The 10 leading causes of death, which accounted for 74 percent of all deaths in the U.S. in 2014 were, in rank order:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cancer
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases
- Accidents and unintentional injuries
- Cerebrovascular diseases
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Diabetes mellitus
- Influenza and pneumonia
- Nephritis, nephritic syndrome and nephrosis
- Intentional self-harm
This order remains unchanged from 2013 data.
This post was updated on July 6, 2016, to include cardiovascular disease, which was initially omitted in error.
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