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Deaths/Mortality

(Data are for U.S. in 2001)

bullet graphicNumber of deaths: 2,416,425 

bullet graphicDeath rate: 854.5 deaths per 100,000 population

bullet graphicLife expectancy: 77.2 years

Number of deaths for leading causes of death:

bullet graphicHeart disease: 700,142

bullet graphicCancer: 553,768

bullet graphicStroke: 163,538

bullet graphicChronic lower respiratory diseases: 123,013

bullet graphicAccidents (unintentional injuries): 101,537

bullet graphicDiabetes: 71,372

bullet graphicInfluenza/Pneumonia: 62,034

bullet graphicAlzheimer's disease: 53,852

bullet graphicNephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 39,480

bullet graphicSepticemia: 32,238

Source:  Deaths: Final Data for 2001

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bullet graphicDeaths, death rates, and age-adjusted death rates, by race and sex, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1980-2001  Deaths: Final  Data for 2001, table 1

bullet graphicDeaths and death rates by age, race, and sex  Deaths: Final  Data for 2001, table 3

bullet graphicDeaths and death rates by Hispanic origin, age, and sex  Deaths: Final  Data for 2001, table 4

bullet graphicDeath rates by age and age-adjusted death rates for leading causes, 1999-2001  Deaths: Final  Data for 2001, table 9

bullet graphicDeaths, death rates, and age-adjusted death rates for major causes by State  Deaths: Final  Data for 2001, table 33

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This page last reviewed August 24, 2004

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