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Mortality Table C3.  Leading Causes by Age Group and Sex for Residents, 2006
         Total                Male               Female       
Age Group with Causes and ICD-10 Codes No. Rate1 Pct2 No. Rate1 Pct2 No. Rate1 Pct2
All Ages                  
All Causes 45,878 719.6 100.0 22,674 713.6 100.0 23,204 725.5 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 11,003 172.6 24.0 5,606 176.4 24.7 5,397 168.7 23.3
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 10,551 165.5 23.0 5,418 170.5 23.9 5,133 160.5 22.1
Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) 2,711 42.5 5.9 1,050 33.0 4.6 1,661 51.9 7.2
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 2,648 41.5 5.8 1,198 37.7 5.3 1,450 45.3 6.2
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 2,646 41.5 5.8 1,681 52.9 7.4 965 30.2 4.2
Alzheimer's Disease (G30) 2,466 38.7 5.4 765 24.1 3.4 1,701 53.2 7.3
Diabetes Mellitus (E10-E14) 1,539 24.1 3.4 800 25.2 3.5 739 23.1 3.2
Influenza and Pneumonia (J10-J18) 810 12.7 1.8 372 11.7 1.6 438 13.7 1.9
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 796 12.5 1.7 621 19.5 2.7 175 5.5 0.8
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74) 592 9.3 1.3 363 11.4 1.6 229 7.2 1.0
All Other Causes 10,116 158.7 22.0 4,800 151.1 21.2 5,316 166.2 22.9
Under 1                  
All Causes 406 467.5 100.0 234 525.4 100.0 172 406.5 100.0
Congenital Malformations (Q00-Q99) 89 102.5 21.9 53 119.0 22.6 36 85.1 20.9
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) 50 57.6 12.3 29 65.1 12.4 21 49.6 12.2
Short Gestation & Low Birth Weight (P07) 42 48.4 10.3 21 47.2 9.0 21 49.6 12.2
Maternal Complications of Pregnancy (P01) 34 39.2 8.4 20 44.9 8.5 14 33.1 8.1
Complic. of Placenta, Cord & Membranes (P02) 25 28.8 6.2 11 24.7 4.7 14 33.1 8.1
All Other Causes 166 191.1 40.9 100 224.5 42.7 66 156.0 38.4
1-4                  
All Causes 67 20.6 100.0 40 24.0 100.0 27 17.0 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 24 7.4 35.8 16 9.6 40.0 8 5.0 29.6
Assault (Homicide) (X85-Y09,Y87.1) 7 2.2 10.4 5 3.0 12.5 2 . 7.4
Congenital Anomalies (Q00-Q99) 7 2.2 10.4 4 . 10.0 3 . 11.1
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 6 1.8 9.0 5 3.0 12.5 1 . 3.7
Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period (P00-P96) 4 . 6.0 2 . 5.0 2 . 7.4
All Other Causes 19 5.8 28.4 8 4.8 20.0 11 6.9 40.7
5-14                  
All Causes 98 11.4 100.0 59 13.4 100.0 39 9.3 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 43 5.0 43.9 31 7.0 52.5 12 2.9 30.8
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 16 1.9 16.3 7 1.6 11.9 9 2.2 23.1
Congenital Anomalies (Q00-Q99) 6 0.7 6.1 6 1.4 10.2 . . .
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 5 0.6 5.1 3 . 5.1 2 . 5.1
Influenza and Pneumonia (J10-J18) 3 . 3.1 2 . 3.4 1 . 2.6
All Other Causes 25 2.9 25.5 10 2.3 16.9 . . .
