| Top 15 Major Causes of Death, 2014 |
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Age-adjusted death rate (1) |
| Rank |
Cause of death |
Number of
deaths |
Rate |
Percent change
from 2013 |
| 1 |
Heart disease |
614,348 |
167.0 |
-1.6% |
| 2 |
Malignant neoplasms (tumors) |
591,700 |
161.2 |
-1.2 |
| 3 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases |
147,101 |
40.5 |
-3.8 |
| 4 |
Accidents (unintentional injuries) |
135,928 |
40.5 |
2.8 |
| 5 |
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) |
133,103 |
36.5 |
0.8 |
| 6 |
Alzheimer's disease |
93,541 |
25.4 |
8.1 |
| 7 |
Diabetes |
76,488 |
20.9 |
-1.4 |
| 8 |
Influenza and pneumonia |
55,227 |
15.1 |
-5.0 |
| 9 |
Kidney disease |
48,146 |
13.2 |
(2) |
| 10 |
Intentional self-harm (suicide) |
42,826 |
13.0 |
3.2 |
| 11 |
Septicemia |
38,940 |
10.7 |
(2) |
| 12 |
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis |
38,170 |
10.4 |
2.0 |
| 13 |
Hypertension (3) |
30,221 |
8.2 |
-3.5 |
| 14 |
Parkinson's disease |
26,150 |
7.4 |
1.4 |
| 15 |
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids |
18,792 |
5.1 |
1.9 |
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All other causes |
535,737 |
NA |
NA |
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All deaths |
2,626,418 |
724.6 |
44.2% |
(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.
NA=Not applicable.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. |
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