The top 10 leading causes of death in the United States
Last updated Thu 23 February 2017
By Hannah Nichols
Nearly 75 percent of all deaths in the United States are attributed to just 10 causes, with the top three of these accounting for over 50 percent of all deaths. Over the last 5 years, the main causes of death in the U.S. have remained fairly consistent.
The most recent data (2014) (resource no longer available at
www.cdc.gov) reveals that annually there were 2,626,418 deaths registered in the U.S., which equates to:
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