15 - 19                  
All Causes 260 56.6 100.0 181 76.8 100.0 79 35.3 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 140 30.5 53.8 97 41.2 53.6 43 19.2 54.4
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 39 8.5 15.0 33 14.0 18.2 6 2.7 7.6
Assault (Homicide) (X85-Y09,Y87.1) 19 4.1 7.3 14 5.9 7.7 5 2.2 6.3
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 17 3.7 6.5 10 4.2 5.5 7 3.1 8.9
Congenital Anomalies (Q00-Q99) 6 1.3 2.3 5 2.1 2.8 1 . 1.3
All Other Causes 39 8.5 15.0 22 9.3 12.2 17 7.6 21.5
20 - 24                  
All Causes 384 83.2 100.0 295 124.3 100.0 89 39.7 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 179 38.8 46.6 147 61.9 49.8 32 14.3 36.0
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 76 16.5 19.8 66 27.8 22.4 10 4.5 11.2
Assault (Homicide) (X85-Y09,Y87.1) 37 8.0 9.6 30 12.6 10.2 7 3.1 7.9
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 25 5.4 6.5 17 7.2 5.8 8 3.6 9.0
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 10 2.2 2.6 7 2.9 2.4 3 . 3.4
All Other Causes 57 12.3 14.8 28 11.8 9.5 29 12.9 32.6
25 - 34                  
All Causes 694 81.9 100.0 473 109.0 100.0 221 53.4 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 267 31.5 38.5 196 45.1 41.4 71 17.2 32.1
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 112 13.2 16.1 85 19.6 18.0 27 6.5 12.2
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 83 9.8 12.0 43 9.9 9.1 40 9.7 18.1
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 51 6.0 7.3 35 8.1 7.4 16 3.9 7.2
Assault (Homicide) (X85-Y09,Y87.1) 50 5.9 7.2 41 9.4 8.7 9 2.2 4.1
All Other Causes 131 15.5 18.9 73 16.8 15.4 58 14.0 26.2
Mortality Table C3.  Leading Causes by Age Group and Sex for Residents, 2006
         Total                Male               Female       
Age Group with Causes and ICD-10 Codes No. Rate1 Pct2 No. Rate1 Pct2 No. Rate1 Pct2
35 - 44                  
All Causes 1,395 148.0 100.0 867 181.3 100.0 528 113.7 100.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 336 35.6 24.1 222 46.4 25.6 114 24.6 21.6
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 251 26.6 18.0 121 25.3 14.0 130 28.0 24.6
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 185 19.6 13.3 126 26.3 14.5 59 12.7 11.2
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 127 13.5 9.1 101 21.1 11.6 26 5.6 4.9
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74) 58 6.2 4.2 28 5.9 3.2 30 6.5 5.7
All Other Causes 438 46.5 31.4 269 56.2 31.0 169 36.4 32.0
45 - 54                  
All Causes 3,372 348.7 100.0 2,072 430.3 100.0 1,300 267.8 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 930 96.2 27.6 448 93.0 21.6 482 99.3 37.1
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 574 59.4 17.0 431 89.5 20.8 143 29.5 11.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 501 51.8 14.9 345 71.6 16.7 156 32.1 12.0
Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide)(X60-X84,Y87.0) 199 20.6 5.9 146 30.3 7.0 53 10.9 4.1
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74) 155 16.0 4.6 105 21.8 5.1 50 10.3 3.8
All Other Causes 1,013 104.8 30.0 597 124.0 28.8 416 85.7 32.0
55 - 64                  
All Causes 5,336 762.5 100.0 3,148 912.4 100.0 2,188 616.8 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 2,034 290.7 38.1 1,076 311.9 34.2 958 270.0 43.8
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 1,012 144.6 19.0 706 204.6 22.4 306 86.3 14.0
Unintentional Injury (Accident) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 278 39.7 5.2 194 56.2 6.2 84 23.7 3.8
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 259 37.0 4.9 118 34.2 3.7 141 39.7 6.4
Diabetes Mellitus (E10-E14) 233 33.3 4.4 137 39.7 4.4 96 27.1 4.4
All Other Causes 1,520 217.2 28.5 917 265.8 29.1 603 170.0 27.6
65 - 74                  
All Causes 6,996 1,888.1 100.0 3,904 2,213.7 100.0 3,092 1,592.4 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 2,598 701.2 37.1 1,387 786.5 35.5 1,211 623.7 39.2
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 1,471 397.0 21.0 956 542.1 24.5 515 265.2 16.7
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 580 156.5 8.3 289 163.9 7.4 291 149.9 9.4
Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) 326 88.0 4.7 144 81.7 3.7 182 93.7 5.9
Diabetes Mellitus (E10-E14) 316 85.3 4.5 188 106.6 4.8 128 65.9 4.1
All Other Causes 1,705 460.2 24.4 940 533.0 24.1 765 394.0 24.7
75-84                  
All Causes 12,386 5,011.7 100.0 6,140 5,971.3 100.0 6,246 4,328.0 100.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 3,198 1,294.0 25.8 1,664 1,618.3 27.1 1,534 1,063.0 24.6
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 2,956 1,196.1 23.9 1,544 1,501.6 25.1 1,412 978.4 22.6
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 1,031 417.2 8.3 474 461.0 7.7 557 386.0 8.9
Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) 836 338.3 6.7 353 343.3 5.7 483 334.7 7.7
Alzheimer's Disease (G30) 675 273.1 5.4 264 256.7 4.3 411 284.8 6.6
All Other Causes 3,690 1,493.1 29.8 1,841 1,790.4 30.0 1,849 1,281.2 29.6
85 and Over                  
All Causes 14,483 13,288.0 100.0 5,260 14,959.0 100.0 9,223 12,492.0 100.0
Diseases of the Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 4,286 3,932.4 29.6 1,610 4,578.8 30.6 2,676 3,624.5 29.0
Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) 1,842 1,690.0 12.7 827 2,352.0 15.7 1,015 1,374.8 11.0
Alzheimer's Disease (G30) 1,645 1,509.3 11.4 428 1,217.2 8.1 1,217 1,648.4 13.2
Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) 1,233 1,131.3 8.5 378 1,075.0 7.2 855 1,158.1 9.3
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) 679 623.0 4.7 265 753.7 5.0 414 560.7 4.5
All Other Causes 4,798 4,402.2 33.1 1,752 4,982.7 33.3 3,046 4,125.7 33.0
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, 01/2008.
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