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 women in that age group were:- 1810 deaths from:
- Malignant neoplasm of breast - Breast, unspecified (C509)
- 1013 deaths from:
- Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung - Bronchus or lung, unspecified (C349)
- 585 deaths from:
- Acute myocardial infarction - Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (I219)
- 423 deaths from:
- Chronic ischaemic heart disease - Atherosclerotic heart disease (I251)
- 389 deaths from:
- Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri - Cervix uteri, unspecified (C539)
- 334 deaths from:
- Accidental poisoning by and exposure to other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances - Accidental poisoning by and exposure to other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, home (X440)
- 319 deaths from:
- - Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56)
- 319 deaths from:
- Malignant neoplasm of colon - Colon, unspecified (C189)
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.