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Deaths/Mortality

(Data are for U.S. for year 2004)

Number of deaths: 2,397,615

Death Rate: 816.5 deaths per 100,000 population

Life expectancy: 77.8 years

Infant Mortality Rate: 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births

Number of deaths for leading causes of death:

Heart disease: 652,486

Cancer: 553,888

Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 150,074

Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 121,987

Accidents (unintentional injuries): 112,012

Diabetes: 73,138

Alzheimer's disease: 65,965

Influenza/Pneumonia: 59,664

Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 42,480

Septicemia: 33,373

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm

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