Table 2.
Cause-specific age and incidence components of the black-white gap in life expectancy in the United States in 2000 and 2010, and change from 2000-2010 (in years)
| ICD-10 cause of death | 2000 | 2010 | Change from 2000-2010 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Age | Incidence | Total | Age | Incidence | Total | Age | Incidence | |
| Chronic diseases | |||||||||
| 1 Heart diseases | 1.49 | 1.44 | 0.06 | 1.02 | 1.03 | −0.01 | −0.48 | −0.40 | −0.07 |
| 2 Cancers | 0.53 | 0.54 | −0.01 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.00 | −0.12 | −0.13 | 0.01 |
| 3 Cerebrovascular diseases | 0.39 | 0.40 | −0.01 | 0.25 | 0.28 | −0.03 | −0.14 | −0.12 | −0.02 |
| 4 Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.06 | −0.05 | −0.06 | 0.01 |
| 5 Alzheimer's | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| 6 Diabetes | 0.08 | 0.10 | −0.01 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.00 | −0.02 | −0.03 | 0.01 |
| 7 Nephritis | 0.08 | 0.12 | −0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11 | −0.05 | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.01 |
| Totals for chronic diseases | 2.97 | 2.78 | 0.20 | 2.15 | 2.03 | 0.13 | − 0.82 | − 0.75 | − 0.07 |
| Communicable diseases | |||||||||
| 8 Influenza and pneumonia | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.01 | −0.10 | −0.07 | −0.03 |
| 9 Septicemia | 0.04 | 0.06 | −0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.02 | 0.02 |
| 10 HIV/AIDS | 0.40 | −0.01 | 0.41 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.20 | −0.20 | 0.01 | −0.21 |
| 11 Other infectious diseases | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | −0.01 |
| Totals for communicable diseases | 0.67 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.20 | − 0.29 | − 0.06 | − 0.24 |
| External causes | |||||||||
| 12 Homicide | 0.53 | 0.06 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.06 | 0.44 | −0.03 | 0.00 | −0.03 |
| 13 Suicide | −0.10 | 0.05 | −0.16 | −0.18 | 0.06 | −0.24 | −0.08 | 0.01 | −0.09 |
| 14 Traffic accident | 0.00 | 0.03 | −0.03 | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.04 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.01 |
| 15 Accidental poisoning | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.03 | −0.19 | −0.05 | −0.14 | −0.20 | −0.04 | −0.16 |
| 16 Other external causes | 0.14 | 0.16 | −0.02 | 0.13 | 0.18 | −0.05 | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.03 |
| Totals for external causes | 0.59 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.28 | − 0.02 | − 0.34 | − 0.01 | − 0.33 |
| Infant and child conditions | |||||||||
| 17 Perinatal deaths | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.29 | −0.12 | 0.00 | −0.12 |
| 18 Congenital anomalies | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.00 |
| Totals for infant and child conditions | 0.46 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 0.33 | 0.02 | 0.31 | − 0.12 | − 0.01 | − 0.12 |
| Aggregated minor causes | |||||||||
| 19 NEC - Not elsewhere classified | 1.02 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.02 | −0.29 | −0.31 | 0.02 |
| Grand Total | 5.70 | 4.34 | 1.37 | 3.84 | 3.21 | 0.63 | − 1.86 | − 1.13 | − 0.73 |