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Leading Causes of Death by Age Group, Race/Ethnicity Males, United States, 2010*

Rank All Races Hispanic Black White American Indian/Alaska

Native Asian/Pacific Islander

1 Heart

disease

24.9%

Cancer

20.7%

Heart

disease

24.1%

Heart

disease

25.1%

Heart

disease

18.9%

Cancer

27.1%

2 Cancer

24.4%

Heart

disease

20.6%

Cancer

23.3%

Cancer

24.6%

Cancer

18.6%

Heart

disease

23.5%

3 Unintentional

injuries

6.2%

Unintentional

injuries

9.5%

Unintentional

injuries

5.5%

Unintentional

injuries

6.2%

Unintentional

injuries

13.5%

Stroke

6.6%

4 Chronic lower

respiratory diseases

5.3%

Stroke

4.2%

Stroke

4.8%

Chronic lower

respiratory diseases

5.7%

Unintentional

injuries

5.0%

Diabetes

5.1%

5 Stroke

4.2%

Diabetes

4.2%

Homicide

4.6%

Stroke

4.1%

Diabetes

3.5%

Chronic liver

disease

5.0%

6 Diabetes

2.9%

Chronic liver

disease

3.9%

Diabetes

3.9%

Diabetes

2.7%

Chronic lower

respiratory diseases

3.4%

Chronic lower

respiratory diseases

4.1%

7 Suicide

2.5%

Homicide

3.1%

Chronic lower

respiratory diseases

3.1%

Suicide

2.6%

Influenza &

pneumonia

3.1%

Suicide

4.0%

8 Alzheimer’s

disease

2.1%

Chronic lower

respiratory diseases

2.7%

Kidney

disease

2.8%

Alzheimer’s

disease

2.2%

Stroke

3.0%

Suicide

2.8%

9 Kidney

disease

2.0%

Suicide

2.7%

HIV

disease

2.1%

Influenza &

pneumonia

1.9%

Homicide

2.4%

Kidney

disease

2.0%

10 Influenza &

pneumonia

1.9%

Kidney

disease

2.1%

Septicemia

1.8%

Kidney

disease

1.9%

Influenza &

pneumonia

2.0%

Alzheimer’s

disease

1.3%

*Percentages represent total deaths in the age group due to the cause indicated. Numbers in parentheses indicate tied rankings. The white, black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and

Asian/Pacific Islander race groups include persons of Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin may be of any race. Some terms have been shortened from those used in the National Vital Statistics

Report. See the next page for a listing of the shortened terms in the table and their full unabridged equivalents used in the report. To learn more, visit Mortality Tables at

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/mortality_tables.htm or http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm HHS, CDC, NCHS).

Short and Full Terms for Leading Causes of Death (Males)

Some terms in the leading causes of death table have been shortened from those used in the National Vital Statistics Report.

Below is a listing of the shortened terms used in the table and their full, unabridged equivalents used in the report.

SHORT TERMS FULL TERMS

Aortic aneurism Aortic aneurism and dissection

Benign neoplasms In situ neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior

Birth defects Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

Bronchitis Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis

Cancer Malignant neoplasms

C. difficile infection Enter colitis due to clostridium

Chronic liver disease Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis

Chronic lower respiratory diseases Includes bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, bronchiectasis, and other chronic

Diabetes Diabetes mellitus

Gallbladder disorders Cholethiasis and other disorders of gallbladder

Heart disease Diseases of the heart

HIV disease Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease

Homicide Assault (homicide)

Hypertension Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease

Kidney disease Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis

Kidney infection Infections of kidney

Legal Intervention* Physical or other force used by police or other law-enforcing agents, including mili-

tary on duty, in the course of arresting or attempting to arrest lawbreakers, sup-

pressing disturbances, maintaining order, and other legal action. Includes legal exe-

cution and excludes citizen arrest.

Medical & surgical care complications Complications of medical and surgical care

Operations of War Operations of War and their sequelae

Perinatal conditions Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

Pneumonitis Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids

Stroke Cerebrovascular diseases

Suicide Intentional self-harm

Unintentional injuries Accidents (unintentional injuries)

*World Health Organization. International statistical Classification of Diseases and Related

Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Geneva: World Health Organization, 1992.

Available at http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/. Accessed April 15, 2010.