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Mortality StatisticsAka: Leading Causes of Death
- Causes: Leading causes of death (all ages)
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Cerebrovascular Accidents
- Accidental trauma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Pneumonia
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Suicide
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Causes: Leading Causes of Cancer Death (U.S. in 1998)
- Lung Cancer (160,100 deaths per year)
- Colorectal Cancer (56,500 deaths per year)
- Breast Cancer (43,900 deaths per year)
- Prostate Cancer (39,200 deaths per year)
- Cervical Cancer (4,900 deaths per year)
- Causes: Leading underlying causes of death
- Tobacco abuse (18.1%)
- Inadequate diet and activity (15.2%)
- Alcohol (3.5%)
- Infections such as Influenza (3.1%)
- Toxin exposure such as passive Tobacco exposure (2.3%)
- Motor vehicle accidents (1.8%)
- Firearms (1.2%)
- Sexual behavior (0.8%)
- Illicit Drugs (0.7%)
- References
- References
- Landi (1998) CA Cancer J Clin 48:6
- Mokdad (2004) JAMA 291:1238
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