A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Indicator 50. Death

Number of deaths per 100,000 persons 5 to 34 years old, by sex, age, and race: 1950 to 1990

___________________________________________             |        Men and women        |     Year    |_____________________________|             | 5 to 14 |15 to 24 |25 to 34 |             |years old|years old|years old| ____________|_________|_________|_________|                        All races  1950 .......     60.1     128.1     178.7 | 1960 .......     46.6     106.3     146.4 | 1970 .......     41.3     127.7     157.4 | 1975 .......     35.2     117.3     140.6 | 1980 .......     30.6     115.4     135.5 | 1985 .......     26.3      95.9     123.4 |                                           | 1986 .......     26.0     102.3     132.1 | 1987 .......     25.6      99.4     133.2 | 1988 .......     25.8     102.1     135.4 | 1989 .......     25.7      97.6     140.0 | 1990 .......     24.0      99.2     139.2 |                         White  1950 .......     56.4     111.7     148.3 | 1960 .......     43.9      99.1     123.6 | 1970 .......     39.1     115.8     129.9 | 1975 .......     33.4     110.0     119.2 | 1980 .......     29.1     112.0     118.4 | 1985 .......     24.8      92.9     108.4 |                                           | 1986 .......     24.4      98.8     115.1 | 1987 .......     24.1      93.8     115.7 | 1988 .......     23.9      95.1     116.2 | 1989 .......     23.8      89.5     120.6 | 1990 .......     22.3      89.7     119.3 |                       Black  1960 1/ ....     64.5     157.9     333.0 | 1970 .......     55.5     212.4     381.2 | 1980 .......     39.0     138.3     269.5 | 1985 .......     34.8     115.9     235.4 |                                           | 1986 .......     34.5     126.5     259.1 | 1987 .......     33.9     135.0     263.1 | 1988 .......     36.0     145.2     275.4 | 1989 .......     36.3     150.7     285.7 | 1990 .......     34.4     159.9     287.5 | __________________________________________|  
________________________________________________________________________ | Men | Women Year |_____________________________|_____________________________ | 5 to 14 |15 to 24 |25 to 34 | 5 to 14 |15 to 24 |25 to 34 |years old|years old|years old|years old|years old|years old ____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ All races 1950 ....... 70.9 167.9 216.5 | 48.9 89.1 142.7 1960 ....... 55.7 152.1 187.9 | 37.3 61.3 106.6 1970 ....... 50.5 188.5 215.3 | 31.8 68.1 101.6 1975 ....... 43.3 174.1 198.9 | 26.8 59.8 83.6 1980 ....... 36.7 172.3 196.1 | 24.2 57.5 75.9 1985 ....... 31.6 141.1 178.0 | 20.8 49.9 68.9 | 1986 ....... 31.7 151.4 192.7 | 19.9 52.3 71.6 1987 ....... 31.9 146.1 192.6 | 19.0 51.7 73.8 1988 ....... 30.9 151.0 196.7 | 20.4 52.1 74.0 1989 ....... 30.5 142.4 204.4 | 20.6 50.9 75.7 1990 ....... 28.5 147.4 204.3 | 19.3 49.0 74.2 White 1950 ....... 67.2 152.4 185.3 | 45.1 71.5 112.8 1960 ....... 52.7 143.7 163.2 | 34.7 54.9 85.0 1970 ....... 48.0 170.8 176.6 | 29.9 61.6 84.1 1975 ....... 40.9 163.6 166.4 | 25.5 55.3 72.1 1980 ....... 35.0 167.0 171.3 | 22.9 55.5 65.4 1985 ....... 29.9 136.3 157.1 | 19.4 48.4 58.9 | 1986 ....... 29.9 145.9 168.8 | 18.6 50.4 60.4 1987 ....... 30.0 137.3 167.8 | 17.9 49.1 62.6 1988 ....... 28.9 139.7 169.6 | 18.6 49.2 61.7 1989 ....... 28.4 128.6 177.0 | 19.0 48.4 63.1 1990 ....... 26.4 131.3 176.1 | 17.9 45.9 61.5 Black 1960 1/ .... 75.1 212.0 402.5 | 53.8 107.5 273.2 1970 ....... 67.1 320.6 559.5 | 43.8 111.9 231.0 1980 ....... 47.4 209.1 407.3 | 30.5 70.5 150.0 1985 ....... 41.3 174.1 347.4 | 28.1 59.5 136.3 | 1986 ....... 42.0 190.5 385.6 | 26.9 64.3 146.5 1987 ....... 42.5 203.9 389.8 | 25.0 67.9 150.0 1988 ....... 42.1 223.3 409.7 | 29.8 69.0 155.5 1989 ....... 43.5 234.5 425.6 | 29.0 68.0 161.0 1990 ....... 41.2 252.2 430.8 | 27.5 68.7 159.5 __________________________________________|_____________________________
1/Includes all races except white.

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Vital Statistics of the United States, vol. II, part A, various years; Monthly Vital Statistics Report, vols. 38 and 39, no. 13; and unpublished tabulations.


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