10 Leading Causes of Death American Indians and Alaskan Natives 1993-95 (Click underlined text for details) Age Groups Rank <1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Total Unintentional Unintentional Unintentional Unintentional Unintentional Unintentional Heart Heart Heart 1 SIDS Injuries Injuries Injuries Injuries Injuries Injuries Disease Disease Disease Disease 222 179 84 101 779 868 650 698 1,143 4,303 6,572 Congenital Malignant Malignant Malignant Malignant Malignant 2 Anomalies Homicide Neoplasms Suicide Suicide Suicide Alcoholism Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms 220 28 16 26 261 264 458 543 994 2,673 4,613 Prem./Resp. Congenital Congenital Heart Cerebro Unintentional 3 Distress Anomalies Anomalies Homicide Homicide Homicide Disease Alcoholism Diabetes vascular Injuries Synd. 99 19 6 21 204 235 277 406 368 997 Unintentional Malignant Malignant Malignant Malignant Unintentional Unintentional 4 Injuries Neoplasms Homicide Neoplasms Neoplasms HIV Neoplasms Injuries Injuries Diabetes Diabetes 48 12 5 13 33 162 224 372 264 854 Pneumonia Pneumonia Heart Congenital Heart Pneumonia 5 & Influenza & Influenza Disease Anomalies Disease Alcoholism Homicide Diabetes Alcoholism & Influenza Alcoholism 44 9 5 8 26 140 151 189 243 757 Placenta Cord Heart Heart Malignant Cerebro Cerebro Bronchitis Cerebro 6 Membranes Disease Septicemia Disease Alcoholism Neoplasms Suicide vascular vascular Emphysema vascular 35 8 5 3 16 99 151 104 182 Asthma 631 Maternal Perinatal Benign Congenital Heart Liver Bronchitis Unintentional Pneumonia 7 Complications Period Neoplasms Nephritis Anomalies Disease HIV Disease Emphysema Injuries & Influenza 30 5 2 3 14 82 141 85 Asthma 145 364 Cerebro Pneumonia Alcohol Pneumonia Liver Liver Bronchitis 8 Homicide vascular Meningitis & Influenza Abuse & Influenza Disease Suicide Disease Nephritis Emphysema 18 2 67 238 4 3 12 33 80 98 Asthma 852 Perinatal Pneumonia 3 Cerebro Alcohol Pneumonia Pneumonia Pneumonia 9 Infections Meningitis & Influenza Tied vascular Abuse & Influenza & Influenza & Influenza Septicemia Suicide 17 4 2 2 9 29 68 65 89 164 Intrauterine Bronchitis 5 Liver Cerebro 10 Hypoxia Emphysema Tied HIV Disease vascular Homicide Nephritis Alcoholism Homicide 14 Asthma 3 1 6 27 63 52 61 159 Produced by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC Data Source: National Vital Statistics System, NCHS, CDC Data Request Page