Most Common Causes of Death in the US - Male

The most common causes of mortality amoung males in the United States

The table is derived from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Health, United States, 2002 With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans."

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Overall - Raw Numbers | Overall - Percentages
Asian-Descent | Black | Female | Hispanic/Latino | Male | Native American | White

		Male - 1980			Male - 2000
		All causes	1,075,078		All causes	1,177,578
1		Diseases of heart	405,661		Diseases of heart	344,807
2		Malignant neoplasms [Cancer of All Types]	225,948		Malignant neoplasms [Cancer of All Types]	286,082
3		Unintentional injuries	74,180		Cerebrovascular diseases	64,769
4		Cerebrovascular diseases	69,973		Unintentional injuries	63,817
5		Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases	38,625		Chronic lower respiratory diseases	60,004
6		Pneumonia and influenza	27,574		Diabetes mellitus	31,602
7		Suicide	20,505		Influenza and pneumonia	28,658
8		Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	19,768		Suicide	23,618
9		Homicide	18,779		Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	17,811
10		Diabetes mellitus	14,325		Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	17,214

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