Table 12. Number of deaths from 113 selected causes by race and sex:  United States, 2005
[The asterisks (*) preceding the cause-of-death codes indicate that they are not part of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10); see "Technical Notes"]
                  All other1
  All races     White1     Total1     Black1  
Cause of death (Based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, 1992) Both
sexes
Male Female   Both
sexes
Male Female   Both
sexes
Male Female   Both
sexes
Male Female
     
All causes 2,448,017 1,207,675 1,240,342 2,098,097 1,028,152 1,069,945 349,920 179,523 170,397 292,808 149,108 143,700
Salmonella infections (A01-A02) 30 11 19 24 9 15 6 2 4 5 2 3
Shigellosis and amebiasis (A03,A06) 10 3 7 10 3 7 - - - - - -
Certain other intestinal infections (A04,A07-A09) 5,667 2,209 3,458 5,271 2,044 3,227 396 165 231 324 131 193
Tuberculosis (A16-A19) 648 392 256 376 226 150 272 166 106 153 94 59
    Respiratory tuberculosis (A16) 480 291 189 273 160 113 207 131 76 115 73 42
    Other tuberculosis (A17-A19) 168 101 67 103 66 37 65 35 30 38 21 17
Whooping cough (A37) 31 19 12 23 13 10 8 6 2 5 4 1
Scarlet fever and erysipelas (A38,A46) 3 2 1 3 2 1 - - - - - -
Meningococcal infection (A39) 123 68 55 101 53 48 22 15 7 17 11 6
Septicemia (A40-A41) 34,136 15,322 18,814 27,194 12,172 15,022 6,942 3,150 3,792 6,221 2,786 3,435
Syphilis (A50-A53) 47 32 15 16 10 6 31 22 9 30 21 9
Acute poliomyelitis (A80) - - - - - - - - - - - -
Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis (A83-A84,A85.2) 6 4 2 6 4 2 - - - - - -
Measles (B05) 1 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - -
Viral hepatitis (B15-B19) 5,529 3,612 1,917 4,395 2,934 1,461 1,134 678 456 872 530 342
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease
  (B20-B24)
12,543 9,189 3,354 5,361 4,379 982 7,182 4,810 2,372 7,022 4,684 2,338
Malaria (B50-B54) 6 4 2 2 1 1 4 3 1 3 2 1
Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
  and their sequelae (A00,A05,A20-A36,A42-A44,A48-
  A49,A54-A79,A81-A82,A85.0-A85.1,A85.8,A86-B04,
  B06-B09,B25-B49,B55-B99)
7,727 4,216 3,511 6,427 3,519 2,908 1,300 697 603 976 524 452
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 559,312 290,422 268,890 482,132 250,478 231,654 77,180 39,944 37,236 63,165 32,726 30,439
    Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
      (C00-C14)
7,773 5,273 2,500 6,409 4,247 2,162 1,364 1,026 338 1,080 841 239
    Malignant neoplasm of esophagus (C15) 13,499 10,611 2,888 11,783 9,364 2,419 1,716 1,247 469 1,468 1,075 393
    Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 11,514 6,752 4,762 8,711 5,107 3,604 2,803 1,645 1,158 1,973 1,162 811
    Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum and anus
      (C18-C21)
53,252 26,843 26,409 44,994 22,782 22,212 8,258 4,061 4,197 6,884 3,344 3,540
    Malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile
      ducts (C22)
16,076 10,548 5,528 12,735 8,278 4,457 3,341 2,270 1,071 2,118 1,483 635
    Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 32,760 16,147 16,613 28,092 13,958 14,134 4,668 2,189 2,479 3,783 1,756 2,027
    Malignant neoplasm of larynx (C32) 3,797 2,983 814 3,060 2,388 672 737 595 142 680 548 132
    Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung
      (C33-C34)
159,292 90,187 69,105 139,442 78,379 61,063 19,850 11,808 8,042 16,567 9,887 6,680
    Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 8,345 5,283 3,062 8,146 5,184 2,962 199 99 100 124 57 67
    Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 41,491 375 41,116 34,663 311 34,352 6,828 64 6,764 5,858 56 5,802
    Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 3,924 ... 3,924 2,982 ... 2,982 942 ... 942 783 ... 783
    Malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus, part
      unspecified (C54-C55)
7,096 ... 7,096 5,742 ... 5,742 1,354 ... 1,354 1,180 ... 1,180
    Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 14,787 ... 14,787 13,199 ... 13,199 1,588 ... 1,588 1,217 ... 1,217
    Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 28,905 28,905 ... 23,597 23,597 ... 5,308 5,308 ... 4,823 4,823 ...
    Malignant neoplasms of kidney and renal pelvis
      (C64-C65)
12,517 7,783 4,734 11,091 6,888 4,203 1,426 895 531 1,155 723 432
    Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 13,253 9,190 4,063 12,100 8,523 3,577 1,153 667 486 961 546 415
    Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other
      parts of central nervous system (C70-C72)
13,152 7,317 5,835 12,079 6,715 5,364 1,073 602 471 793 440 353
    Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and
      related tissue (C81-C96)
55,028 30,031 24,997 48,703 26,707 21,996 6,325 3,324 3,001 5,046 2,633 2,413
        Hodgkin's disease (C81) 1,272 684 588 1,095 582 513 177 102 75 145 85 60
        Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (C82-C85) 20,873 11,131 9,742 18,970 10,118 8,852 1,903 1,013 890 1,392 752 640
        Leukemia (C91-C95) 21,623 12,231 9,392 19,414 11,034 8,380 2,209 1,197 1,012 1,718 911 807
        Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative
          neoplasms (C88,C90)
11,200 5,945 5,255 9,171 4,937 4,234 2,029 1,008 1,021 1,785 882 903
        Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of
          lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C96)
60