Table 3.
Cause-specific male and female contributions to 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 | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
| Chronic diseases | |||||||||
| 1 Heart diseases | 1.49 | 0.66 | 0.83 | 1.02 | 0.57 | 0.45 | −0.48 | −0.09 | −0.39 |
| 2 Cancers | 0.53 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.41 | 0.20 | 0.21 | −0.12 | −0.05 | −0.07 |
| 3 Cerebrovascular diseases | 0.39 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.12 | −0.14 | −0.02 | −0.11 |
| 4 Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 0.24 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.11 | −0.05 | −0.03 | −0.03 |
| 5 Alzheimer's | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.02 | −0.01 |
| 6 Diabetes | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.00 | −0.02 |
| 7 Nephritis | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.00 | −0.02 |
| Totals for chronic diseases | 2.97 | 1.33 | 1.65 | 2.15 | 1.15 | 1.00 | − 0.82 | − 0.17 | − 0.65 |
| Communicable diseases | |||||||||
| 8 Influenza and pneumonia | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.03 | −0.10 | −0.03 | −0.07 |
| 9 Septicemia | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 10 HIV/AIDS | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.08 | −0.20 | −0.14 | −0.06 |
| 11 Other infectious diseases | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Totals for communicable diseases | 0.67 | 0.40 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.23 | 0.15 | − 0.29 | − 0.17 | − 0.12 |
| External causes | |||||||||
| 12 Homicide | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.06 | −0.03 | −0.01 | −0.02 |
| 13 Suicide | −0.10 | −0.08 | −0.03 | −0.18 | −0.14 | −0.04 | −0.08 | −0.06 | −0.02 |
| 14 Traffic accident | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.00 |
| 15 Accidental poisoning | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.19 | −0.13 | −0.06 | −0.20 | −0.14 | −0.07 |
| 16 Other external causes | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.07 | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.00 |
| Totals for external causes | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.02 | − 0.34 | − 0.23 | − 0.10 |
| Infant and child conditions | |||||||||
| 17 Perinatal deaths | 0.41 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.16 | 0.13 | −0.12 | −0.07 | −0.05 |
| 18 Congenital anomalies | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.01 |
| Totals for infant and child conditions | 0.46 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.15 | − 0.12 | − 0.07 | − 0.05 |
| Aggregated minor causes | |||||||||
| 19 NEC - Not elsewhere classified | 1.02 | 0.45 | 0.57 | 0.73 | 0.34 | 0.39 | −0.29 | −0.11 | −0.18 |
| Grand total | 5.70 | 2.89 | 2.81 | 3.84 | 2.14 | 1.70 | − 1.86 | − 0.75 | − 1.11 |