African Americans
Life Expectancy: 71.4

Death Rate/100,000: 1,147

Leading Causes of Death:

  1. Heart Disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Stroke
  4. Accidents
  5. Diabetes
  6. Homicide
  7. HIV/AIDS
  8. Lung Disease
  9. Kidney Disease
  10. Influenza and Pneumonia

 
Whites
Life Expectancy: 77.4

Death Rate/100,000: 852

Leading Causes of Death:

  1. Heart Disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Stroke
  4. Lung Disease
  5. Accidents
  6. Influenza and Pneumonia
  7. Diabetes
  8. Alzheimer's Disease
  9. Kidney Disease
  10. Suicide
Hispanic

Death Rate/100,000: 601

Leading Causes of Death:

  1. Heart Disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Accidents
  4. Stroke
  5. Diabetes
  6. Chronic Liver Disease
  7. Homicide
  8. Lung Disease
  9. Influenza and Pneumonia
  10. Perinatal Complications

 
Asian or Pacific Islander

Death Rate/100,000: 517.5

Leading Causes of Death:

  1. Cancer
  2. Heart Disease
  3. Stroke
  4. Accidents
  5. Lung Disease
  6. Influenza and Pneumonia
  7. Diabetes
  8. Suicide
  9. Kidney Disease
  10. Perinatal Complications
American Indian

Death Rate/100,000: 716

Leading Causes of Death:

  1. Heart Disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Accidents
  4. Diabetes
  5. Stroke
  6. Chronic Liver Disease
  7. Lung Disease
  8. Suicide
  9. Influenza and Pneumonia
  10. Kidney Disease

Source: National Vital Statistics Report