TABLE 1—

Age-Adjusted Death Rates (per 100 000) for Men (M) and Women (F) Aged 25 to 64 by Years of Education, 1998

	<12 y			12 y			≥13 y
Cause of Death	M	F	M/F Ratio	M	F	M/F Ratio	M	F	M/F Ratio
All causes	727.60	395.60	1.84	627.10	330.90	1.90	271.90	174.30	1.56
Chronic and noncommunicable diseases	534.40	321.30	1.66	470.20	277.90	1.69	211.30	148.60	1.42
Unintentional injuries	52.80	29.60	1.78	39.40	18.40	2.14	15.70	7.00	2.24
HIV diseases	23.40	10.60	2.21	18.30	.56	3.27	7.50	1.10	6.82
All other communicable diseases	29.40	19.00	1.55	21.10	12.80	1.65	8.20	5.90	1.39

Source. National Center for Health Statistics, 2001.