12 Leading Causes of Death
| All Causes |
2,162,000 |
| Heart Disease |
725,000 |
| Cancers |
506,000 |
| Strokes |
145,000 |
| Accidents (detail in table below) |
93,500 |
| Chronic Pulmonary Disease |
89,000 |
| Pneumonia & Influenza |
78,500 |
| Infectious & Parasitic Disease*** |
58,000 |
| Diabetes |
49,000 |
| Diseases of Arteries |
41,000 |
| Suicide **** |
30,800 |
| Homicide & Legal Intervention **** |
25,700 |
| Cirrhosis & Other Liver Diseases |
25,600 |
Accidental Deaths
| All Accidents |
93,500 |
| Motor Vehicle* |
48,024 |
| Falls* |
12,096 |
| Poisoning (solid, liquid, gas)* |
6,226 |
| Fire & Flames* |
4,965 |
| Suffocation (mechanical, ingestion) |
4,761 |
| Drowning* |
4,199 |
| Other Transportation |
3,831 |
| Surgical/Medical Misadventures* |
2,858** |
| Natural/Environmental Factors |
1,798 |
| Firearms* |
1,501***** |
15,01 Firearms Accidents for Kids & Adults. This is in a Nation of 270,000,000 people. What Percentage is that?
Based on National center for Health Statistics 1990, lates official estimates
Footnotes
| * |
1988, latest official figures |
| ** |
A Harvard University study would put the figure for death by medical negligence at 93,000 |
| *** |
Esp. septicemia and AIDS; as of 1989 more American males died of AIDS than homicide |
| **** |
Approx. 60% involve firearms |
| ***** |
Includes estimated 500 handgun and 280 hunting accidents |
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