Causes of death in the United States
Table
Causes of death in the United States
(year ended January)
Rate per 100,000
population
Rank in 1996 1995 1996
1. Diseases of the heart 278.5 278.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 207.4 203.6
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 58.9 59.6
4. Chronic obstructive pulmonary
diseases 38.4 39.4
5. Accidents and adverse effects 34.1 34.1
6. Pneumonia and influenza 30.1 31.0
7. Diabetes mellitus 21.2 22.2
8. HIV infection 15.8 16.0
9. Suicide 11.8 11.3
10. Nephritis, nephrotic symptoms,
and nephrosis 9.5 9.8
11. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 9.9 9.5
12. Homicide and legal intervention 9.2 8.5
13. Septicemia 7.6 8.1
14. Atherosclerosis 6.5 6.2
15. Certain conditions of the
perinatal period 5.5 5.1
See as table:
- Jeane Kirkpatrick
- Jeanette Winterson
- Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
- Jean-Felix Piccard
- Jean Foucault
- Jean Fouquet
- Jean Françaix
- Jean-François Champollion
- Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
- Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse, comte de
- Jean-François de La Harpe
- Jean-François de La Rocque Roberval, Sieur de
- Jean-François de La Rocque, Sieur de Roberval
- Jean-François de Troy
- Jean-François Ducis
- Jean-François Lesueur
- Jean-François Lyotard
- Jean-François Marmontel
- Jean-François Millet
- Jean-François Oeben
- Jean-François-Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
- Jean-François-Paul de Gondi Retz, Cardinal de
- Jean-François Regnard
- Jean-François Sarasin
- Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin