1. Heart Disease: 724,859
2. Cancer: 541,532
3. Stroke (CVA): 158,448
4. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: 112,584
5. Accidents: 97,835
6. Pneumonia/Influenza: 91,871
7. Diabetes: 64,751
8. Suicide: 30,575
9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 26,182
10. Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: 25,192
Source: National Vial Statistics Report, Vol. 48, No. 11
Number of Deaths Annually: 2,337,258 (1998)
Death Rate (age adjusted): 471.7 deaths per 100,000
***Did you notice that smoking is a cause of the first four largest causes of death?
That makes smoking the leading cause of death in the US (approx. 1,000 deaths/DAY).
