Reports on HIV/AIDS: 1990

JANUARY 19, 1990, MMWR, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 20-22
TABLE 1. Estimated years of potential life lost before age 65 (YPLL- 65)* and
mortality rates per 100,000 persons, by cause of death - United States, 1987 and
1988
YPLL- 65 for YPLL- 65 for Cause-specific
persons persons crude mortality
Cause of death (ICD-9) dying in 1987 dying in 1988 rate, 1988t
All causes (Total) 12,074,193 12,281,741 883.0
Unintentional injuries
(E800-E949) 2,305,508 2,319,400 39.7
Malignant neoplasms
(140-208) 1,816,927 1,809,289 198.6
Diseases of the heart
(390-398, 402, 404-429) 1,519,962 1,466,629 312.2
Suicide/Homicide
(E950-E978) 1,326,968 1,361,473 21.3
Congenital anomalies
(740-759) 641,827 671,709 5.2
Human immunodeficiency
virus infection
(042-044 for 1987)' 363,494 472,800 6.6
Prematurity'" (765, 769) 428,087 432,342 2.7
Sudden infant death
syndrome (798) 337,335 296,304 1.9
Cerebrovascular disease
(430-438) 248,026 245,722 61.1
Chronic liver disease
and cirrhosis (571) 235,135 236,944 10.6
Pneumonia/Influenza (480-487) 172,009 172,712 31.5
Diabetes mellitus (250) 122,837 130,666 16.1
Chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (490-496) 131,880 128,126 33.3
*For details of calculation, see footnotes to Table V, MMWR 1988;37:45.
tCause-specific mortality rates as reported by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
are compiled from a 10% sample of all deaths.
'Sources: CDC, unpublished data; NCHS. Annual summary of births, marriages, divorces, and
deaths: United States, 1988. Hyattsville, Maryland: US Department of Health and Human
Services, Public Health Service, CDC, 1989:1-31. (Monthly vital statistics report; vol 37, no. 13).
'Category derived from disorders relating to short gestation and respiratory distress syndrome.