what are the 10 recent causes of mortality?

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what are the 10 recent causes of mortality?

2007-11-04 21:03:17 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases

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Latest published records are from 2002. The top 10 causes of mortality are:
heart disease
malignancies
cerebral vascular diseases (strokes, etc)
chronic respiratory disease
accidents
diabetes
flu and pneumonia
alzheimer's
kidney disease
suicide

For more information, check out this website:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/nvsr53_17tableE2002.pdf

2007-11-05 12:56:02 · answer #1 · answered by ilse72 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