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LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES FOR SELECT AGE GROUPS, 2019
Age (in Years)
Rank
10–14
15–24
25–34
35–44
45–54
55–64
All Ages
Unintentional injury (778)
Unintentional injury (11,755)
Unintentional injury (24,516)
Unintentional injury (24,070)
Malignant neoplasms (35,587)
Malignant neoplasms (111,765)
Heart disease (659,041)
1
Suicide (534)
Suicide (5,954) Suicide (8,059) Malignant neoplasms (10,695)
Heart disease (31,138)
Heart disease (80,837)
Malignant neoplasms (599,601)
2
Malignant neoplasms (404)
Homicide (4,774)
Homicide (5,341)
Heart disease (10,499)
Unintentional injury (23,359)
Unintentional injury (24,892)
Unintentional injury (173,040)
3
Homicide (191) Malignant neoplasms (1,388)
Malignant neoplasms (3,577)
Suicide (7,525) Liver disease (8,098)
CLRD (18,743)
CLRD (156,979)
4
Congenital anomalies (189)
Heart disease (872)
Heart disease (3,495)
Homicide (3,446)
Suicide (8,012) Diabetes (15,508)
Stroke (150,005)
5
Heart disease (87)
Congenital anomalies (390)
Liver disease (1,112)
Liver disease (3,417)
Diabetes (6,348)
Liver disease (14,385)
Alzheimer disease (121,499)
6
CLRD (81)
Diabetes (248) Diabetes (887) Diabetes (2,228)
Stroke (5,153)
Stroke (12,931) Diabetes (87,647)
7
Influenza/ pneumonia (71) Stroke (48)
Influenza/ pneumonia (175) CLRD (168)
Stroke (585)
Stroke (1,741)
CLRD (3,592) Suicide (8,238) Nephritis (51,565)
8
Complicated pregnancy (532)
Influenza/ pneumonia (951) Septicemia (812)
Nephritis (2,269)
Nephritis (5,857)
Influenza/ pneumonia (49,783)
9
Benign neoplasms (35)
Stroke (158)
HIV (486)
Septicemia (2,176)
Septicemia (5,672)
Suicide (47,511)
10
CLRD = chronic lower respiratory disease, HIV = human immunodeficiency disease. Source: [10]
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