Table 9. Death rates by age and age-adjusted death rates for the 15 leading causes of death in 2005: United States, 1999-2005
[Rates on an annual basis per 100,000 population in specified group; age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population; see "Technical Notes." Rates are based on populations enumerated as of April 1 for 2000 and estimated as of July 1 for all other years; see "Technical Notes." The asterisks (*) preceding the cause-of-death codes indicate that they are not part of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10); see "Technical Notes"]
                           
Age Age-adjusted rate3
Cause of death (Based on the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, 1992) and year All ages1 Under
1 year2		 1-4
years		 5-14
years		 15-24
years		 25-34
years		 35-44
years		 45-54
years		 55-64
years		 65-74
years		 75-84 years 85 years and over
       
All causes
          2005 825.9 692.5 29.4 16.3 81.4 104.4 193.3 432.0 906.9 2,137.1 5,260.0 13,798.6 798.8
          2004 816.5 685.2 29.9 16.8 80.1 102.1 193.5 427.0 910.3 2,164.6 5,275.1 13,823.5 800.8
          2003 841.9 700.0 31.5 17.0 81.5 103.6 201.6 433.2 940.9 2,255.0 5,463.1 14,593.3 832.7
          2002 847.3 695.0 31.2 17.4 81.4 103.6 202.9 430.1 952.4 2,314.7 5,556.9 14,828.3 845.3
          2001 848.5 683.4 33.3 17.3 80.7 105.2 203.6 428.9 964.6 2,353.3 5,582.4 15,112.8 854.5
          2000 854.0 736.7 32.4 18.0 79.9 101.4 198.9 425.6 992.2 2,399.1 5,666.5 15,524.4 869.0
          1999 857.0 736.0 34.2 18.6 79.3 102.2 198.0 418.2 1,005.0 2,457.3 5,714.5 15,554.6 875.6
Diseases of heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51)
          2005 220.0 8.7 0.9 0.6 2.7 8.1 28.9 89.7 214.8 518.9 1,460.8 4,778.4 211.1
          2004 222.2 10.3 1.2 0.6 2.5 7.9 29.3 90.2 218.8 541.6 1,506.3 4,895.9 217.0
          2003 235.6 11.0 1.2 0.6 2.7 8.2 30.7 92.5 233.2 585.0 1,611.1 5,278.4 232.3
          2002 241.7 12.4 1.1 0.6 2.5 7.9 30.5 93.7 241.5 615.9 1,677.2 5,466.8 240.8
          2001 245.8 11.9 1.5 0.7 2.5 8.0 29.6 92.9 246.9 635.1 1,725.7 5,664.2 247.8
          2000 252.6 13.0 1.2 0.7 2.6 7.4 29.2 94.2 261.2 665.6 1,780.3 5,926.1 257.6
          1999 259.9 13.8 1.2 0.7 2.8 7.6 30.2 95.7 269.9 701.7 1,849.9 6,063.0 266.5
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97)
          2005 188.7 1.8 2.3 2.5 4.1 9.0 33.2 118.6 326.9 742.7 1,274.8 1,637.7 183.8
          2004 188.6 1.8 2.5 2.5 4.1 9.1 33.4 119.0 333.4 755.1 1,280.4 1,653.3 185.8
          2003 191.5 1.9 2.5 2.6 4.0 9.4 35.0 122.2 343.0 770.3 1,302.5 1,698.2 190.1
          2002 193.2 1.8 2.6 2.6 4.3 9.7 35.8 123.8 351.1 792.1 1,311.9 1,723.9 193.5
          2001 194.4 1.6 2.7 2.5 4.3 10.1 36.8 126.5 356.5 802.8 1,315.8 1,765.6 196.0
          2000 196.5 2.4 2.7 2.5 4.4 9.8 36.6 127.5 366.7 816.3 1,335.6 1,819.4 199.6
          1999 197.0 1.8 2.7 2.5 4.5 10.0 37.1 127.6 374.6 827.1 1,331.5 1,805.8 200.8
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)
          2005 48.4 3.1 0.4 0.2 0.5 1.4 5.2 15.0 33.0 101.1 359.0 1,141.8 46.6
          2004 51.1 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.4 5.4 14.9 34.3 107.8 386.2 1,245.9 50.0
          2003 54.2 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.5 5.5 15.0 35.6 112.9 410.7 1,370.1 53.5
          2002 56.4 2.9 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.4 5.4 15.1 37.2 120.3 431.0 1,445.9 56.2
          2001 57.4 2.7 0.4 0.2 0.5 1.5 5.5 15.1 38.0 123.4 443.9 1,500.2 57.9
          2000 59.6 3.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.5 5.8 16.0 41.0 128.6 461.3 1,589.2 60.9
          1999 60.0 2.7 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.4 5.7 15.2 40.6 130.8 469.8 1,614.8 61.6
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47)
          2005 44.2 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 2.0 9.4 42.0 160.5 385.6 637.2 43.2
          2004 41.5 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 2.0 8.4 40.4 153.8 366.7 601.7 41.1
