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Office of Women's Health > Publications > Women Count in Indiana > Women Count Leading Causes of Death for Women Leading Causes of Death for Women

Indiana vs. United States, 1998

    INDIANA UNITED STATES
ALL CAUSES
 		 Deaths
Age-Adjusted Rate*		 27,309
771.1		 1,179,996
853.5
DISEASES OF
THE HEART		 Deaths
Age-Adjusted Rate*		 8,406
230.1		 370,962
223.0
HOMICIDE AND LEGAL
INTERVENTION		 Deaths
Age-Adjusted Rate*		 116
3.8		 4,249
3.1
HIV/AIDS
 		 Deaths
Age-Adjusted Rate*		 12
0.4**		 3,135
2.3
LUNG CANCER
 		 Deaths
Age-Adjusted Rate*		 1,565
47.1		 64,475
42.4
BREAST CANCER
 		 Deaths
Age-Adjusted Rate*		 946
28.7		 41,737
27.9
OVARIAN CANCER
 		 Deaths
Age-Adjusted Rate*		 315
9.6		 13,391
8.8
CERVICAL CANCER
 		 Deaths
Age-Adjusted Rate*		 102
3.2		 4,340
3.0

Notes: * age-adjusted rate to 2000
** unreliable

Sources: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team. CDC WONDER (www.wonder.cdc.gov) for U.S. data

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