees
Health and safety
services available
in facility 1972-74 1981-83 1972-741/ 1981-83
Number in thousands
Employees....................... 38263 33218 15394 11078
Occupational health
and safety practices
Percent of employees
Regularly monitor environmental
conditions2/................... 21.7 48.0 2.5 11.1
Personal protective devices
required in some work areas3/.. 39.2 53.5 32.5 45.9
Employer provides protective
devices........................ 52.5 80.2 41.9 70.4
Medical facilities
and practices
Health unit at the facility..... 31.5 42.7 3.3 3.8
Access to physician or clinic... 70.7 100.0 49.0 100.0
Preemployment medical exams..... 38.5 49.4 12.8 20.0
Periodic medical exams.......... 14.4 30.1 6.0 8.4
Records of employee absenteeism
showing type of illness........ 14.2 4.8 4.7 8.1
100-499 employees 500 or more employees
services available
in facility 1972-74 1981-83 1972-74 1981-83
Number in thousands
Employees....................... 10883 9856 11985 12283
Occupational health
and safety practices Percent of employees
Regularly monitor environmental
conditions2/................... 12.0 43.4 55.5 85.1
Personal protective devices
required in some work areas3/.. 45.9 59.0 41.6 56.0
Employer provides protective
devices........................ 59.8 82.8 59.7 86.8
Medical facilities
and practices
Health unit at the facility..... 18.8 31.7 79.5 86.7
Access to physician or clinic... 76.3 100.0 93.5 100.0
Preemployment medical exams..... 35.0 47.0 74.9 77.9
Periodic medical exams.......... 13.4 26.4 26.1 52.7
Records of employee absenteeism
showing type of illness........ 10.1 3.0 30.4 3.3
1/Includes facilities with less than 8 employees.
2/Monitoring environmental conditions such as presence of fumes, gases, dust,
noise, vibration, radiation.
3/Includes respirators, protective clothing, etc.
SOURCE: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Unpublished
data from the 1972-74 National Occupational Hazard Survey and
1981-83 National Occupational Exposure Survey.
1UTILIZATION OF HEALTH RESOURCES
2Ambulatory Care
3Physicians contacts by place of contact/select chars:U.S.'83.'88
Table 64. Physician contacts, according to place of contact and selected
patient characteristics: United States, 1983 and 1988
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
Place of contact
Hospital
Physician Doctor's outpatient
contacts office department1/
Characteristic 1983 1988 Total 1983 1988 1983 1988
Number per
person Percent distribution
Total3,4/............ 5.1 5.3 100.0 56.1 59.3 14.9 12.8
Age
Under 15 years....... 4.6 4.6 100.0 54.7 58.1 13.3 11.7
Under 5 years...... 6.9 7.0 100.0 54.2 58.9 13.2 11.5
5-14 years......... 3.3 3.3 100.0 55.3 57.2 13.4 11.9
15-44 years.......... 4.4 4.7 100.0 54.9 59.4 16.5 13.1
45-64 years.......... 5.8 6.1 100.0 59.0 59.7 15.3 14.1
65 years and over.... 7.6 8.7 100.0 59.2 61.8 12.4 12.4
65-74 years........ 7.3 8.4 100.0 60.7 61.4 14.2 14.0
75 years and over.. 8.2 9.2 100.0 56.9 62.4 9.8 10.0
Sex3/
Male................. 4.4 4.6 100.0 54.8 58.2 17.1 14.7
Female............... 5.7 6.0 100.0 56.8 60.1 13.6 11.8
Race3/
White................ 5.2 5.5 100.0 57.6 60.6 13.4 11.8
Black................ 4.9 4.8 100.0 44.3 49.3 26.8 21.5
Family income3,5/
Less than $10,000.... 5.9 6.2 100.0 49.9 49.4 18.5 19.2
$10,000-$14,999...... 5.0 5.3 100.0 52.3 56.2 17.6 15.1
$15,000-$19,999...... 4.7 5.0 100.0 54.5 58.7 16.7 13.8
$20,000-$34,999...... 5.0 5.5 100.0 59.3 61.7 13.3 10.7
$35,000 or more...... 5.4 5.5 100.0 59.7 62.4 11.6 9.3
Geographic region3/
Northeast............ 4.9 5.0 100.0 58.3 60.8 15.6 15.0
Midwest.............. 5.2 5.4 100.0 53.5 55.7 14.7 12.5
South................ 4.8 5.2 100.0 56.9 62.4 14.5 12.1
West................. 5.4 5.9 100.0 56.0 57.8 15.3 12.6
Location of
residence3/
