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Mortality Statistics, Leading Causes of Death, Mortality Vital Statistics

  • See Also
  1. Epidemiology Rates
  2. Disease Attack Rate
  3. Disease Incidence Rate (Incidence)
  4. Disease Prevalence Rate (Prevalence)
  • Causes
  • Leading Causes of Death in U.S. (all ages)
  1. Heart disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Cerebrovascular Accidents
  4. Accidental Trauma
  5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  6. Pneumonia
  7. Diabetes Mellitus
  8. Suicide
  9. Chronic Liver Disease
  • Causes
  • Leading Causes of Death in Worldwide
  1. Hypertension (7.8 million per year)
  2. Tobacco Abuse (5.0 million per year)
  3. Hyperlipidemia (3.9 million per year)
  4. Malnutrition (3.8 million per year)
  5. Sexually Transmitted Disease (3.0 million per year)
  6. Poor diet (2.8 million per year)
  7. Obesity (2.5 million per year)
  8. Sedentary lifestyle (2.0 million per year)
  9. Alcohol Abuse (1.9 million per year)
  10. Indoor Air Pollution from solid fuels (1.8 million per year)
  11. Unsafe water and poor sanitation (1.6 million per year)
  • Causes
  • Leading Causes of Cancer Death (U.S. in 1998)
  1. Lung Cancer (160,100 deaths per year)
  2. Colorectal Cancer (56,500 deaths per year)
  3. Breast Cancer (43,900 deaths per year)
  4. Prostate Cancer (39,200 deaths per year)
  5. Cervical Cancer (4,900 deaths per year)
  • Causes
  • Leading underlying causes of death
  1. Tobacco Abuse (18.1%)
  2. Inadequate diet and activity (15.2%)
  3. Alcohol (3.5%)
  4. Infections such as Influenza (3.1%)
  5. Toxin exposure such as passive Tobacco exposure (2.3%)
  6. Motor Vehicle Accidents (1.8%)
  7. Firearms (1.2%)
  8. Sexual behavior (0.8%)
  9. Illicit Drugs (0.7%)
  • References
  1. Weismiller (2012) Board Review Express, San Jose
  2. Landi (1998) CA Cancer J Clin 48:6-29 [PubMed]
  3. Mokdad (2004) JAMA 291:1238-45 [PubMed]