TABLE 27
YEARS OF POTENTIAL LIFE LOST BEFORE AGE 65 (YPLL)
TEXAS, 2004

LEADING CAUSES OF PREMATURE DEATH
TOTAL POPULATION
CAUSE TOTAL WHITE** BLACK HISPANIC
  YPLL RATE* YPLL RATE* YPLL RATE* YPLL RATE*
TOTAL 891,483 43.95 443,783 42.44 174,304 73.16 273,396 36.72
Accidents 181,896 8.97 100,903 9.65 22,331 9.37 58,663 7.88
Malignant Neoplasms 129,127 6.37 77,266 7.39 21,149 8.88 30,712 4.13
Diseases of the Heart 102,709 5.06 57,380 5.49 24,569 10.31 20,761 2.79
Certain Conditions Originating
in Perinatal Period 		72,888 3.59 22,031 2.11 18,417 7.73 32,440 4.36
Suicide 49,246 2.43 33,656 3.22 3,992 1.68 11,598 1.56
Congenital Anomalies 44,670 2.20 18,064 1.73 6,847 2.87 19,760 2.65
Homicide 44,482 2.19 10,198 0.98 15,507 6.51 18,778 2.52
Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Infection 		22,122 1.09 7,113 0.68 9,495 3.99 5,514 0.74
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis 19,594 0.97 9,997 0.96 2,008 0.84 7,590 1.02
Cerebrovascular Diseases 19,178 0.95 8,081 0.77 5,150 2.16 5,948 0.80
ALL OTHER 205,575 10.13 99,098 9.48 44,842 18.82 61,636 8.28
MALES
CAUSE TOTAL WHITE** BLACK HISPANIC
  YPLL RATE* YPLL RATE* YPLL RATE* YPLL RATE*
TOTAL 568,025 55.25 282,743 53.71 105,178 89.80 180,104 46.83
Accidents 129,464 12.59 70,383 13.37 14,903 12.72 44,178 11.49
Diseases of the Heart 71,375 6.94 40,620 7.72 15,189 12.97 15,566 4.05
Malignant Neoplasms 67,471 6.56 40,521 7.70 10,750 9.18 16,200 4.21
Certain Conditions Originating
in Perinatal Period 		40,630 3.95 13,094 2.49 9,931 8.48 17,606 4.58
Suicide 38,971 3.79 25,809 4.90 3,505 2.99 9,657 2.51
Homicide 34,851 3.39 7,195 1.37 12,368 10.56 15,289 3.98
Congenital Anomalies 23,220 2.26 9,928 1.89 3,563 3.04 9,730 2.53
Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Infection 		17,132 1.67 6,222 1.18 6,055 5.17 4,855 1.26
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis 14,447 1.41 7,119 1.35 1,389 1.19 5,940 1.54
Cerebrovascular Diseases 10,744 1.04 4,283 0.81 2,833 2.42 3,629 0.94
ALL OTHER 119,723 11.64 57,571 10.94 24,694 21.08 37,458 9.74
FEMALES
CAUSE TOTAL WHITE** BLACK HISPANIC
  YPLL RATE* YPLL RATE* YPLL RATE* YPLL RATE*
TOTAL 323,459 32.34 161,041 31.02 69,126 57.07 93,293 25.93
Malignant Neoplasms 61,656 6.16 36,745 7.08 10,399 8.58 14,513 4.03
Accidents 52,432 5.24 30,519 5.88 7,428 6.13 14,485 4.03
Diseases of the Heart 31,334 3.13 16,760 3.23 9,380 7.74 5,195 1.44
Certain Conditions Originating
in Perinatal Period 		32,258 3.23 8,938 1.72 8,486 7.01 14,834 4.12
Congenital Anomalies 21,450 2.14 8,136 1.57 3,284 2.71 10,030 2.79
Suicide 10,275 1.03 7,847 1.51 487 0.40 1,942 0.54
Homicide 9,632 0.96 3,003 0.58 3,140 2.59 3,489 0.97
Cerebrovascular Diseases 8,433 0.84 3,798 0.73 2,317 1.91 2,319 0.64
Diabetes Mellitus 7,422 0.74 3,239 0.62 2,001 1.65 2,183 0.61
Septicemia 5,202 0.52 2,689 0.52 1,124 0.93 1,389 0.39
ALL OTHER 83,367 8.34 39,368 7.58 21,083 17.41 22,916 6.37

* Rate for Years of Potential Life Lost Before Age 65 per 1,000 persons ages 0 - 64.
** Includes Other and Unknown race/ethnicity.
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Last updated May 7, 2010