| Top 15 Major Causes of Death, 2017 |
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Age-adjusted death rate (1) |
| Rank |
Cause of death |
Number of deaths |
Rate |
Percent change
from 2016 |
| 1 |
Heart disease |
647,457 |
165.0 |
–0.3% |
| 2 |
Malignant neoplasms (tumors) |
599,108 |
152.5 |
–2.1 |
| 3 |
Accidents (unintentional injuries) |
169,936 |
49.4 |
4.2 |
| 4 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases |
160,201 |
40.9 |
0.7 |
| 5 |
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) |
146,383 |
37.6 |
0.8 |
| 6 |
Alzheimer's disease |
121,404 |
31.0 |
2.3 |
| 7 |
Diabetes |
83,564 |
21.5 |
2.4 |
| 8 |
Influenza and pneumonia |
55,672 |
14.3 |
5.9 |
| 9 |
Kidney disease |
50,633 |
13.0 |
–0.8 |
| 10 |
Intentional self-harm (suicide) |
47,173 |
14.0 |
3.7 |
| 11 |
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis |
41,743 |
10.9 |
1.9 |
| 12 |
Septicemia |
40,922 |
10.6 |
–0.9 |
| 13 |
Hypertension (2) |
35,316 |
9.0 |
4.7 |
| 14 |
Parkinson's disease |
31,963 |
8.4 |
5.0 |
| 15 |
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids |
20,108 |
5.1 |
–1.9 |
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All other causes |
561,920 |
NA |
NA |
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All deaths |
2,813,503 |
731.9 |
0.4% |
(1) Per 100,000 population; factors out differences based on age.
(2) Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease.
NA=Not applicable.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. |
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