Causes of Death

[differenceblog]

Robert Anderson (2001) (in a CDC Vital Statistics report) gives the leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, and race for 1999. In 1999, the top three causes for men and women are the same, accounting for similar percentages of deaths: heart disease, cancer, and stroke. By 2001, stroke had dropped to the #4 slot for men in the U

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[astrogeek01]

At least anecdotally, there is a perception among doctors that accidental injuries at least drop off for men around 35 or so. At least, I was chatting with my doctor last time I was in, and it was something he mentioned. I have no idea why were talking about that, we get on these random tangents sometimes... (I like my doctor :)

[differenceblog]

eek. That comment gave me an idea for a different search term, and I found this report on minority health: Kaiser Family Foundation (2006,pdf)

"While the death rate drops for men ages 25 to 29 for most
groups, it continues to rise among African Americans."

:(

[astrogeek01]

Is that accidental death rate?

either way, :(

replacing comment for broken link:

[differenceblog]

That quote is referring to all causes of death. The document goes on to say: "The leading causes of death for all young men ages 15-29, regardless of race or ethnicity, are unintentional injury (e.g. car accident, firearm, or drowning), suicide, and homicide." (and cites the source Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]. which is probably where I should have been looking in the first place.

[differenceblog]

Wow, that's exactly the age that the CDC gave in the WISQRS database (see the charts in later comments)