Causes of death by country, sex and age group

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In 2002 in United States of America the leading causes of death for men in that age group were:
  1. 10578 deaths from:
    • Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung - Bronchus or lung, unspecified (C349)
  2. 7667 deaths from:
    • Acute myocardial infarction - Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (I219)
  3. 6227 deaths from:
    • Chronic ischaemic heart disease - Atherosclerotic heart disease (I251)
  4. 3299 deaths from:
    • Chronic ischaemic heart disease - Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (I250)
  5. 2798 deaths from:
    • Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (J449)
  6. 2159 deaths from:
    • Malignant neoplasm of colon - Colon, unspecified (C189)
  7. 1891 deaths from:
    • Unspecified diabetes mellitus - Unspecified diabetes mellitus without complications (E149)
  8. 1599 deaths from:
    • Malignant neoplasm of pancreas - Pancreas, unspecified (C259)
  9. 1361 deaths from:
    • - Malignant neoplasm without specification of site (C80)

All data comes from the World Health Organisation Statistical Information System. Causes of death are coded using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).

The numbers in brackets represent your chance of dying of that cause in that year. These are calculated as (deaths of that cause in that country, age group and sex that year) / (population of that country, age group and sex that year).

You can download the original data from the WHO Mortality Database.