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Mortality Table C3.  Leading Causes by Age Group and Sex for Residents, 2007
         Total                Male               Female       
Age Group with Causes and ICD-10 Codes No. Rate1 Pct2 No. Rate1 Pct2 No. Rate1 Pct2
All Ages                  
All Causes 47,115 726.2 100.0 23,344 721.8 100.0 23,771 730.6 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 11,525 177.6 24.5 5,920 183.0 25.4 5,605 172.3 23.6
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 10,958 168.9 23.3 5,624 173.9 24.1 5,334 163.9 22.4
Alzheimer's Disease (G30) 2,683 41.4 5.7 792 24.5 3.4 1,891 58.1 8.0
Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) 2,681 41.3 5.7 1,062 32.8 4.5 1,619 49.8 6.8
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 2,675 41.2 5.7 1,258 38.9 5.4 1,417 43.5 6.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 2,612 40.3 5.5 1,644 50.8 7.0 968 29.8 4.1
Diabetes Mellitus (E10-E14) 1,504 23.2 3.2 739 22.8 3.2 765 23.5 3.2
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 857 13.2 1.8 669 20.7 2.9 188 5.8 0.8
Influenza and Pneumonia (J10-J18) 754 11.6 1.6 348 10.8 1.5 406 12.5 1.7
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74) 658 10.1 1.4 425 13.1 1.8 233 7.2 1.0
All Other Causes 10,208 157.3 21.7 4,863 150.4 20.8 5,345 164.3 22.5
Under 1                  
All Causes 427 480.2 100.0 236 516.4 100.0 191 441.9 100.0
Congenital Malformations (Q00-Q99) 101 113.6 23.7 51 111.6 21.6 50 115.7 26.2
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) 64 72.0 15.0 32 70.0 13.6 32 74.0 16.8
Short Gestation & Low Birth Weight (P07) 42 47.2 9.8 23 50.3 9.7 19 44.0 9.9
Maternal Complications of Pregnancy (P01) 24 27.0 5.6 15 32.8 6.4 9 20.8 4.7
Complic. of Placenta, Cord & Membranes (P02) 22 24.7 5.2 18 39.4 7.6 4 . 2.1
All Other Causes 174 195.7 40.7 97 212.3 41.1 77 178.1 40.3
1-4                  
All Causes 73 21.9 100.0 39 22.8 100.0 34 20.8 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 24 7.2 32.9 17 10.0 43.6 7 4.3 20.6
Congenital Anomalies (Q00-Q99) 12 3.6 16.4 6 3.5 15.4 6 3.7 17.6
Assault (Homicide) (X85-Y09,Y87.1) 5 1.5 6.8 1 . 2.6 4 . 11.8
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 4 . 5.5 . . . 4 . 11.8
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 3 . 4.1 1 . 2.6 2 . 5.9
All Other Causes 25 7.5 34.2 . . . 11 6.7 32.4
5-14                  
All Causes 100 11.6 100.0 61 13.8 100.0 39 9.3 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 36 4.2 36.0 24 5.4 39.3 12 2.9 30.8
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 20 2.3 20.0 11 2.5 18.0 9 2.1 23.1
Assault (Homicide) (X85-Y09,Y87.1) 6 0.7 6.0 1 . 1.6 5 1.2 12.8
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 5 0.6 5.0 3 . 4.9 2 . 5.1
Congenital Anomalies (Q00-Q99) 4 . 4.0 4 . 6.6 . . .
All Other Causes 29 3.4 29.0 18 4.1 29.5 . . .
