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Age-Adjusted Death Rates for 10 Leading Causes, by Gender: United States, 2000
10 leading causes of death Number of deaths Age-adjusted death rate
Total
All causes 2,403,351 872.0
Diseases of heart 710,760 257.9
Malignant neoplasms 553,091 201.0
Cerebrovascular diseases 167,661 60.8
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 122,009 44.3
Accidents 97,900 35.5
Diabetes mellitus 69,301 25.2
Influenza and pneumonia 65,313 23.7
Alzheimer's disease 49,558 18
Kidney disease 37,251 13.5
Septicemia 31,224 11.4
Male
All Causes 1,177,578 1042.5
Diseases of heart 344,807 315.0
Malignant neoplasms 286,082 247.4
Cerebrovascular diseases 64,769 61.1
Accidents 63,817 50.0
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 60,004 54.9
Diabetes mellitus 31,602 27.6
Influenza and pneumonia 28,658 28.1
Suicide 23,618 18.1
Kidney disease 17,811 16.6
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 17,214 13.5
Female
All Causes 1,225,773 739.1
Diseases of heart 365,953 213.0
Malignant neoplasms 267,009 169.6
Cerebrovascular diseases 102,892 59.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 62,005 37.9
Diabetes mellitus 37,699 23.3
Influenza and pneumonia 36,655 20.9
Alzheimer's disease 35,120 19.5
Accidents 34,083 22.3
Kidney disease 19,440 11.6
Septicemia 17,687 10.6
Note: Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population (Year 2000).
Causes of death are ranked based on the number of deaths in 2000.
Therefore, the age adjusted death rates may not be in rank order.
Source: A.M. Minino et al. "Deaths: Final Data for 2000," National Vital Statistics Reports , 50, Number 15 (2002): Tables 12 and 16.