20 Leading Causes of Death, United States

2010, All Races, Both Sexes

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Age Groups
Rank <1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ All Ages
Congenital Unintentional Unintentional Unintentional Unintentional Unintentional Unintentional Malignant Malignant Heart Heart
Anomalies Injury Injury Injury Injury Injury Injury Neoplasms Neoplasms Disease Disease
1 5,107 1,394 758 885 12,341 14,573 14,792 50,211 109,501 477,338 597,689

Short Congenital Malignant Malignant Malignant Heart Heart Malignant Malignant

Homicide Suicide
Gestation Anomalies Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms Disease Disease Neoplasms Neoplasms
2 4,148 507 439 477
4,678 5,735
11,809 36,729 68,077 396,670 574,743

Congenital Heart Unintentional Chronic Low. Chronic Low. Chronic Low.

SIDS Homicide Anomalies Suicide Suicide Homicide Disease Injury Respiratory Respiratory Respiratory
3 2,063 385
163
267 4,600 4,258
10,594 19,667
Disease
14,242
Disease
118,031
Disease
138,080
Maternal Malignant Malignant Malignant Unintentional Cerebro- Cerebro-
Pregnancy Neoplasms Homicide Homicide Neoplasms Neoplasms Suicide Suicide Injury vascular vascular
4 Comp.
346
111 150
1,604 3,619
6,571 8,799
14,023 109,990 129,476
1,561
Unintentional Heart Heart Congenital Heart Heart Liver Diabetes Alzheimer's Unintentional
Injury Disease Disease Anomalies Disease Disease Homicide Disease Mellitus Disease Injury
5 1,110 159 68 135 1,028 3,222
2,473
8,651 11,677 82,616 120,859
Placenta Influenza Chronic Low. Heart Congenital Liver Cerebro- Cerebro- Diabetes Alzheimer's
Cord
& Pneumonia Respiratory
HIV
Disease Anomalies Disease vascular vascular Mellitus Disease
6 Membranes
91
Disease
117 412
741
2,423 5,910 10,693 49,191 83,494
1,030 60
Chronic Low.
Bacterial Cerebro- Cerebro- Diabetes Cerebro- Diabetes Liver Influenza Diabetes
Sepsis Septicemia vascular Respiratory vascular Mellitus vascular Mellitus Disease & Pneumonia Mellitus
7 583
62
47
Disease
73
190 606 1,904 5,610 9,764 42,846 69,071

Respiratory Benign Benign Benign Influenza Cerebro- Chronic Low.

HIV Respiratory Suicide Nephritis Nephritis
Distress Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms & Pneumonia vascular
8 514 59 37 45 181 517 1,898 Disease 6,384 41,994 50,476
4,452
Circulatory
Perinatal Influenza Cerebro- Diabetes Liver Diabetes Unintentional Influenza
System Period & Pneumonia vascular Mellitus Disease Mellitus HIV Nephritis Injury & Pneumonia
9 Disease
507
52 37 43 165 487 1,789
3,123 5,082
41,300 50,097

Necrotizing Chronic Low. Complicated Congenital Influenza Viral

Respiratory Septicemia Septicemia Septicemia Septicemia Suicide
Enterocolitis Pregnancy Anomalies & Pneumonia Hepatitis
10 472 Disease 32 35 163 397 773 2,376 4,604 26,310 38,364
51
Chronic Low.
Neonatal Cerebro- Perinatal Influenza Influenza Influenza
Hemorrhage vascular Period & Pneumonia Respiratory & Pneumonia Septicemia Septicemia & Pneumonia Hypertension Septicemia
11 469 50 14 34
Disease
385
767 2,333
3,627
22,047 34,812
149
Diabetes Complicated Viral Parkinson's Liver
Diarrhea Anemias Anemias HIV Nephritis Nephritis
Mellitus Pregnancy Hepatitis Disease Disease
12 316 29 13
23
147
367
726 2,222
3,218 21,448 31,903

Intrauterine Chronic Low.

Meningitis Suicide Nephritis Septicemia Septicemia Respiratory Homicide Hypertension Pneumonitis Hypertension
Hypoxia
13 314
22 7 16 141 312 Disease
709
1,997 2,672 15,226 26,634

Chronic Low.
Congenital Influenza Benign Parkinson's
Homicide Nephritis Meningitis Anemias Anemias Respiratory HIV
Anomalies & Pneumonia Neoplasms Disease
14 311 13 6 13 109 Disease
449 1,926
1,822
12,004 22,032
272
Perinatal Benign Benign Liver
Atelectasis Pneumonitis Nephritis Period Neoplasms Nephritis Hypertension Hypertension Neoplasms Disease Pneumonitis
15 248 13 6
11 93
243 394 1,384
1,438 10,535
17,011

Acute Benign Viral Benign Aortic Aortic

Septicemia Pneumonitis Meningitis Nephritis Homicide
Bronchititis Neoplasms Hepatitis Neoplasms Aneurysm Aneurysm
16 215
12
5 5 68
163 342 751 1,219 8,129
16,259

Influenza Meningo- Acute Diseases Aortic Congenital Athero- Benign

coccal Of Pneumonitis Anemias Homicide
& Pneumonia Bronchititis Aneurysm Anomalies sclerosis Neoplasms
17 195
Infection
3
Appendix 42 142
311 680
1,065
6,705 14,917
10 4
Pulmonary Nutritional Diabetes Aortic Aortic Benign Aortic Perinatal
Pneumonitis Pneumonitis Suicide
Hemorrhage Deficiencies Mellitus Aneurysm Aneurysm Neoplasms Aneurysm Period
18 167 6 3
4
38 110 279 621
1,005 5,994
12,128
Meningo-
Hydrops Aortic Liver Complicated Congenital Aortic
Hernia coccal Hypertension Pneumonitis Anemias
Fetalis Aneurysm Disease Pregnancy Anomalies Aneurysm
19 150 5 Infection 3 34 110 223 487 774 3,719 10,431
3
Labor Diabetes Four Liver Meningitis Pneumonitis Anemias Anemias Alzheimer's Gallbladder Congenital
/Delivery Mellitus Tied Disease 22 69 178 264 Disease Disorders Anomalies
 20 Complications
110
4 2 3 750 2,868 9,673

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