          2003 43.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 2.1 8.7 43.3 163.2 383.0 635.1 43.3
          2002 43.3 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.8 2.2 8.7 42.4 163.0 386.7 637.6 43.5
          2001 43.2 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 2.2 8.5 44.1 167.9 379.8 644.7 43.7
          2000 43.4 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 2.1 8.6 44.2 169.4 386.1 648.6 44.2
          1999 44.5 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.8 2.0 8.5 47.5 177.2 397.8 646.0 45.4
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)
          2005 39.7 26.4 10.3 6.0 37.4 34.9 38.6 43.2 35.8 46.3 106.1 279.5 39.1
          2004 38.1 25.8 10.3 6.5 37.0 32.6 37.3 40.7 33.2 44.0 103.7 276.7 37.7
          2003 37.6 23.6 10.9 6.4 37.1 31.5 37.8 38.8 32.9 44.1 101.9 278.9 37.3
          2002 37.0 23.5 10.5 6.6 38.0 31.5 37.2 36.6 31.4 44.2 101.3 275.4 36.9
          2001 35.7 24.2 11.2 6.9 36.1 29.9 35.4 34.1 30.3 42.8 100.9 276.4 35.7
          2000 34.8 23.1 11.9 7.3 36.0 29.5 34.1 32.6 30.9 41.9 95.1 273.5 34.9
          1999 35.1 22.3 12.4 7.6 35.3 29.6 33.8 31.8 30.6 44.6 100.5 282.4 35.3
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)
          2005 25.3 * * 0.1 0.5 1.5 4.7 13.4 37.2 86.8 177.2 312.1 24.6
          2004 24.9 * * 0.1 0.4 1.5 4.6 13.4 37.1 87.2 176.9 307.0 24.5
          2003 25.5 * * 0.1 0.4 1.6 4.6 13.9 38.5 90.8 181.1 317.5 25.3
          2002 25.4 * * 0.1 0.4 1.6 4.8 13.7 37.7 91.4 182.8 320.6 25.4
          2001 25.1 * * 0.1 0.4 1.5 4.3 13.6 37.8 91.4 181.4 321.8 25.3
          2000 24.6 * * 0.1 0.4 1.6 4.3 13.1 37.8 90.7 179.5 319.7 25.0
          1999 24.5 * * 0.1 0.4 1.4 4.3 12.9 38.3 91.8 178.0 317.2 25.0
Alzheimer's disease (G30)
          2005 24.2 * * * * * * 0.2 2.1 20.5 177.3 861.6 22.9
          2004 22.5 * * * * * * 0.2 1.9 19.7 168.7 818.8 21.8
          2003 21.8 * * * * * * 0.2 2.0 20.9 164.4 802.4 21.4
          2002 20.4 * * * * * * 0.1 1.9 19.7 158.1 752.3 20.2
          2001 18.9 * * * * * * 0.2 2.1 18.7 147.5 710.3 19.1
          2000 17.6 * * * * * * 0.2 2.0 18.7 139.6 667.7 18.1
          1999 16.0 * * * * * * 0.2 1.9 17.4 129.5 601.3 16.5
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18)
          2005 21.3 6.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.9 2.1 5.1 11.3 35.5 142.2 593.9 20.3
          2004 20.3 6.7 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.8 2.0 4.6 10.8 34.6 139.3 582.6 19.8
          2003 22.4 8.0 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.9 2.2 5.2 11.2 37.3 151.1 666.1 22.0
          2002 22.8 6.5 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.9 2.2 4.8 11.2 37.5 156.9 696.6 22.6
          2001 21.8 7.4 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.9 2.2 4.6 10.7 36.3 148.5 685.6 22.0
          2000 23.2 7.6 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.9 2.4 4.7 11.9 39.1 160.3 744.1 23.7
          1999 22.8 8.4 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.8 2.4 4.6 11.0 37.2 157.0 751.8 23.5
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
  (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27)
          2005 14.8 3.9 * 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.7 4.8 13.6 39.3 110.3 288.3 14.3
          2004 14.5 4.3 * 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.8 5.0 13.6 38.6 108.4 286.6 14.2
          2003 14.6 4.5 * 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.8 4.9 13.6 40.1 109.5 293.1 14.4
          2002 14.2 4.3 * 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.7 4.7 13.0 39.2 109.1 288.6 14.2
          2001 13.9 3.3 * 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.7 4.6 13.0 40.2 104.2 287.7 14.0
          2000 13.2 4.3 * 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.6 4.4 12.8 38.0 100.8 277.8 13.5
          1999 12.7 4.4 * 0.1 0.2 0.6 1.6 4.0 12.0 37.1 97.6 268.9 13.0
Septicemia (A40-A41)
          2005 11.5 7.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.9 5.2 12.9 32.6 81.4 187.3 11.2
