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Leading Causes of Death

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The 15 leading causes of death in the US, when taken for the total population, are the following:

Heart disease
Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes)
Alzheimer’s disease
Influenza and pneumonia
Kidney disease
Septicemia (blood infection)
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
Hypertension and hypertensive renal disease
Parkinson’s disease

Assault (homicide)

However, the list is not the same for all groups of people, mostly due to differences related to sex and age.  Items related to this keyword have included statistics on the individual causes of death, and on subpopulations.

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Leading Causes of Death in Cleveland, 2002
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