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Mortality Analysis
Leading specific causes of death by years of life lost (YLL)--Males

	Male						Female						ALL
	YLLs		Deaths		Ave. YLLs		YLLs		Deaths		Ave. YLLs		YLLs		Deaths		Ave. YLLs
Cause	2004	2000	2004	2000	2004	2000	2004	2000	2004	2000	2004	2000	2004	2000	2004	2000	2004	2000
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)	8,066	9,863	554	672	14.6	14.7	4,552	5,881	502	621	9.1	9.5	12,617	15,744	1,056	1,293	11.9	12.2
HIV/AIDS	5,956	7,087	161	183	37	38.7	712	678	17	16	41.9	42.4	6,668	7,766	178	199	37.5	39
Violence	3,546	2,276	65	41	54.6	55.5	226	481	6	9	37.7	53.4	3,773	2,756	71	50	53.1	55.1
Trach/Bronch/lung Cancer	3,518	3,884	196	212	17.9	18.3	2,430	2,142	165	140	14.7	15.3	5,947	6,025	361	352	16.5	17.1
Self-inflicted injury	2,829	3,120	78	76	36.3	41.1	891	607	23	19	38.7	31.9	3,719	3,727	101	95	36.8	39.2
Cerebrovascular disease	2,732	3,550	195	249	14	14.3	2,808	3,130	309	339	9.1	9.2	5,540	6,680	504	588	11	11.4
Poisonings	2,494	3,857	59	91	42.3	42.4	795	712	18	18	44.2	39.6	3,289	4,569	77	109	42.7	41.9
Hyptensive heart disease	2,419	2,136	118	122	20.5	17.5	1,347	1,371	115	134	11.7	10.2	3,766	3,507	233	256	16.2	13.7
Alcohol use disorder	2,210	1,592	70	48	31.6	33.2	416	278	14	10	29.7	27.8	2,626	1,870	84	58	31.3	32.2
Lower respiratory infection	1,790	1,666	124	142	14.4	11.7	937	1,261	124	158	7.6	8	2,727	2,927	248	300	11	9.8
COPD	1,724	2,265	129	155	13.4	14.6	1,026	1,361	97	126	10.6	10.8	2,750	3,627	226	281	12.2	12.9
Diabetes	1,479	825	72	46	20.5	17.9	869	1,036	71	68	12.2	15.2	2,348	1,861	143	114	16.4	16.3
Liver Cancer	1,426	1,499	64	57	22.3	26.3	415	381	31	24	13.4	15.9	1,841	1,880	95	81	19.4	23.2
Road traffic accident	1,350	1,460	32	37	42.2	39.5	862	963	23	24	37.5	40.1	2,211	2,424	55	61	40.2	39.7
Cirrhosis of Liver	1,326	1,900	44	65	30.1	29.2	666	557	30	22	22.2	25.3	1,991	2,457	74	87	26.9	28.2
Colo-rectal cancer	1,198	1,337	69	76	17.4	17.6	942	996	67	76	14.1	13.1	2,141	2,333	136	152	15.7	15.3
Drug use dis.	1,099	314	30	8	36.6	39.2	240	224	6	5	39.9	44.8	1,339	538	36	13	37.2	41.4
Lymphoma/ mult.myeloma	1,014	873	54	47	18.8	18.6	666	677	39	42	17.1	16.1	1,680	1,551	93	89	18.1	17.4
Inflammatory heart disease	710	1,415	31	60	22.9	23.6	269	523	24	28	11.2	18.7	979	1,938	55	88	17.8	22
Pancreas Cancer	706	810	45	43	15.7	18.8	768	688	47	48	16.3	14.3	1,474	1,497	92	91	16	16.5

	Leading causes of premature mortality ranked by 1st column measure.
	Data source: Ca. Master Death Files, Ca. Dept. of Health Services (2000 and 2004 files)
	San Francisco residential deaths.
	YLLs: Years of Life Lost (based on WHO Global Burden of Disease (1996) life expectancies.)
	Ave. YLLs: YLLs/deaths, a within-group measure of degree of prematurity of death by cause.

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