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Mortality Analysis
Top 10 Leading causes of age-adjusted death rates by ethnicity

		2004			2000
Top 10 2004 Causes		No.-2004	Adj'd Rate-2004	NR	No.-2000	Adj'd Rate-'00	NR-'

Leading Causes of Age-Adjusted Death Rates, San Francisco 2004, for Ethnicity:						White, Non Hispanic
		No.-2004	Adj'd Rate-2004	NR	No.-2000	Adj'd Rate-'00	NR-'
1	Ischemic heart dis.	569	134		763	181
2	Cerebrovascular dis.	217	50		279	65
3	Trach/Bronch/lung Cancer	182	48		177	46
4	Oth.CV dis.	164	36		153	35
5	COPD	132	32		172	43
6	Lower Resp.Infec.	142	32		193	44
7	Alzheimer/oth.demen.dis.	147	31		138	30
8	Hypertensive heart dis.	118	30		128	31
9	HIV/AIDS	98	23		126	30
10	Colon/rectal cancer	74	19		78	19
		NR=Rate considered not reliable when based on < 20 deaths


Leading Causes of Age-Adjusted Death Rates, San Francisco 2004, for Ethnicity:						API Non, Hispanic
		No.-2004	Adj'd Rate-2004	NR	No.-2000	Adj'd Rate-'00	NR-'
1	Ischemic heart dis.	289	81		298	105
2	Cerebrovascular dis.	189	53		195	70
3	Trach/Bronch/lung Cancer	127	37		110	37
4	Oth.CV dis.	72	20		58	21
5	Lower Resp.Infec.	67	18		63	23
6	Hypertensive heart dis.	56	16		70	25
7	COPD	52	14		67	23
8	Colon/rectal Cancer	44	13		45	16
9	Alzheimer/oth.demen.dis.	47	13		30	11
10	Liver Cancer	40	12		39	14
		NR=Rate considered not reliable when based on < 20 deaths


Leading Causes of Age-Adjusted Death Rates, San Francisco 2004, for Ethnicity:						Hispanic
		No.-2004	Adj'd Rate-2004	NR	No.-2000	Adj'd Rate-'00	NR-'
1	Ischemic heart dis.	74	88		81	112
2	Cerebrovascular dis.	35	42		46	63
3	Oth.CV dis.	28	33		22	30
4	Cirrhosis of Liver	20	24		16	19	NR
5	HIV/AIDS	24	21		24	24
6	Alzheimer/oth.demen.dis.	17	20	NR	14	20	NR
7	Diabetes	16	19	NR	15	20	NR
8	Hypertensive heart dis.	13	15	NR	16	22	NR
9	Trach/Bronch/lung Cancer	13	15	NR	18	24	NR
10	COPD	11	14	NR	10	14	NR
		NR=Rate considered not reliable when based on < 20 deaths


Leading Causes of Age-Adjusted Death Rates, San Francisco 2004, for Ethnicity:						Black, Non Hispanic
		No.-2004	Adj'd Rate-2004	NR	No.-2000	Adj'd Rate-'00	NR-'
1	Ischemic heart dis.	117	175		147	216
2	Cerebrovascular dis.	61	91		66	96
3	Violence	42	77		24	43
4	Hypertensive heart dis.	43	66		41	61
5	HIV/AIDS	41	64		44	68
6	Trach/Bronch/lung Cancer	37	56		45	66
7	Diabetes	35	54		28	41
8	Oth.CV dis.	30	46		31	46
9	COPD	28	42		31	46
10	Lower Resp.Infec.	26	37		25	36

		Rates are age-adjusted and per 100,000 population
		NR=Rate considered not reliable when based on < 20 deaths
		API=Asian/Pacific Islander
		No=Number of Cases

	"American Indian/Alaska Native" and "Multi-race" tables not shown because all cause-specific rates are unreliable.

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