March 17, 2008

What's most dangerous to your health?

The 15 leading causes of death in 2004 accounted for 82.7 percent of all deaths in the United States (Table C). Causes of death are ranked according to number of deaths. For ranking procedures, see ‘‘Technical Notes.’’ In rank order, the 15 leading causes in 2004 were:
1) Diseases of heart (heart disease)
2) Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
3) Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke)
4) Chronic lower respiratory diseases
5) Accidents (unintentional injuries)
6) Diabetes mellitus (diabetes)
7) Alzheimer’s disease
8) Influenza and pneumonia,
9) Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease)
10) Septicemia
11) Intentional self-harm (suicide)
12) Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
13) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (hypertension)
14) Parkinson’s disease
15) Assault (homicide)"


http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr55/nvsr55_19.pdf

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