Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 1991
Deaths to Illinois residents total and by age groups.
All Causes | 103,871 |
Heart disease | 35,561 |
Malignant neoplasms | 24,388 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 6,881 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other allied conditions | 3,926 |
Pneumonia and influenza | 3,924 |
Unintentional injuries | 3,732 |
(Motor vehicle) | (1,658) |
(All other) | (2,074) |
Diabetes mellitus | 2,309 |
Homicide | 1,447 |
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 1,348 |
Cirrhosis of liver | 1,345 |
Suicide | 1,178 |
Septicemia | 1,091 |
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1991 Ages 1-4 | |
All Causes | 383 |
Unintentional injuries | 148 |
(Motor vehicle) | (33) |
(All other) | (115) |
Congenital anomalies | 46 |
Malignant neoplasms | 26 |
Homicide | 22 |
Heart disease | 22 |
Pneumonia and influenza | 18 |
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 7 |
Infantile cerebral palsy | 7 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions | 6 |
Meningitis | 6 |
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1991 Ages 5-14 | |
All Causes | 408 |
Unintentional injuries | 156 |
(Motor vehicle) | (73) |
(All other) | (83) |
Malignant neoplasms | 54 |
Homicide | 39 |
Heart disease | 23 |
Congenital anomalies | 18 |
Infantile cerebral palsy | 16 |
Suicide | 13 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 8 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other allied conditions | 7 |
HIV infection | 4 |
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1991 Ages 15-24 | |
All Causes | 1,748 |
Unintentional injuries | 625 |
(Motor vehicle) | (434) |
(All other) | (191) |
Homicide | 509 |
Suicide | 211 |
Malignant neoplasms | 71 |
Heart disease | 67 |
Congenital anomalies | 25 |
HIV infection | 21 |
Pneumonia and influenza | 20 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other allied conditions | 16 |
Injuries undetermined origin whether accidentally or purposely inflicted | 12 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 12 |
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1991 Ages 25-44 | |
All Causes | 6,735 |
Unintentional injuries | 1,182 |
(Motor vehicle) | (579) |
(All other) | (603) |
Malignant neoplasms | 1,009 |
Heart disease | 866 |
HIV infection | 798 |
Homicide | 630 |
Suicide | 447 |
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 326 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 164 |
Pneumonia and influenza | 133 |
Diabetes mellitus | 114 |
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1991 Ages 45-64 | |
All Causes | 17,462 |
Malignant neoplasms | 6,384 |
Heart disease | 5,179 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 694 |
Unintentional injuries | 563 |
(Motor vehicle) | (260) |
(All other) | (303) |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other allied conditions | 552 |
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 547 |
Diabetes mellitus | 470 |
Pneumonia and Influenza | 295 |
Suicide | 267 |
HIV infection | 202 |
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1991 Ages 65 and older | |
All Causes | 75,067 |
Heart disease | 29,375 |
Malignant neoplasms | 16,842 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 5,995 |
Pneumonia and influenza | 3,427 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 3,267 |
Diabetes mellitus | 1,713 |
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 1,142 |
Unintentional injuries | 1,003 |
(Motor vehicle) | (273) |
(All other) | (730) |
Septicemia | 881 |
Alzheimer's disease | 697 |
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