Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2009

Deaths to Illinois residents – total and by age groups

Leading Causes of Death, 2009 -- All Ages

All causes	99,896
Diseases of heart	24,891
Malignant neoplasms	24,159
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	5,298
Cerebrovascular diseases	5,243
Accidents	3,958
Motor vehicle accidents	1,050
All other accidents	2,908
Alzheimer's disease	2,896
Diabetes mellitus	2,740
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	2,688
Influenza and pneumonia	2,412
Septicemia	1,993
Intentional self-harm (suicide)	1,166
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	1,111
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease	893
Parkinsons's disease	882
Assault (homicide)	882
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids	774
In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior	693
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	648
Aortic aneurysm and dissection	437
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	410
Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile	354
Anemias	269
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease	251

Leading Causes of Death, 2009 -- Ages 1-4

All causes	187
Accidents	48
Motor vehicle accidents	18
All other accidents	30
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	27
Assault (homicide)	21
Malignant neoplasms	18

Leading Causes of Death, 2009 -- Ages 5-14

All causes	222
Malignant neoplasms	42
Accidents	36
Motor vehicle accidents	20
All other accidents	16
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	23
Assault (homicide)	21
Intentional self-harm (suicide)	11
Diseases of heart	10
Influenza and pneumonia	10

Leading Causes of Death, 2009 -- Ages 15-24

All causes	1,259
Accidents	419
Motor vehicle accidents	225
All other accidents	194
Assault (homicide)	344
Intentional self-harm (suicide)	138
Malignant neoplasms	81
Diseases of heart	56

Leading Causes of Death, 2009 -- Ages 25-44

All causes	4,467
Accidents	1,073
Motor vehicle accidents	343
All other accidents	730
Malignant neoplasms	661
Diseases of heart	618
Intentional self-harm (suicide)	400
Assault (homicide)	335
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	132
Cerebrovascular diseases	86
Diabetes mellitus	85
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease	83
Septicemia	78
Influenza and pneumonia	72
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	63
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	53
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	35

Leading Causes of Death, 2009 -- Ages 45-64

All causes	19,320
Malignant neoplasms	6,621
Diseases of heart	4,537
Accidents	1,046
Motor vehicle accidents	250
All other accidents	796
Diabetes mellitus	667
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	666
Cerebrovascular diseases	622
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	606
Intentional self-harm (suicide)	432
Septicemia	362
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	347
Influenza and pneumonia	285
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease	145
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease	125
Assault (homicide)	109
In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior	107

Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2009 -- Ages 65 and older

All causes	73,265
Diseases of heart	19,646
Malignant neoplasms	16,733
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	4,545
Cerebrovascular diseases	4,517
Alzheimer's disease	2,855
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	2,279
Influenza and pneumonia	2,005
Diabetes mellitus	1,982
Septicemia	1,529
Accidents	1,286
Motor vehicle accidents	193
All other accidents	1,093
Parkinsons's disease	859
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease	751
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids	700
In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior	547
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	371

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