Average Daily Number of Deaths in the U.S. Due to Various Causes Title

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Average Daily
Number of Deaths in the U.S.
Due to Various Causes

Average Daily Mortality in the U.S. for Victims of All Ages, 2001-2006
	Number of Deaths Per Day
Cause	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Major Cardiovascular Disease	2527	2515	2472	2353	2345	2257
Malignancies	1517	1531	1526	1513	1532	1534
Motor Vehicle Accidents	120	122	123	123	124	124
All Other Accidents	158	158	177	183	199	209
Respiratory Diseases	338	345	346	333	359	341
Influenza, Pneumonia & Tuberculosis	172	183	179	163	173	173
Septicemia	88	93	93	91	94	94
HIV Disease	39	38	37	36	34	33
Diabetes mellitus	196	200	203	200	206	198
Liver Diseases	74	74	75	74	75	75
Kidney Diseases	110	115	116	116	120	119
Parkinson's Disease	45	46	49	49	54	54
Alzheimer's Disease	148	161	174	180	196	198
All Other Diseases	565	586
Assault (homicide)	56	48	49	47	50	51
Suicide	84	84	86	89	89	91
Firearm Injury	79	81	83	81	84	85
Alcohol-induced Death	54	53	57	58	59	60
Other Drug-induced Death	59	61	79	84	92	105
Injury at Work	15	14	14	14	14	15

Total all causes	6620	6706	6708	6551	6706	6647

Average Daily Mortality in the U.S. for Victims 15 to 44 Years of Age, 2001
Cause	Number of Deaths Per Day
Major Cardiovascular Disease	9
Malignancies	88
Motor Vehicle Accidents	65
All Other Accidents	45
Influenza, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis & Other Respiratory Diseases	5
HIV Disease	22
Diabetes mellitus	7
Liver Diseases	10
Assault (homicide)	39
Suicide	61
All Other Causes	101

Total all causes	451

For age-specific mortality rates click here.