Causes of death by country, sex and age group
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In 2005 in United States of America the leading causes of death for women in that age group were:- 63 deaths from:
- Motor- or nonmotor-vehicle accident, type of vehicle unspecified - Person injured in unspecified motor-vehicle accident, traffic (V892)
- 57 deaths from:
- Exposure to uncontrolled fire in building or structure - Exposure to uncontrolled fire in building or structure, home (X000)
- 48 deaths from:
- Infantile cerebral palsy - Infantile cerebral palsy, unspecified (G809)
- 44 deaths from:
- Malignant neoplasm of brain - Brain stem (C717)
- 33 deaths from:
- Pedestrian injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van - Pedestrian injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, traffic accident (V031)
- 33 deaths from:
- Car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van - Car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, passenger, traffic accident (V436)
- 32 deaths from:
- Malignant neoplasm of brain - Brain, unspecified (C719)
- 24 deaths from:
- Malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland - Adrenal gland, unspecified (C749)
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.