Table 19
Leading Causes of Death for Selected Years
Texas Residents
(Rates Per 100,000 Population Based On Census As Of April 1 Each Year)
| TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH -- TEXAS 1980 |
| CAUSE OF DEATH |
NUMBER |
RATE |
| ALL CAUSES |
108,018 |
759.2 |
| 1. Diseases of the Heart |
37,581 |
264.1 |
| 2. Malignant Neoplasms |
21,164 |
148.7 |
| 3. Cerebrovascular Diseases |
9,728 |
68.4 |
| 4 . Accidents and Adverse Effects |
7,785 |
54.7 |
5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Diseases & Allied Conditions |
2,910 |
20.5 |
| 6. Influenza and Pneumonia |
2,580 |
18.1 |
| 7. Homicide |
2,428 |
17.1 |
| 8. Diabetes Mellitus |
1,862 |
13.1 |
| 9. Suicide |
1,786 |
12.6 |
10. Certain Conditions Originating
in the Perinatal Period |
1,676 |
11.8 |
| All Other Causes |
18,518 |
130.1 |
| |
| TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH -- TEXAS 1990 |
| CAUSE OF DEATH |
NUMBER |
RATE |
| ALL CAUSES |
125,019 |
736.0 |
| 1. Diseases of the Heart |
39,443 |
232.2 |
| 2. Malignant Neoplasms |
28,483 |
167.7 |
| 3. Cerebrovascular Diseases |
8,388 |
49.4 |
| 4. Accidents and Adverse Effects |
6,225 |
36.6 |
5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Diseases & Allied Conditions |
4,857 |
28.6 |
| 6. Influenza and Pneumonia |
4,267 |
25.1 |
| 7. Diabetes Mellitus |
3,458 |
20.4 |
| 8. Homicide |
2,391 |
14.1 |
| 9. Suicide |
2,156 |
12.7 |
10. Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Infection |
1,836 |
10.8 |
| All Other Causes |
23,515 |
138.4 |
| |
| TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH -- TEXAS 2000 |
| CAUSE OF DEATH |
NUMBER |
RATE |
| ALL CAUSES |
149,763 |
736.1 |
| 1. Diseases of the Heart |
42,968 |
211.2 |
| 2. Malignant Neoplasms |
33,298 |
163.7 |
| 3. Cerebrovascular Diseases |
10,721 |
52.7 |
| 4. Accidents |
7,602 |
37.4 |
| 5. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases |
7,284 |
35.8 |
| 6. Diabetes Mellitus |
5,195 |
25.5 |
| 7. Influenza and Pneumonia |
3,708 |
18.2 |
| 8. Alzheimer's Disease |
3,171 |
15.6 |
| 9. Intentional Self-Harm (Suicide) |
2,093 |
10.3 |
| 10. Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis |
2,092 |
10.3 |
| All Other Causes |
31,631 |
155.5 |
| |
| TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH -- TEXAS 2010 |
| CAUSE OF DEATH |
NUMBER |
RATE |
| ALL CAUSES |
166,059 |
660.4 |
| 1. Diseases of the Heart |
38,096 |
151.5 |
| 2. Malignant Neoplasms |
36,652 |
145.8 |
| 3. Cerebrovascular Diseases |
9,154 |
36.4 |
| 4. Accidents |
9,133 |
36.3 |
| 5. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases |
8,910 |
35.4 |
| 6. Alzheimer's Disease |
5,200 |
20.7 |
| 7. Diabetes Mellitus |
4,738 |
18.8 |
| 8. Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis |
3,870 |
15.4 |
| 9. Septicemia |
3,166 |
12.6 |
| 10. Influenza and Pneumonia |
3,013 |
12.0 |
| All Other Causes |
44,127 |
175.5 |
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