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Table 19 Leading Causes of Death for Selected Years, Texas Residents

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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