Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2002
Deaths to Illinois residents – total and by age groups.
| All Causes | 106,211 |
| Diseases of heart | 30,713 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 24,671 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 7,171 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4,806 |
| Accidents | 4,177 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (1,562) |
| (All other) | (2,615) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,997 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2,931 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 2,391 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 2,319 |
| Septicemia | 2,043 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 1,142 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 1,065 |
| Assault (homicide) | 1,005 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 906 |
| Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 849 |
| Parkinson's disease | 781 |
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 674 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 654 |
| Aortic aneurism and dissection | 585 |
| Atherosclerosis | 523 |
| HIV disease | 489 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 486 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2002 – Ages 1-4 | |
| All Causes | 206 |
| Accidents | 62 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (12) |
| (All other) | (50) |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 23 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 17 |
| Homicide | 17 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 10 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2002 – Ages 5-14 | |
| All Causes | 288 |
| Accidents | 104 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (59) |
| (All other) | (45) |
| Malignant neoplasms | 38 |
| Homicide | 18 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 16 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 13 |
| Suicide | 13 |
| Diseases of heart | 12 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2002 – Ages 15-24 | |
| All Causes | 1,436 |
| Accidents | 564 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (400) |
| (All other) | (164) |
| Homicide | 359 |
| Suicide | 155 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 65 |
| Diseases of heart | 42 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 29 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2002 – Ages 25-44 | |
| All Causes | 5,586 |
| Accidents | 1,186 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (499) |
| (All other) | (687) |
| Malignant neoplasms | 873 |
| Diseases of heart | 811 |
| Suicide | 435 |
| Homicide | 433 |
| HIV disease | 266 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 139 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 133 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 127 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 87 |
| Septicemia | 67 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic snydrome and nephrosis | 62 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 58 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 51 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2002 – Ages 45-64 | |
| All Causes | 18,132 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 6,315 |
| Diseases of heart | 4,634 |
| Accidents | 925 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (310) |
| (All other) | (615) |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 666 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 577 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 561 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 509 |
| Suicide | 364 |
| Septicemia | 358 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 303 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 222 |
| HIV disease | 196 |
| Homicide | 119 |
| Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 112 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2002 – Ages 65 and older | |
| All Causes | 79,259 |
| Diseases of heart | 25,184 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 17,361 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 6,361 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4,125 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2,610 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 2,362 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,283 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 1,937 |
| Septicemia | 1,594 |
| Accidents | 1,278 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (278) |
| (All other) | (1,000) |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 836 |
| Parkinson's disease | 766 |
| Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 719 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 522 |
| Atherosclerosis | 510 |
| Aortic aneurism and dissection | 497 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 414 |
Last updated 5/3/2004
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