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| Fifteen Leading Causes of Death, US, 1998 |
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TABLE 6
CA Cancer J Clin 2001;51:29 |
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| Rank |
Cause of Death |
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Number of Deaths |
Death Rate per 100,000 Population* |
Percent (%)of Total Deaths** |
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All Causes |
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2,337,256 |
645.5 |
100.00 |
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| 1 |
Heart Diseases |
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724,859 |
189.0 |
31.0 |
| 2 |
Cancer |
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541,532 |
161.5 |
23.2 |
| 3 |
Cerebrovascular Diseases |
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158,448 |
39.4 |
6.8 |
| 4 |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
112,584 |
31.0 |
4.8 |
| 5 |
Accidents |
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97,835 |
31.5 |
4.2 |
| 6 |
Pneumonia & Influenza |
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91,871 |
21.9 |
3.9 |
| 7 |
Diabetes Mellitus |
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64,751 |
18.5 |
2.8 |
| 8 |
Suicide |
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30,575 |
10.0 |
1.3 |
| 9 |
Nephritis |
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26,182 |
6.7 |
1.1 |
| 10 |
Cirrhosis of Liver |
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25,192 |
8.1 |
1.1 |
| 11 |
Septicemia |
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23,731 |
6.3 |
1.0 |
| 12 |
Alzheimer's Disease |
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22,725 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
| 13 |
Homicide |
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18,272 |
6.6 |
0.8 |
| 14 |
Atherosclerosis |
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15,279 |
3.5 |
0.7 |
| 15 |
HIV Infection |
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13,426 |
4.0 |
0.6 |
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Other & Ill-defined |
369,994 |
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15.8 |
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*Age-adjusted to the 1970 US standard population.
†Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Data Source: US Mortality Public Use Data Tape 1998, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000.
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