10 Leading Causes of Death, United States 1999

10 Leading Causes of Death, United States 1999
All Races, Both Sexes

	Age Groups
Rank	<1	1-4	5-9	10-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	All Ages
1	Congenital Anomalies 5,473	Unintentional Injury 1,898	Unintentional Injury 1,459	Unintentional Injury 1,632	Unintentional Injury 13,656	Unintentional Injury 11,890	Malignant Neoplasms 16,732	Malignant Neoplasms 46,681	Malignant Neoplasms 89,067	Heart Disease 607,265	Heart Disease 725,192
2	Short Gestation 4,392	Congenital Anomalies 549	Malignant Neoplasms 509	Malignant Neoplasms 503	Homicide 4,998	Suicide 5,106	Unintentional Injury 15,231	Heart Disease 34,994	Heart Disease 64,167	Malignant Neoplasms 390,122	Malignant Neoplasms 549,838
3	SIDS 2,648	Malignant Neoplasms 418	Congenital Anomalies 207	Homicide 246	Suicide 3,901	Homicide 4,231	Heart Disease 13,600	Unintentional Injury 11,639	Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease 11,297	Cerebro- vascular 148,599	Cerebro- vascular 167,366
4	Maternal Pregnancy Comp. 1,399	Homicide 376	Homicide 186	Suicide 242	Malignant Neoplasms 1,724	Malignant Neoplasms 4,005	Suicide 6,466	Liver Disease 6,368	Cerebro- vascular 9,652	Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease 108,112	Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease 124,181
5	Respiratory Distress 1,110	Heart Disease 183	Heart Disease 116	Congenital Anomalies 221	Heart Disease 1,069	Heart Disease 3,066	HIV 6,232	Cerebro- vascular 5,563	Diabetes Mellitus 9,097	Influenza & Pneumonia 57,282	Unintentional Injury 97,860
6	Placenta Cord Membranes 1,025	Influenza & Pneumonia 130	Benign Neoplasms 64	Heart Disease 161	Congenital Anomalies 434	HIV 2,729	Liver Disease 3,302	Suicide 5,081	Unintentional Injury 7,285	Diabetes Mellitus 51,843	Diabetes Mellitus 68,399
7	Unintentional Injury 845	Perinatal Period 92	Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease 49	Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease 90	Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease 209	Diabetes Mellitus 582	Homicide 3,206	Diabetes Mellitus 4,735	Liver Disease 5,637	Alzheimer's Disease 44,020	Influenza & Pneumonia 63,730
8	Bacterial Sepsis 691	Septicemia 87	Septicemia 47	Influenza & Pneumonia 47	HIV 198	Cerebro- vascular 580	Cerebro- vascular 2,574	HIV 3,907	Suicide 2,896	Unintentional Injury 32,219	Alzheimer's Disease 44,536
9	Circulatory System Disease 667	Benign Neoplasms 63	Influenza & Pneumonia 46	Cerebro- vascular 39	Cerebro- vascular 182	Congenital Anomalies 465	Diabetes Mellitus 1,942	Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease 3,110	Nephritis 2,864	Nephritis 29,938	Nephritis 35,525
10	Atelectasis 647	Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease 54	HIV 38	Benign Neoplasms 37	Influenza & Pneumonia 179	Liver Disease 407	Influenza & Pneumonia 1,063	Influenza & Pneumonia 1,697	Septicemia 2,714	Septicemia 24,626	Septicemia 30,680

Produced By: Office of Statistics and Programming, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
Data Source: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Vital Statistics System.

source: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/research_agenda/chart.htm 13sep02

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10 Leading Causes of Death, United States 1999 All Races, Both Sexes

10 Leading Causes of Death, United States 1999
All Races, Both Sexes