Within MSA........... 5.2 5.5 100.0 54.9 58.3 15.7 12.8
Outside MSA.......... 4.6 4.9 100.0 59.1 63.4 13.2 13.1
Place of contact
Telephone Home Other2/
Characteristic 1983 1988 1983 1988 1983 1988
Total3,4/............ 15.5 13.7 1.5 1.4 12.0 12.7
Age
Under 15 years....... 20.5 18.2 *0.3 0.9 11.2 11.1
Under 5 years...... 21.0 17.9 *0.5 *1.1 11.1 10.5
5-14 years......... 20.0 18.4 *0.1 *0.7 11.2 11.8
15-44 years.......... 14.3 11.9 0.6 0.8 13.7 14.7
45-64 years.......... 12.5 12.6 1.8 1.3 11.4 12.2
65 years and over.... 11.9 9.9 7.9 5.5 8.7 10.4
65-74 years........ 11.4 10.4 3.4 2.4 10.3 11.7
75 years and over.. 12.7 9.2 14.3 9.9 6.3 8.5
Sex3/
Male................. 13.5 12.3 1.5 1.4 13.2 13.5
Female............... 16.8 14.4 1.5 1.4 11.2 12.4
Race3/
White................ 16.3 14.4 1.5 1.3 11.1 11.9
Black................ 9.7 8.6 1.1 2.3 18.2 18.3
Family income3,5/
Less than $10,000.... 12.4 11.3 1.5 2.1 17.7 18.0
$10,000-$14,999...... 13.0 12.0 2.0 1.1 15.1 15.6
$15,000-$19,999...... 16.4 13.7 1.3 1.6 11.1 12.2
$20,000-$34,999...... 16.2 16.1 0.7 0.8 10.5 10.7
$35,000 or more...... 19.0 15.1 1.1 1.6 8.6 11.6
Geographic region3/
Northeast............ 14.1 12.3 1.8 1.5 10.2 10.4
Midwest.............. 17.2 16.7 1.2 1.8 13.5 13.2
South................ 15.7 12.5 1.9 1.1 11.1 11.9
West................. 14.5 13.2 0.8 1.2 13.3 15.2
Location of
residence3/
Within MSA........... 16.0 14.0 1.3 1.4 12.2 13.5
Outside MSA.......... 14.5 12.5 1.9 1.2 11.4 9.9
1/Includes hospital outpatient clinic, emergency room, and other hospital
contacts.
2/Includes clinics or other places outside a hospital.
3/Age adjusted.
4/Includes all other races not shown separately and unknown family income.
5/Family income categories for 1983. Income categories for 1988 are: less
than $13,000; $13,000-$18,999; $19,000-$24,999; $25,000-$44,999; and
$45,000 or more.
*Relative standard error greater than 30 percent.
SOURCE: Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for
Health Statistics: Data from the National Health Interview Survey.
3Interval since last physician contact by patient chars.'64,83,88
Table 65. Interval since last physician contact, according to selected
patient characteristics: United States, 1964, 1983, and 1988
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
Less than 1 year
Characteristic Total 1964 1983 1988
Percent distribution
Total2,3/.................. 100.0 66.9 75.2 77.1
Age
Under 15 years............. 100.0 68.4 80.5 82.0
Under 5 years............ 100.0 80.7 92.4 93.2
5-14 years............... 100.0 61.7 74.2 76.1
15-44 years................ 100.0 66.3 70.8 72.2
45-64 years................ 100.0 64.5 73.2 76.1
65 years and over.......... 100.0 69.7 82.1 85.8
65-74 years.............. 100.0 68.8 80.6 84.9
75 years and over........ 100.0 71.3 84.7 87.1
Sex2/
Male....................... 100.0 63.5 70.6 72.3
Female..................... 100.0 69.9 79.4 81.7
Race2/
White...................... 100.0 68.1 75.6 77.6
Black4/.................... 100.0 58.3 74.7 75.8
Family income2,5/
Less than $10,000.......... 100.0 58.6 74.7 76.4
$10,000-$14,999............ 100.0 62.5 72.4 73.9
$15,000-$19,999............ 100.0 66.8 74.0 76.3
$20,000-$34,999............ 100.0 70.2 76.0 78.1
$35,000 or more............ 100.0 73.6 79.0 81.0
Geographic region2/
Northeast.................. 100.0 68.0 77.2 79.6
Midwest.................... 100.0 66.6 75.7 78.1
South...................... 100.0 65.2 73.8 75.5
West....................... 100.0 69.0 75.0 76.5
Location of residence2/
Within MSA................. 100.0 68.2 76.1 77.8
Outside MSA................ 100.0 64.0 73.3 75.0
1 year-less
than 2 years 2 years or more1/
Characteristic 1964 1983 1988 1964 1983 1988
Percent distribution
Total2,3/.................. 14.0 10.9 10.5 19.1 13.9 12.4
Age
