Age-adjusted death rates from diseases of the heart ranged from a high of 164 per 100,000 black women to 56 per 100,000 Asian and Pacific Islander women between 1991 and 1993. Black and white women reported the highest death rates from all forms of cancer in the 1991-1993 period. Although its ranking varies, diabetes mellitus is among the top 10 causes of death for all women.
Several conditions are notable because they cause large numbers of deaths only among women of color.
Homicide and legal intervention is the tenth-ranked cause of death for black and Asian and Pacific Islander females. US Public Health Service, 1996.