Table 3.

Death rates, black males, 2005²³

Disease	Vit D (%)	Death rate by age (y) (deaths/100,000/year)
		20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49	60–64	70–74	80–84
Melanoma
Septicemia	35		1.6	2.1	3.6	5.5	10.9	43.4	97.1	239
Cancers
Esophageal						2.1	5.1	31.3	41.4	49
Gastric					1.8	3.2	5.4	24.2	48.4	79
Colorectal				2.2	2.8	5.7	13.7	57.5	101.3	198
Pancreatic						2.3	7.2	39.6	71.5	117
Renal						1.9	3.6	19.6	29.1	39
Bladder								9.1	25.0	57
Lymphoma				1.9	1.7	2.8	4.4	14.7	29.1	37
These cancers	35			4.1	6.3	15.2	35.0
Total cancer	30	6.1	9.3	14.7	21.7	50.0	127.0	730	1395	2354
Diabetes	15	1.4	2.9	6.7	10.8	12.3	25.9	118	237	392
Ischemic heart		1.3	4.2	7.9	23.0	41.2	95.4	455	857	1887
Acute myocardial infarction			2.1	2.9	7.5	15.8	34.4	145	278	598
Atherosclerotic cardio				1.7	6.0	8.9	23.1	130	201	362
Total coronary heart	20	1.3	6.3	12.5	36.5	65.9	127.1	730	1336	2847
Heart failure	30					4.6	6.4	32.7	82.5	224
Cerebrovascular	15		2.6	4.1	7.1	17.4	32.0	133	277	655
Influenza, pneumonia	35			2.2	3.4	6.1	10.5	33.3	90.5	259
Asthma	25	1.6	1.5	1.9	1.7	2.5	3.3	4.5	6.3	53
Falls	30				1.5	1.7	4.4	9.8	14.5	20
Total		2.7	5.8	10.6	18.4	35.0	78.2	443	860	1693