Table 1. Number of deaths and potential years of life lost attributed to each of 39 causes of death in all Americans in 2015.
Number of National Institute of Health R01 grants and scientific articles published on each specific cause of death (n = 31) in 2015 are also noted.
| Black deaths | White deaths | PYLL per death disparity (Black -White) | NIH R01s | Articles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of death | N | PYLL | PYLL per death | N | PYLL | PYLL per death | |||
| Tuberculosis | 76 | 1065 | 14.0 | 275 | 2602 | 9.5 | 4.6 | 70 | 117 |
| Syphilis | 19 | 202 | 10.6 | 25 | 239 | 9.6 | 1.1 | 15 | 32 |
| HIV | 3458 | 83177 | 24.1 | 2905 | 65165 | 22.4 | 1.6 | 726 | 863 |
| Stomach cancer | 2028 | 19123 | 9.4 | 8358 | 68727 | 8.2 | 1.2 | 20 | 61 |
| Colorectal cancers | 7215 | 72743 | 10.1 | 43940 | 321608 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 170 | 334 |
| Pancreatic cancer | 5089 | 43854 | 8.6 | 35030 | 223014 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 83 | 80 |
| Lung cancer | 16313 | 138262 | 8.5 | 132925 | 821268 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 206 | 306 |
| Breast cancer | 6411 | 84713 | 13.2 | 34153 | 304575 | 8.9 | 4.3 | 359 | 559 |
| Cervical/ Uterine/ Ovarian cancers | 4079 | 43490 | 10.7 | 23019 | 207692 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 115 | 277 |
| Prostate cancer | 4750 | 20232 | 4.3 | 23393 | 59555 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 178 | 245 |
| Urinary tract cancers | 2697 | 23702 | 8.8 | 28194 | 144933 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 42 | 123 |
| Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 1543 | 18702 | 12.1 | 17885 | 95934 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 36 | 59 |
| Leukemia | 1901 | 23865 | 12.6 | 20117 | 145183 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 216 | 99 |
| Other cancers | 17494 | 194372 | 11.1 | 139161 | 1134886 | 8.2 | 3.0 | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 13876 | 137978 | 9.9 | 62001 | 425013 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 926 | 857 |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 8157 | 4278 | 0.5 | 99889 | 35730 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 367 | 75 |
| Hypertensive heart disease | 9948 | 119988 | 12.1 | 35418 | 230498 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 19 | 35 |
| Ischemic heart diseases | 39840 | 311211 | 7.8 | 316579 | 1444520 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 341 | 594 |
| Other heart diseases | 25640 | 253588 | 9.9 | 189955 | 727868 | 3.8 | 6.1 | ||
| Hypertension | 5820 | 45295 | 7.8 | 25047 | 89327 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 428 | 319 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 18027 | 134385 | 7.5 | 116969 | 365897 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 31 | 491 |
| Atherosclerosis | 540 | 2660 | 4.9 | 5402 | 9980 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 318 | 182 |
| Other circulatory diseases | 2354 | 21585 | 9.2 | 16669 | 82712 | 5.0 | 4.2 | ||
| Influenza and pneumonia | 5651 | 48777 | 8.6 | 48960 | 180688 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 201 | 296 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 10488 | 84921 | 8.1 | 141882 | 519146 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 213 | 259 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 284 | 3266 | 11.5 | 2645 | 15585 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6 | 2 |
| Chronic liver diseases | 3261 | 52150 | 16.0 | 35478 | 530714 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 74 | 149 |
| Nephritis | 9174 | 73131 | 8.0 | 39124 | 149467 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 30 | 23 |
| Pregnancy | 374 | 15081 | 40.3 | 701 | 27636 | 39.4 | 0.9 | 7 | 14 |
| Other perinatal disease | 4065 | 304635 | 74.9 | 7030 | 526047 | 74.8 | 0.1 | ||
| Congenital and chromosomal abnormalities | 1661 | 99864 | 60.1 | 7890 | 386596 | 49.0 | 11.1 | 103 | 507 |
| Sudden infant death syndrome | 537 | 40275 | 75.0 | 948 | 71100 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 14 |
| Other diseases Ia | 3843 | 85336 | 22.2 | 26233 | 270719 | 10.3 | 11.9 | ||
| Other diseases IIb | 55298 | 567235 | 10.3 | 441789 | 2227136 | 5.0 | 5.2 | ||
| Motor vehicle crashes | 5485 | 198333 | 36.2 | 30844 | 939905 | 30.5 | 5.7 | 9 | 6 |
| Other unintentional causes | 10774 | 277755 | 25.8 | 97901 | 1929763 | 19.7 | 6.1 | ||
| Suicide | 2509 | 94136 | 37.5 | 39908 | 1098977 | 27.5 | 10.0 | 93 | 301 |
| Homicide | 9193 | 407330 | 44.3 | 8072 | 300906 | 37.3 | 7.0 | 16 | 57 |
| Other external causes | 887 | 30197 | 34.0 | 4385 | 139463 | 31.8 | 2.2 | ||
| TOTAL | 320759 | 4180892 | 13.0 | 2311099 | 16320774 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 5440 | 7336 |
a–includes symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.
b–includes all other residual causes of death.