Sociology
The USA's Leading Causes of Death
Drum roll, please.
We have here the 20 leading causes of death for the population of the United States in 1998. These are the freshest such statistics available from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Rank Cause # of population affected
#1 - Heart Disease 724,859
#2 - Malignant Neoplasms (Cancerous Tumors) 541,532
#3 - Cerebro-Vascular (Stroke) 158,448
#4 - Bronchitis, Emphysema, Asthma 112,584
#5 - Unintentional Injury 97,835 -1
#6 - Pneumonia & Influenza 91,871
#7 - Diabetes 64,751
#8 - Suicide 30,575 -2
#9 - Nephritis 26,182
#10 - Liver Disease 25,192
#11 - Septicemia 23,731
#12 - Alzheimer Disease 22,725
#13 - Homicide and Legal Intervention 18,272 -3
#14 - Atherosclerosis 15,279
#15 - Hypertension 14,308
#16 - Perinatal Period 13,428
#17 - HIV 13,426
#18 - Congenital Anomalies 11,934
#19 - Benign Neoplasms (Benign Tumors) 7,933
#20 - Hernia 6,635
1 - 43% traffic-related
2 - 57% by firearm
3 - 66% by firearm
Descriptions of the physiological processes of select causes can be found [in our science section].
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