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QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates* for the Five
Leading Causes of Death --- United States,
2001--2006†
* Per 100,000 standard population.
† Preliminary 2006 data.
During 2001--2006, heart disease and cancer were the leading causes of death in the United
States, accounting for nearly half of all deaths each year. During this period, the age-adjusted death rate for
heart disease declined 19.5%, from 247.8 per 100,000 standard population to 199.4, and the
age-adjusted cancer death rate declined 7.8%, from 196.0 to 180.8. Changes in the other leading causes of death
were less pronounced.
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