Table 3.

Causes of death among Black and White US adults ages 20–80 in NHANES III deceased as of December 31, 2015 (n = 3055).

	White (n = 1982)	Black (n = 1073)
Heart disease	20.7%	18.7%
Malignant neoplasms	25.6%	26.5%
Chronic lower respiratory disease	6.0%	3.1%
Accidents	3.2%	4.1%
Cerebrovascular disease	5.5%	5.7%
Alzheimer's disease	2.6%	1.5%
Diabetes mellitus	2.5%	4.8%
Influenza and Pneumonia	2.2%	1.8%
Kidney disease	0.7%	1.7%
All other causes	31.1%	32.2%

Notes:.

Pearson chi-square p-value for overall differences in cause of death among Black and White decadents = 0.002.

N = 3064 deaths in our sample. N = 9 individuals had no cause of death provided, and are excluded from this table. Proportions are weighted.

Average age of White decedents = 74.5 years; average age of Black decedents = 66.4 years; p-value for this difference (uni-variate linear regression) <0.001.