| Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2010 | |
| Deaths to Illinois residents – total and by age groups | |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2010 -- All Ages | |
| All causes | 99,624 |
| Diseases of heart | 24,868 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 24,016 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 5,333 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 5,219 |
| Accidents | 3,961 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 1,017 |
| All other accidents | 2,944 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 2,915 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 2,607 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,499 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2,205 |
| Septicemia | 1,858 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 1,169 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 1,119 |
| Parkinsons's disease | 907 |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 870 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 827 |
| Assault (homicide) | 779 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 668 |
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 612 |
| Aortic aneurysm and dissection | 440 |
| Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile | 356 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 344 |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease | 301 |
| Atherosclerosis | 247 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2010 -- Ages 1-4 | |
| All causes | 176 |
| Accidents | 37 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 8 |
| All other accidents | 29 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 22 |
| Assault (homicide) | 16 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 13 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2010 -- Ages 5-14 | |
| All causes | 224 |
| Accidents | 57 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 26 |
| All other accidents | 31 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 42 |
| Assault (homicide) | 15 |
| Diseases of heart | 13 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 12 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 10 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2010 -- Ages 15-24 | |
| All causes | 1,191 |
| Accidents | 447 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 226 |
| All other accidents | 221 |
| Assault (homicide) | 282 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 142 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 68 |
| Diseases of heart | 50 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2010 -- Ages 25-44 | |
| All causes | 4,266 |
| Accidents | 1,005 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 300 |
| All other accidents | 705 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 628 |
| Diseases of heart | 611 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 385 |
| Assault (homicide) | 327 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 115 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 106 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 100 |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease | 99 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 64 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 48 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 43 |
| Septicemia | 43 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2010 -- Ages 45-64 | |
| All causes | 19,068 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 6,590 |
| Diseases of heart | 4,507 |
| Accidents | 1,008 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 282 |
| All other accidents | 726 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 680 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 628 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 618 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 591 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 463 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 351 |
| Septicemia | 329 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 229 |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease | 171 |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 96 |
| Viral hepatitis | 95 |
| Assault (homicide) | 93 |
| Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2010 -- Ages 65-84 | |
| All causes | 41,263 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 12,504 |
| Diseases of heart | 9,818 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 2,971 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 2,217 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 1,233 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1,139 |
| Septicemia | 887 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 883 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 839 |
| Accidents | 760 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 134 |
| All other accidents | 626 |
| Parkinsons's disease | 490 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 356 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 322 |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 318 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 293 |
| Aortic aneurysm and dissection | 216 |
| Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile | 161 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 140 |
| Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2010 -- Ages 85 and older | |
| All causes | 32,320 |
| Diseases of heart | 9,848 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 4,167 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 2,375 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 1,996 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 1,483 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 1,066 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 967 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 618 |
| Accidents | 592 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 40 |
| All other accidents | 552 |
| Septicemia | 577 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 475 |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 441 |
| Parkinsons's disease | 400 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 222 |
| Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile | 169 |
| Atherosclerosis | 166 |
| Aortic aneurysm and dissection | 123 |
| Anemias | 109 |