TABLE 1.

Death rates per 100,000 population for all causes of death and death from diseases of the heart, percentage changes, and death rate disparities between blacks and whites, by age group — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1999 and 2015. Reproduced from Cunningham TJ, Croft JB, Liu Y, Lu H, Eke PI, Giles WH. Vital Signs: Racial Disparities in Age-Specific Mortality Among Blacks or African Americans - United States, 1999-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017;66(17):444-456.

Cause of death by age group (yrs)	Blacks			Whites			Death rate disparity relative to whites*
	1999 rate	2015 rate	% change (1999 to 2015)	1999 rate	2015 rate	% change (1999 to 2015)	1999(%)	2015 (%)
1. All causes
All ages†	1.135.7	851.9	−25.0§	854.6	735.0	−14.1§	+32.9§	+15.9§
18–34	167.8	141.5	−15.6§	87.5	100.3	+14. 6§	+91.8§	+41.1§
35–49	454.3	311.5	−31.4§	218.2	220.3	+1.0§	+108.2§	+41.4§
50–64	1,346.5	1,046.0	−22.3§	746.5	722.4	−3.2§	+80.4§	+44.8§
≥65	5,712.7	4,176.0	−26.9§	5,186.0	4,286.9	−17.3§	+10.2§	−2.6§
2. Diseases of the heart
All ages	334.3	205.1	−38.7§	262.0	167.9	−35.9§	+27.6§	+22.2§
18–34	12.5	10.7	−14.5§	4.8	5.1	+5.2	+158.7§	+110.3§
35–49	85.3	66.5	−22.0§	37.9	33.3	−12.0§	+125.2§	+99.7§
50–64	378.6	257.5	−32.0§	193.9	148.1	−23.6§	+95.2§	+73.9§
≥65	1,902.6	1,085.5	−42.9§	1,756.7	1,091.8	−37.9§	+8.3§	−0.6

Definitions:

^*Disparity (%) = (Black rate minus white rate) divided by white rate times 100.

^†“All ages” category includes infants and children. Death rates for all ages were age-standardized to the 2000 U.S. projected population.

^§Z-statistic significant at p<0.05 for the rate change from 1999 to 2015 or for the difference between black and white populations.