Table 2.
Cause-specific RMI by sex for blacks and whites: 2000
| Yearly rate of increase between ages 50 and 84 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |||
| Black | White | Black | White | |
| All Causes | 7.3% | 9.3% | 7.9% | 9.8% |
| (1) Ischemic Heart Disease | 7.9% | 9.3% | 9.6% | 12.0% |
| (2) Lung Cancer | 6.2% | 7.8% | 5.4% | 6.7% |
| (3) Stroke | 8.7% | 12.3% | 9.4% | 12.6% |
| (4) Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease | 10.5% | 13.2% | 8.0% | 11.7% |
| (5) Breast Cancer | -- | -- | 2.8% | 4.2% |
| (6) Diabetes Mellitus | 7.2% | 8.5% | 8.0% | 8.8% |
| (7) Colorectal Cancer | 7.5% | 8.4% | 7.4% | 8.4% |
| (8) Reproductive Cancers | 15.2% | 15.9% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| (9) Influenza and Pneumonia | 9.9% | 13.0% | 10.6% | 12.8% |
| (10) Other Cancers | 5.8% | 7.4% | 6.9% | 7.7% |
| (11) Other heart diseases | 6.6% | 9.6% | 8.0% | 11.2% |
| All residual causes | 5.4% | 7.5% | 7.0% | 8.8% |
| Black/white difference | 1.96% | 1.96% | ||
Note: Denotes the percentage increase in the death rate from specified causes for each additional year of age between ages 50 and 84. Estimated using the regression model in Equation 1.
Source: Author’s Calculations from Multiple Cause of Death files, 2000