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Life Expectancy Data
- Life Expectancy County Map
- Life Expectancy All Races
- African American
- Asian American
- Hispanic American
- Native American
- White American
Top 15 Causes of Death
- 1. Heart Disease
- 2. Cancer
- 3. Stroke
- 4. Chronic Lung Disease
- 5. Accidents
- 6. Alzheimer's
- 7. Diabetes
- 8. Influenza and Pneumonia
- 9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
- 10. Blood Poisoning
- 11. Suicide
- 12. Liver Disease
- 13. Hypertension/Renal
- 14. Parkinson's Disease
- 15. Homicide
Death Rate by Race
- All Races
- White
- African American
- Asian or Pacific Islander
- Hispanic or Latino
- White, not Hispanic or Latino
Selected Topics
USA CAUSES OF DEATH BY AGE AND GENDER
Chart ranks total number of deaths for the top 50 causes by age and gender. You can click on any cause to highlight it to make it easy to follow as you change ages or select a different gender. To remove highlight click the cause again. Use buttons in center to select gender. Use green links to sort by age range. Note how the cause of death column rankings change. Cause definitions are ICD-10 standards. For example, Poisoning is Unintentional and includes drug overdose, pesticides and many others things. Very few people know what a serious problem poisoning is in America because we rarely view causes of death by age. This powerful tool solves that problem. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see population by age range selected. Latest CDC data for total deaths is used. Use Drop Down at top left of Page to see this chart and other data for individual states.