Under 15 years............. 14.8 11.0 10.9 16.7 8.5 7.1
Under 5 years............ 11.1 5.6 5.2 8.2 2.0 1.5
5-14 years............... 16.9 13.8 13.9 21.4 12.0 10.0
15-44 years................ 15.0 12.6 12.3 18.7 16.6 15.5
45-64 years................ 13.0 9.9 9.0 22.5 17.0 14.9
65 years and over.......... 9.3 6.0 4.9 21.0 11.9 9.4
65-74 years.............. 9.4 6.6 4.9 21.8 12.8 10.2
75 years and over........ 9.3 5.0 4.8 19.5 10.3 8.0
Sex2/
Male....................... 15.0 12.0 11.8 21.5 17.3 15.9
Female..................... 13.1 9.9 9.3 17.0 10.7 9.0
Race2/
White...................... 13.8 10.6 10.2 18.1 13.8 12.2
Black4/.................... 15.1 12.2 12.0 26.6 13.1 12.2
Family income2,5/
Less than $10,000.......... 13.2 10.5 10.4 28.2 14.8 13.2
$10,000-$14,999............ 14.2 11.3 11.3 23.3 16.3 14.8
$15,000-$19,999............ 14.5 11.4 10.7 18.7 14.6 13.0
$20,000-$34,999............ 14.0 10.8 10.1 15.7 13.3 11.8
$35,000 or more............ 12.9 10.0 9.2 13.5 11.0 9.8
Geographic region2/
Northeast.................. 14.1 10.1 9.3 17.9 12.6 11.2
Midwest.................... 14.2 10.9 9.9 19.2 13.4 11.9
South...................... 13.9 11.7 11.5 20.9 14.5 13.0
West....................... 13.7 10.3 10.6 17.3 14.7 12.9
Location of residence2/
Within MSA................. 14.0 10.6 10.2 17.8 13.3 12.0
Outside MSA................ 14.1 11.5 11.5 21.9 15.1 13.5
1/Includes persons who never visited a physician.
2/Age adjusted.
3/Includes all other races not shown separately and unknown family income.
4/1964 data include all other races.
5/Family income categories for 1983. Income categories in 1964 are: less
than $2,000; $2,000-$3,999; $4,000-$6,999; $7,000-$9,999; and $10,000 or
more; and, in 1988 are: less than $13,000; $13,000-$18,999; $19,000-
$24,999; $25,000-$44,999; and $45,000 or more.
SOURCE: Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for
Health Statistics: Data from the National Health Interview Survey.
3Office visit to physician by specialty/patient chars:U.S.'80,'85
Table 66. Office visits to physicians, according to physician specialty and
selected patient characteristics: United States, 1980 and 1985
(Data are based on reporting by a sample of office-based physicians)
All General and Internal
specialties1/ family practice medicine
Characteristic 1980 1985 1980 1985 1980 1985
Visits per person
Total2/............... 2.63 2.71 0.86 0.81 0.30 0.30
Age
Under 15 years........ 2.21 2.31 0.54 0.58 0.03 0.05
15-44 years........... 2.36 2.28 0.81 0.75 0.20 0.19
45-64 years........... 2.99 3.10 1.08 0.99 0.58 0.49
65 years and over..... 4.22 4.85 1.56 1.41 0.95 1.07
65-74 years......... 4.01 4.54 1.49 1.31 0.89 1.00
75 years and over... 4.58 5.35 1.70 1.57 1.06 1.18
Sex2/
Male.................. 2.25 2.28 0.73 0.68 0.28 0.25
Female................ 2.98 3.11 0.98 0.94 0.33 0.33
Race2/
White................. 2.73 2.84 0.89 0.84 0.31 0.31
All other............. 2.03 1.94 0.70 0.69 0.24 0.21
Obstetrics and General
gynecology Pediatrics surgery
Characteristic 1980 1985 1980 1985 1980 1985
Visits per person
Total2/............... 0.23 0.22 0.37 0.40 0.13 0.12
Age
Under 15 years........ 0.01 0.01 1.20 1.28 0.05 0.03
15-44 years........... 0.48 0.44 0.04 0.06 0.12 0.10
45-64 years........... 0.12 0.15 0.01 0.01 0.20 0.21
65 years and over..... 0.06 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.22 0.30
65-74 years......... 0.06 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.29
75 years and over... 0.05 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.20 0.32
Sex2/
Male.................. 0.01 0.00 0.39 0.38 0.12 0.11
Female................ 0.44 0.42 0.34 0.42 0.13 0.14
Race2/
White................. 0.23 0.22 0.39 0.43 0.13 0.12
All other............. 0.23 0.18 0.25 0.23 0.08 0.11
1/Includes other specialties not shown separately.
