| Heart Disease | Cancer | Chronic Lower Respriatory Diseases | Stroke | Accidents | Alzheimer's | Diabetes | Influenza/Pneumonia | Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis | Suicide | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leading causes of death for 2011 | 596577 | 576691 | 142943 | 128932 | 126348 | 84974 | 73831 | 53826 | 45591 | 39518 |
Sources:
cdc.gov
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Heart disease and cancer are by far the top killer of Americans. The following four leading causes combined still do not reach the same numbers caused by cancer alone.