Deaths/Mortality
(Data are for U.S.
for year indicated)
Number
of deaths: 2,448,017
Death
rate: 825.9 deaths per 100,000 population
Life
expectancy: 77.8 years
Infant
Mortality rate: 6.87 deaths per 1,000 live births
Number
of deaths for leading
causes of death:
Heart
disease: 652,091
Cancer:
559,312
Stroke
(cerebrovascular diseases):
143,579
Chronic
lower respiratory diseases: 130,933
Accidents
(unintentional injuries): 117,809
Diabetes:
75,119
Alzheimer's
disease: 71,599
Influenza/Pneumonia:
63,001
Nephritis,
nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 43,901
Septicemia:
34,136
Source: Deaths:
Final Data for 2005, Tables C, 7, 30
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More
data
Deaths:
Final Data for 2005, Tables 12
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Deaths:
Leading Causes for 2004
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United
States Life Tables, 2004
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Data for All Ages
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April 28, 2008
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