State Center for Health Statistics 5 SCHS Study No. 130 – Years of Potential Life Lost
Table 5: Rank by YPLL for African Americans
North Carolina Resident Deaths, 2000
Rank
# of Avg YPLL on # of
Cause YPLL Deaths per Death Deaths
All Causes 322,081 15,694 20.5
1 Heart Disease 63,319 4,034 15.7 1
2 Cancer 57,520 3,204 18.0 2
3 Perinatal Conditions 22,680 300 75.6 13
4 Cerebrovascular Disease 17,737 1,250 14.2 3
5 Homicide 16,113 335 48.1 10
6 Unintentional MV Injuries 15,892 381 41.7 7
7 HIV 13,990 371 37.7 9
8 Diabetes Mellitus 12,338 735 16.8 4
9 Other Unintentional Injuries 11,746 379 31.0 8
10 Nephritis/ Nephrotic Syn/ Nephrosis 7,772 474 16.4 5
11 Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease 6,689 419 16.0 6
12 Septicemia 5,307 332 16.0 11
13 Pneumonia & Influenza 4,783 323 14.8 12
14 Birth Defects 4,586 69 66.5 17
15 Suicide 4,579 101 45.3 16
16 Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis 4,313 155 27.8 15
17 SIDS 3,553 47 75.6 18
18 Alzheimer’s Disease 1,625 208 7.8 14
All Other Causes 47,539 2,577 18.4
Table 6: Rank by YPLL for American Indians
North Carolina Resident Deaths, 2000
Rank
# of Avg YPLL on # of
Cause YPLL Deaths per Death Deaths
All Causes 13,346 601 22.2
1 Heart Disease 2,477 165 15.0 1
2 Cancer 2,157 115 18.8 2
3 Unintentional MV Injuries 1,768 38 46.5 3
4 Homicide 1,224 24 51.0 7
5 Perinatal Conditions 680 9 75.6 15
6 Other Unintentional Injuries 641 16 40.0 8
7 Diabetes Mellitus 575 32 18.0 5
8 Cerebrovascular Disease 459 32 14.3 4
9 Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis 448 15 29.9 10
10 Suicide 409 9 45.4 14
11 Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease 380 26 14.6 6
12 Pneumonia & Influenza 232 15 15.5 9
13 Septicemia 184 12 15.3 11
14 Birth Defects 151 2 75.6 16
15 Nephritis/ Nephrotic Syn/ Nephrosis 137 10 13.7 13
16 Alzheimer’s Disease 74 10 7.4 12
17 HIV 38 1 38.0 17
18 SIDS 0 0 0.0 18
All Other Causes 1,313 70 18.8