CDC Public Inquiry - July 09, 2008

What are leading causes of death in USA?

Heart? Lung? Liver? Pancreatic Cancer? NHL?

 

From:  inquiry@cdc.gov
Sent:  7/10/2008

To:  CDC-INFO <CDC-INFO@cdc.gov>

Thank you for your inquiry to CDC-INFO.  In response to your request for information on the leading causes of death in the United States, we are pleased to provide you with the following relevant information.

The fifteen leading causes of death in 2004 were:

- Diseases of heart (heart disease);
- Malignant neoplasms (cancer);
- Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke);
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases;
- Accidents (unintentional injuries);
- Diabetes mellitus;
- Alzheimer's disease;
- Influenza and pneumonia;
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease);
- Septicemia;
- Intentional self-harm (suicide);
- Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis;
- Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (hypertension);
- Parkinson's disease; and
* Assault (homicide)

This information was released in November 2006.  View this information in Table Two of the Deaths Final Data for 2004 on the CDC website:

Deaths Final Data for 2004 -
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/finaldeaths04/finaldeaths04.htm

For more information, please also visit the CDC website:

National Center for Health Statistics: Mortality Data -
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm

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