          2004 11.4 6.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.9 5.4 12.9 32.4 81.6 186.7 11.2
          2003 11.7 6.9 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.8 2.1 5.3 13.1 32.6 85.0 202.5 11.6
          2002 11.7 7.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.9 5.2 12.6 34.7 86.5 203.0 11.7
          2001 11.3 7.7 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.8 5.0 12.3 32.8 82.3 205.9 11.4
          2000 11.1 7.2 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.9 4.9 11.9 31.0 80.4 215.7 11.3
          1999 11.0 7.5 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.8 4.6 11.4 31.2 79.4 220.7 11.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (*U03,X60-X84,Y87.0)
          2005 11.0 ... ... 0.7 10.0 12.4 14.9 16.5 13.9 12.6 16.9 16.9 10.9
          2004 11.0 ... ... 0.7 10.3 12.7 15.0 16.6 13.8 12.3 16.3 16.4 10.9
          2003 10.8 ... ... 0.6 9.7 12.7 14.9 15.9 13.8 12.7 16.4 16.9 10.8
          2002 11.0 … … 0.6 9.9 12.6 15.3 15.7 13.6 13.5 17.7 18.0 10.9
          2001 4 10.8 … … 0.7 9.9 12.8 14.7 15.2 13.1 13.3 17.4 17.5 10.7
          2000 10.4 … … 0.7 10.2 12.0 14.5 14.4 12.1 12.5 17.6 19.6 10.4
          1999 10.5 … … 0.6 10.1 12.7 14.3 13.9 12.2 13.4 18.1 19.3 10.5
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74)
          2005 9.3 * * * 0.1 0.8 6.1 17.7 23.5 27.2 29.0 19.7 9.0
          2004 9.2 * * * * 0.8 6.3 18.0 22.6 27.7 28.8 19.7 9.0
          2003 9.5 * * * * 0.9 6.8 18.3 23.0 29.5 30.0 20.1 9.3
          2002 9.5 * * * 0.1 0.9 7.0 18.0 22.9 29.4 31.4 21.4 9.4
          2001 9.5 * * * 0.1 1.0 7.4 18.5 22.7 30.0 30.2 22.2 9.5
          2000 9.4 * * * 0.1 1.0 7.5 17.7 23.8 29.8 31.0 23.1 9.5
          1999 9.4 * * * 0.1 1.0 7.3 17.4 23.7 30.6 31.9 23.2 9.6
Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive
  renal disease (I10,I12)
          2005 8.4 * * * 0.1 0.2 0.9 2.7 6.4 17.7 55.6 210.0 8.0
          2004 7.9 * * * 0.1 0.3 0.8 2.7 6.3 17.1 52.6 198.5 7.7
          2003 7.5 * * * 0.1 0.2 0.8 2.5 6.3 16.9 51.7 188.9 7.4
          2002 7.0 * * * 0.1 0.2 0.8 2.3 5.7 16.0 48.2 180.4 7.0
          2001 6.8 * * * 0.1 0.3 0.7 2.4 5.8 15.5 47.7 171.9 6.8
          2000 6.4 * * * * 0.2 0.8 2.3 5.9 15.1 45.5 162.9 6.5
          1999 6.1 * * * * 0.2 0.7 2.2 5.5 15.2 43.6 152.1 6.2
Parkinson's disease (G20-G21)
          2005 6.6 * * * * * * 0.2 1.4 13.0 71.2 143.7 6.4
          2004 6.1 * * * * * * 0.2 1.2 12.0 67.5 135.8 6.1
          2003 6.2 * * * * * * 0.2 1.3 12.7 67.8 138.2 6.2
          2002 5.9 * * * * * * 0.1 1.2 12.2 63.9 135.2 5.9
          2001 5.8 * * * * * * 0.1 1.2 11.7 64.6 134.2 5.9
          2000 5.6 * * * * * * 0.1 1.1 11.5 61.9 131.9 5.7
          1999 5.2 * * * * * * 0.1 1.0 11.0 58.2 124.4 5.4
Assault (homicide) (*U01-*U02,X85-Y09,Y87.1)
          2005 6.1 7.5 2.3 0.8 13.0 11.8 7.1 4.8 2.8 2.4 2.2 2.1 6.1
          2004 5.9 8.0 2.4 0.8 12.2 11.2 6.8 4.8 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.1 5.9
          2003 6.1 8.5 2.4 0.8 13.0 11.3 7.0 4.9 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.2 6.0
          2002 6.1 7.5 2.7 0.9 12.9 11.2 7.2 4.8 3.2 2.3 2.3 2.1 6.1
          2001 4 7.1 8.2 2.7 0.8 13.3 13.1 9.5 6.3 4.0 2.9 2.5 2.4 7.1
          2000 6.0 9.2 2.3 0.9 12.6 10.4 7.1 4.7 3.0 2.4 2.4 2.4 5.9
          1999 6.1 8.7 2.5 1.1 12.9 10.5 7.1 4.6 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.4 6.0
* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision, see "Technical Notes."
… Category not applicable.
1Figures for age not stated included in "All ages" but not distributed among age groups.
2Death rates for "Under 1 year" (based on population estimates) differ from infant mortality rates (based on live births); see "Technical Notes."
3For method of computation, see "Technical Notes."
4Figures include September 11, 2001 related deaths for which death certificates were filed as of October 24, 2002; see "Technical Notes" from Deaths: Final Data for 2001.




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