Most Common Causes of Death in the US - "White"

The most common causes of death among "whites" 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." "White" as defined by the CDC.

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

		White - 1980			White - 2000
		All causes	1,738,607		All causes	2,071,287
1		Diseases of heart	683,347		Diseases of heart	621,719
2		Malignant neoplasms [Cancer of All Types]	368,162		Malignant neoplasms [Cancer of All Types]	480,011
3		Cerebrovascular diseases	148,734		Cerebrovascular diseases	144,580
4		Unintentional injuries	90,122		Chronic lower respiratory diseases	112,840
5		Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases	52,375		Unintentional injuries	82,592
6		Pneumonia and influenza	48,369		Influnza and pneumonia	57,914
7		Diabetes mellitus	28,868		Diabetes mellitus	55,561
8		Atherosclerosis	27,069		Alzheimer’s disease	46,460
9		Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	25,240		Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	29,598
10		Suicide	24,829		Suicide	26,475

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