2/Age adjusted.
NOTE: Rates are based on the civilian noninstitutionalized population,
excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
SOURCE: Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health
Statistics: Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
3Office visit to physician by select patient chars.:U.S.'80,'85
Table 67. Office visits to physicians, according to selected patient
characteristics: United States, 1980 and 1985
(Data are based on reporting by a sample of office-based physician
Visit lasted
Patient's 10 minutes Return visit
first visit or less1/ scheduled
Characteristic 1980 1985 1980 1985 1980 1985
Percent of visits
Total2/.............. 15.3 17.7 47.3 42.6 58.0 58.8
Age
Under 15 years....... 14.6 17.8 57.5 50.8 48.8 49.2
15-44 years.......... 18.7 20.8 46.9 41.6 58.2 58.9
45-64 years.......... 12.7 14.8 38.9 36.3 64.5 65.6
65 years and over.... 8.6 10.5 36.7 35.6 71.3 72.8
65-74 years........ 8.9 11.2 38.0 34.6 70.5 72.6
75 years and over.. 8.3 9.6 35.1 36.9 72.6 73.1
Sex2/
Male................. 17.3 19.5 46.4 43.3 55.9 56.7
Female............... 14.4 16.9 47.7 42.2 58.9 59.8
Race2/
White................ 14.8 17.4 47.3 42.3 57.8 58.4
All other............ 18.9 20.1 48.0 45.0 60.1 62.2
Location of
physician's office2/
Within MSA........... 15.5 18.6 44.9 39.8 60.0 60.5
Outside MSA.......... 14.6 14.3 55.1 53.8 51.6 52.1
1/Time spent in face-to-face contact between physician and patient.
2/Age adjusted.
NOTE: Rates are based on the civilian noninstitutionalized population,
excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
SOURCE: Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health
Statistics: Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.
3Dental visit & interval since last one by patient chars'64,81,86
Table 68. Dental visits and interval since last visit, according to selected
patient characteristics: United States, 1964, 1981, and 1886
(Data are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian
noninstitutionalized population)
Interval since last dental visit1/
Dental visits Less than 1 year
Characteristic 1964 1981 1986 1964 1981 1986
Number per person Percent of population
Total2,3/.............. 1.6 1.7 2.0 42.7 50.4 56.3
Age
Under 15 years......... 1.3 1.5 1.7 39.6 48.5 53.8
Under 5 years........ 0.3 0.5 0.4 11.1 15.0 19.5
5-14 years........... 1.9 2.0 2.3 55.1 65.2 71.7
15-44 years............ 1.9 1.8 2.0 51.8 55.6 61.6
45-64 years............ 1.7 1.8 2.2 39.1 50.1 55.9
65 years and over...... 0.8 1.5 2.1 21.5 34.9 42.6
65-74 years.......... 0.9 1.6 2.4 24.9 38.9 47.3
75 years and over.... 0.6 1.3 1.6 14.9 28.1 35.1
Sex2/
Male................... 1.4 1.5 1.8 40.9 48.4 54.1
Female................. 1.7 1.8 2.1 44.4 52.4 58.5
Race2/
White.................. 1.7 1.8 2.1 45.3 52.6 58.4
Black4/................ 0.8 1.1 1.3 22.3 36.3 42.6
Family income2,5/
Less than $10,000...... 0.9 1.1 1.3 26.4 37.3 41.0
$10,000-$14,999........ 0.9 1.3 1.3 30.0 37.8 42.7
$15,000-$19,999........ 1.4 1.4 1.6 39.7 42.6 49.3
$20,000-$34,999........ 1.9 1.7 2.2 50.1 50.5
