| U.S. Death Rates From Major Causes, 2012-2013 |
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Age-adjusted death rate (1) |
| Cause of death |
Number of
deaths, 2013 |
2012 |
2013 |
Percent
change |
| Heart disease |
611,105 |
170.5 |
169.8 |
-0.4% |
| Malignant neoplasms (tumors) |
584,881 |
166.5 |
163.2 |
-2.0 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases |
149,205 |
41.5 |
42.1 |
1.4 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) |
130,557 |
39.1 |
39.4 |
0.8 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) |
128,978 |
36.9 |
36.2 |
-1.9 |
| Alzheimer's disease |
84,797 |
23.8 |
23.5 |
-1.3 |
| Diabetes |
75,578 |
21.2 |
21.2 |
(2) |
| Influenza and pneumonia |
56,979 |
14.4 |
15.9 |
10.4 |
| Kidney disease |
47,112 |
13.1 |
13.2 |
0.8 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) |
41,149 |
12.6 |
12.6 |
(2) |
| Septicemia |
38,156 |
10.3 |
10.7 |
3.9 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis |
36,427 |
9.9 |
10.2 |
3.0 |
| Hypertension (3) |
30,770 |
8.2 |
8.5 |
3.7 |
| Parkinson's disease |
25,196 |
7.0 |
7.3 |
4.3 |
| All deaths |
2,596,993 |
732.8 |
731.9 |
-0.1% |
(1) Per 100,000 population; factors out differences based on age.
(2) Less than 0.1 percent.
(3) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. |
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