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- From: young@serum.kodak.com [Rich Young (x37176)]
- Subject: Re: Leading causes of death
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.223338.14326@pixel.kodak.com>
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- Organization: Clinical Products Division, Eastman Kodak Company
- References: <mathew.711739735@henry>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 22:33:38 GMT
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- In article <mathew.711739735@henry> mathew@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Mathew Yeates) writes:
- >
- >Can anybody tell me where I can find a listing of the top 15 leading
- >causes of death in the U.S. From the CDC, for instance?
-
- Here are the top 13 causes "Based on National Center for Health Statistics
- 1988 latest official estimates" (this was a year or so ago)
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- 1. Heart diseases 767,400
- 2. Cancer (malignant neoplasms) 488,240
- 3. Strokes (cerebrovascular diseases) 150,300
- 4. Accidents and adverse effects (actual 1986 data) 97,500
- Motor Vehicle 47,865
- Falls 11,444
- Poisoning 5,740
- Fire 4,835
- Drowning 4,777
- Suffocation 4,633
- Other Transportation 3,060
- Medical mistakes 2,873
- Environmental factors 1,501
- Firearms 1,452
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- 5. Chronic pulmonary disease 81,960
- 6. Pneumonia and influenza 77,330
- 7. Arterial disease 46,320
- 8. Diabetes 39,610
- 9. Suicide 30,260
- By firearm 17,853
- By other means 12,407
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- 10. Liver disease 26,080
- 11. Kidney disease 23,330
- 12. Infectious/parasitic disease (incl. AIDS) 22,570
- 13. Homicide or legal intervention 22,190
- By firearm 13,092
- By other means 9,098
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- NOTE: These data are at least four years old, and I'd be especially
- suspicious of the AIDS category as it applies today.
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