15 - 19                  
All Causes 221 47.2 100.0 159 66.3 100.0 62 27.2 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 108 23.1 48.9 77 32.1 48.4 31 13.6 50.0
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 40 8.6 18.1 35 14.6 22.0 5 2.2 8.1
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 17 3.6 7.7 12 5.0 7.5 5 2.2 8.1
Assault (Homicide) (X85-Y09,Y87.1) 16 3.4 7.2 14 5.8 8.8 2 . 3.2
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 6 1.3 2.7 3 . 1.9 3 . 4.8
All Other Causes 34 7.3 15.4 18 7.5 11.3 16 7.0 25.8
20 - 24                  
All Causes 333 70.9 100.0 256 106.3 100.0 77 33.7 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 167 35.6 50.2 133 55.2 52.0 34 14.9 44.2
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 65 13.8 19.5 54 22.4 21.1 11 4.8 14.3
Assault (Homicide) (X85-Y09,Y87.1) 29 6.2 8.7 26 10.8 10.2 3 . 3.9
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 15 3.2 4.5 10 4.2 3.9 5 2.2 6.5
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 5 1.1 1.5 4 . 1.6 1 . 1.3
All Other Causes 52 11.1 15.6 29 12.0 11.3 23 10.1 29.9
25 - 34                  
All Causes 758 87.5 100.0 527 118.8 100.0 231 54.7 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 312 36.0 41.2 230 51.8 43.6 82 19.4 35.5
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 114 13.2 15.0 86 19.4 16.3 28 6.6 12.1
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 70 8.1 9.2 38 8.6 7.2 32 7.6 13.9
Assault (Homicide) (X85-Y09,Y87.1) 60 6.9 7.9 48 10.8 9.1 12 2.8 5.2
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 46 5.3 6.1 31 7.0 5.9 15 3.6 6.5
All Other Causes 156 18.0 20.6 94 21.2 17.8 62 14.7 26.8
Mortality Table C3.  Leading Causes by Age Group and Sex for Residents, 2007
         Total                Male               Female       
Age Group with Causes and ICD-10 Codes No. Rate1 Pct2 No. Rate1 Pct2 No. Rate1 Pct2
35 - 44                  
All Causes 1,363 145.3 100.0 863 181.0 100.0 500 108.4 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 324 34.5 23.8 226 47.4 26.2 98 21.3 19.6
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 250 26.7 18.3 115 24.1 13.3 135 29.3 27.0
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 173 18.4 12.7 120 25.2 13.9 53 11.5 10.6
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 162 17.3 11.9 124 26.0 14.4 38 8.2 7.6
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74) 73 7.8 5.4 52 10.9 6.0 21 4.6 4.2
All Other Causes 381 40.6 28.0 226 47.4 26.2 155 33.6 31.0
45 - 54                  
All Causes 3,390 345.3 100.0 2,062 421.5 100.0 1,328 269.6 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 987 100.5 29.1 487 99.5 23.6 500 101.5 37.7
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 588 59.9 17.3 428 87.5 20.8 160 32.5 12.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 457 46.5 13.5 311 63.6 15.1 146 29.6 11.0
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74) 205 20.9 6.0 136 27.8 6.6 69 14.0 5.2
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 194 19.8 5.7 142 29.0 6.9 52 10.6 3.9
All Other Causes 959 97.7 28.3 558 114.1 27.1 401 81.4 30.2
55 - 64                  
All Causes 5,575 758.8 100.0 3,253 899.1 100.0 2,322 622.6 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 2,133 290.3 38.3 1,109 306.5 34.1 1,024 274.6 44.1
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 1,105 150.4 19.8 793 219.2 24.4 312 83.7 13.4
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 279 38.0 5.0 150 41.5 4.6 129 34.6 5.6
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 266 36.2 4.8 163 45.1 5.0 103 27.6 4.4
Diabetes Mellitus (E10-E14) 235 32.0 4.2 127 35.1 3.9 108 29.0 4.7
All Other Causes 1,557 211.9 27.9 911 251.8 28.0 646 173.2 27.8
65 - 74                  
All Causes 7,435 1,928.5 100.0 4,211 2,287.4 100.0 3,224 1,600.5 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 2,843 737.4 38.2 1,583 859.9 37.6 1,260 625.5 39.1
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 1,487 385.7 20.0 977 530.7 23.2 510 253.2 15.8
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 678 175.9 9.1 340 184.7 8.1 338 167.8 10.5
Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) 329 85.3 4.4 167 90.7 4.0 162 80.4 5.0
Diabetes Mellitus (E10-E14) 308 79.9 4.1 172 93.4 4.1 136 67.5 4.2
All Other Causes 1,790 464.3 24.1 972 528.0 23.1 818 406.1 25.4
75-84                  
All Causes 12,345 5,008.3 100.0 6,029 5,849.1 100.0 6,316 4,404.0 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 3,212 1,303.1 26.0 1,634 1,585.2 27.1 1,578 1,100.3 25.0
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 2,920 1,184.6 23.7 1,516 1,470.8 25.1 1,404 979.0 22.2
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 950 385.4 7.7 448 434.6 7.4 502 350.0 7.9
Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) 830 336.7 6.7 357 346.3 5.9 473 329.8 7.5
Alzheimer's Disease (G30) 776 314.8 6.3 279 270.7 4.6 497 346.5 7.9
All Other Causes 3,657 1,483.6 29.6 1,795 1,741.4 29.8 1,862 1,298.3 29.5
85 and Over                  
All Causes 15,094 13,143.0 100.0 5,647 15,143.0 100.0 9,447 12,182.0 100.0
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 4,614 4,017.7 30.6 1,746 4,682.1 30.9 2,868 3,698.3 30.4
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 1,972 1,717.2 13.1 919 2,464.4 16.3 1,053 1,357.8 11.1
Alzheimer's Disease (G30) 1,745 1,519.5 11.6 438 1,174.5 7.8 1,307 1,685.4 13.8
Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) 1,222 1,064.1 8.1 379 1,016.3 6.7 843 1,087.0 8.9
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 684 595.6 4.5 282 756.2 5.0 402 518.4 4.3
All Other Causes 4,857 4,229.3 32.2 1,883 5,049.5 33.3 2,974 3,834.9 31.5
1 Rate per 100,000 population in each age-sex group.
2 Percent of total deaths in each age-sex group.  Percents may not add to 100% due to rounding.
* Rate not calculated because number of deaths was less than 5.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 11/2008.
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