Table 6. -- Average Annual Percentage Reductions in Central Death Rates During 1968 - 1994
by Age Group, Sex, and Cause of Death
Sex and
age group
Cause of death
Total*
Heart
disease
Cancer
Vascular
disease
Violence
Respiratory
disease
Infancy
Digestive
disease
Diabetes
mellitus
Cirrhosis
(liver)
Other**
Male:
0 3.79 -1.01 3.26 .56 3.65 8.68 4.45 5.77 6.38 3.53 -1.00
1-4 2.81 -.50 3.54 4.95 2.59 6.62 2.27 .87 5.32 6.68 2.94
5-9 3.29 .58 3.62 6.19 3.48 4.58 3.21 3.27 4.37 8.26 2.78
10-14 2.20 .29 2.55 5.50 2.17 2.89 2.22 3.15 3.64 4.99 2.15
15-19 1.22 .01 2.59 6.09 .91 4.06 2.01 4.27 2.96 7.03 2.88
20-24 1.46 .51 2.51 5.59 1.30 4.17 1.89 5.16 2.40 6.33 3.76
25-29 .59 .78 1.86 4.72 1.12 2.85 2.47 4.18 2.05 4.57 -.20
30-34 -.10 1.85 1.21 4.26 .88 1.76 1.97 3.49 1.63 3.49 -2.47
35-39 .48 3.05 1.38 4.14 1.19 2.25 1.68 2.88 1.04 2.73 -2.07
40-44 1.42 3.50 1.33 4.09 1.65 2.77 1.94 2.78 .31 2.95 -.69
45-49 2.06 3.53 1.02 3.94 2.15 3.11 2.23 3.00 -.07 3.44 .37
50-54 2.10 3.34 .45 3.97 2.36 2.87 2.10 2.85 -.16 3.28 1.18
55-59 2.01 3.19 .12 4.14 2.61 2.15 1.64 2.87 -.14 2.83 1.29
60-64 1.85 3.03 -.17 4.19 2.67 1.54 .85 2.41 .05 2.57 .93
65-69 1.47 2.60 -.58 4.10 2.34 .65 -.12 2.01 .07 1.82 .15
70-74 1.40 2.47 -.64 4.23 1.97 .12 -1.07 1.69 .30 .87 -.58
75-79 1.14 2.16 -.85 4.03 1.48 -.69 -2.10 1.14 .31 -.06 -1.52
80-84 .93 1.85 -1.11 3.97 1.23 -1.46 -3.43 .59 .28 -.72 -2.32
85-89 .78 1.61 -1.40 3.88 1.23 -2.03 -2.98 -.18 .10 -.41 -2.81
90-94 .58 1.30 -1.87 3.77 1.23 -2.33 -4.44 -1.00 -.82 -.45 -3.15
 
Total 1.27 2.23 -.54 4.00 1.59 -.32 4.01 1.34 .16 2.24 -1.11
Female:
0 3.62 -1.01 3.65 1.02 3.56 9.12 4.08 5.88 9.96 5.11 -.68
1-4 2.84 -.73 3.28 4.50 2.69 6.59 2.61 .50 2.84 6.18 3.06
5-9 3.02 .73 3.34 5.75 2.97 5.51 3.45 2.97 5.76 6.87 2.66
10-14 2.11 .50 2.79 5.56 1.54 3.79 2.53 4.00 5.95 6.45 2.04
15-19 1.34 1.05 2.08 5.91 .62 3.38 2.48 4.70 4.28 8.62 2.52
20-24 1.65 .63 1.78 5.81 1.18 3.32 1.87 5.27 3.21 6.57 2.77
25-29 1.30 .76 1.51 5.28 .95 2.97 1.74 4.64 2.33 4.90 2.06
30-34 1.43 1.78 1.47 5.27 1.09 2.65 2.00 4.70 2.11 4.00 1.88
35-39 1.98 2.84 1.46 5.31 1.71 2.87 1.87 3.89 1.64 4.57 1.88
40-44 2.39 3.16 1.49 4.97 2.37 3.09 2.08 3.95 1.53 5.36 1.98
45-49 2.17 2.84 1.19 4.54 2.50 2.19 2.34 3.53 1.01 5.43 1.74
50-54 1.65 2.50 .54 4.08 2.68 .73 1.75 2.67 .50 4.51 1.33
55-59 1.26 2.38 .03 3.91 2.69 -.64 1.65 2.24 .61 3.51 .71
60-64 .95 2.41 -.64 3.95 2.57 -1.95 1.00 1.51 .69 1.99 .04
65-69 .65 2.24 -1.29 3.87 1.95 -3.17 .28 .89 .75 .32 -.93
70-74 1.01 2.52 -1.22 4.12 2.17 -3.36 -1.13 .67 1.32 -.75 -1.41
75-79 1.29 2.49 -.96 4.30 2.23 -3.03 -1.95 .40 1.59 -1.49 -2.27
80-84 1.43 2.29 -.69 4.26 2.68 -2.28 -3.11 -.04 1.40 -1.63 -3.12
85-89 1.32 1.90 -.49 4.01 2.98 -1.84 -3.84 -.55 .72 -1.28 -3.72
90-94 .94 1.33 -.84 3.63 3.25 -1.65 -4.52 -1.56 -.49 -.98 -4.20
 
Total 1.27 2.11 -.47 4.05 2.05 -1.60 3.73 .63 1.04 2.44 -1.42
  *Includes AIDS
**Excludes AIDS

Note: The average annual percentage reduction is the complement of the exponential of the slope of the least-squares line through the logarithms of the central death rates.