Leading Causes of Death (LCOD) by Age Group, Black Males-United States, 2015*

leading causes of death in Males 2015, black Males, all ages
Black Males, All Ages	Percent*
1) Heart disease	23.9
2) Cancer	21.4
3) Unintentional injuries	6.5
4) Stroke	4.9
5) Homicide	4.9
6) Diabetes	4.2
7) Chronic lower respiratory diseases	3.2
8) Kidney disease	2.7
9) Septicemia	1.9
10) Influenza & pneumonia	1.7

*Percent of total deaths in the race category due to the disease indicated. The white, black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander race groups include persons of Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

Ages 1-44 by Age Group – Black Males
Rank	Age 1-4	Age 5-9	Age 10-14	Age 15-19	Age 20-24	Age 25-34	Age 35-44
1	Unintentional injuries 29.4%	Unintentional injuries 31.2%	Unintentional injuries 22.1%	Homicide 49.5%	Homicide 49.7%	Homicide 35.5%	Heart disease 21.0%
2	Homicide 14.9%	Cancer 10.7%	Homicide 15.3%	Unintentional injuries 23.0%	Unintentional injuries 22.3%	Unintentional injuries 22.3%	Unintentional injuries 17.5%
3	Birth defects 8.4%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 9.5%	Cancer 9.0%	Suicide 8.8%	Suicide 8.5%	Heart disease 8.3%	Homicide 14.2%
4	Cancer 4.6% (tie rank 4)	Birth defects 7.3%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 8.5%	Heart disease 3.0%	Heart disease 3.8%	Suicide 6.8%	Cancer 8.1%
5	Heart disease 4.6% (tie rank 4)	Homicide 7.0%	Suicide 8.3%	Cancer 2.7%	Cancer 2.4%	Cancer 3.8%	Suicide 4.2%
6	Perinatal conditions 3.0%	Heart disease 4.6%	Heart disease 4.3% (tie rank 6)	Birth defects 1.3%	HIV disease 1.1%	HIV disease 3.0%	HIV disease 3.9%
7	Influenza & pneumonia 2.8%	Septicemia 1.5% (tie rank 7)	Birth defects (tie rank 6) 4.3%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 1.1%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 1.1%	Diabetes 1.9%	Diabetes 3.7%
8	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2.4%	Anemias 1.5% (tie rank 7)	Stroke 2.0%	Diabetes 0.8%	Anemias 0.7%	Stroke 1.1%	Stroke 3.5%
9	Stroke 1.9%	Stroke 1.5% (tie rank 7)	Diabetes 1.5%	Legal intervention 0.5%	Diabetes 0.7%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 0.9%	Kidney disease 1.7%
10	Medical & surgical complications 1.3%	Benign neoplasms (tie rank 10) 1.2% Influenza & pneumonia 1.2% (tie rank 10)	Influenza & pneumonia 1.3%	Anemias 0.4%	Legal intervention 0.6%	Influenza & pneumonia 0.9%	Hypertension 1.5%

Ages 45+ by Age Group – Black Males
Rank	Age 45-54	Age 55-64	Age 65+	Age 65-74	Age 75-84	Age 85+	All Ages
1	Heart disease 26.1%	Cancer 27.1%	Heart disease 26.6%	Cancer 29.4%	Heart disease 26.5%	Heart disease 27.4%	Heart disease 23.9%
2	Cancer 18.2%	Heart disease 26.7%	Cancer 25.1%	Heart disease 26.3%	Cancer 24.6%	Cancer 17.7%	Cancer 21.4%
3	Unintentional injuries 10.7%	Unintentional injuries 5.7%	Stroke 6.1%	Stroke 5.6%	Stroke 6.6%	Stroke 6.2%	Unintentional injuries 6.5%
4	Diabetes 4.8%	Stroke 4.9%	Diabetes 4.5%	Diabetes 5.0%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4.8%	Alzheimer’s disease 5.5%	Stroke 4.9%
5	Stroke 4.5%	Diabetes 4.9%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4.5%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4.3%	Diabetes 4.7%	Chronic lower respiratory disease 4.3%	Homicide 4.9%
6	Homicide 3.7%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2.7%	Kidney disease 3.4%	Kidney disease 3.1%	Kidney disease 3.4%	Kidney disease 3.7%	Diabetes 4.2%
7	HIV disease 3.4%	Kidney disease 2.6%	Alzheimer’s disease 2.6%	Unintentional injuries 2.5%	Alzheimer’s disease 2.9%	Diabetes 3.4%	Chronic lower respiratory diseases 3.2%
8	Chronic liver disease 2.3%	Chronic liver disease 2.4%	Septicemia 2.3%	Septicemia 2.2%	Influenza & pneumonia 2.3%	Influenza & pneumonia 2.8%	Kidney disease 2.7%
9	Kidney disease 2.3%	HIV disease 2.0%	Influenza & pneumonia 2.1%	Hypertension 1.7%	Septicemia 2.3%	Septicemia 2.3%	Septicemia 1.9%
10	Septicemia 1.8%	Septicemia 1.9%	Unintentional injuries 2.1%	Influenza & pneumonia 1.6%	Hypertension 1.9%	Hypertension 2.3%	Influenza & pneumonia 1.7%

*Percentages represent total deaths in the age group due to the cause indicated. Rankings are based on number of deaths. Numbers in parentheses indicate tied rankings. The white, black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander race groups include persons of Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Some terms have been shortened from those used in the National Vital Statistics Report. See the next page for a listing of the shortened terms in the table and their full unabridged equivalents used in the report. To learn more, visit Mortality Tables or Mortality Data (HHS, CDC, NCHS).

Short and Full Terms

Some terms in the leading causes of death tables have been shortened from those used in the National Vital Statistics Report. Below is a listing of the shortened terms used in the tables and their full, unabridged equivalents used in the report.

Short and Full terminology from the National Vital Statistics Report
Short Terms	Full Terms
Aortic aneurism	Aortic aneurism and dissection
Appendix disease	Diseases of appendix
Benign neoplasms	In situ neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior
Birth defects	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Bronchitis	Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis
Cancer	Malignant neoplasms
C. difficile infection	Entercolitis due to clostridium
Chronic liver disease	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	Includes bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, bronchiectasis, and other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Diabetes	Diabetes mellitus
Gallbladder disorders	Cholethiasis and other disorders of gallbladder
Heart disease	Diseases of the heart
HIV disease	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease
Homicide	Assault (homicide)
Hypertension	Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease
Kidney disease	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
Kidney infection	Infections of kidney
Legal intervention*	Physical or other force used by police or other law-enforcing agents, including military on duty, in the course of arresting or attempting to arrest lawbreakers, suppressing disturbances, maintaining order, and other legal action. Includes legal execution and excludes citizen arrest.
Pelvic Inflammatory diseases	Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs
Perinatal conditions	Certain conditions orginating in the perinatal period
Pneumonitis	Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
Pregnancy complications	Pregnancy, childbirth and the peurperium
Stroke	Cerebrovascular diseases
Suicide	Intentional self-harm
Unintentional injuries	Accidents (unintentional injuries)

*World Health Organization. International statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Geneva: World Health Organization, 1992. Available at http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/.External Accessed April 15, 2010.