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Leading Causes of Death

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Number of deaths for leading causes of death

• Heart disease: 616,067
  
  
• Cancer: 562,875
  
  
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 135,952
  
  
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 127,924
  
  
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 123,706
  
  
• Alzheimer's disease: 74,632
  
  
• Diabetes: 71,382
  
  
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 52,717
  
  
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 46,448
  
  
• Septicemia: 34,828

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2007, table B

More data

• Deaths and mortality
  
  
• Deaths: Final Data for 2007
  
  
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2006
  
  
• Deaths, percent of total deaths, and death rates for the 15 leading causes of death: United States and each State
  
  
• Deaths: Final Data for 2007

 

Related Links

• Mortality data
  
  
• Linked birth and infant death data

 Page last reviewed: March 6, 2009

• Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics
  
  
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