| Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2011 | |
| Deaths to Illinois residents – total and by age groups | |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2011 -- All Ages | |
| All causes | 101,291 |
| Diseases of heart | 24,607 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 23,852 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 5,369 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 5,324 |
| Accidents | 3,510 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 936 |
| All other accidents | 2,574 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 2,896 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,658 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2,394 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 2,361 |
| Septicemia | 1,828 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 1,121 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 1,041 |
| Parkinsons's disease | 1,024 |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 971 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 861 |
| Assault (homicide) | 732 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 712 |
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 569 |
| Aortic aneurysm and dissection | 432 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 375 |
| Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile | 374 |
| Atherosclerosis | 265 |
| Anemias | 234 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2011 -- Ages 1-4 | |
| All causes | 161 |
| Accidents | 40 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 14 |
| All other accidents | 26 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 22 |
| Assault (homicide) | 13 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2011 -- Ages 5-14 | |
| All causes | 217 |
| Accidents | 55 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 25 |
| All other accidents | 30 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 39 |
| Assault (homicide) | 16 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 14 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2011 -- Ages 15-24 | |
| All causes | 1,246 |
| Accidents | 337 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 188 |
| All other accidents | 149 |
| Assault (homicide) | 294 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 146 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 78 |
| Diseases of heart | 50 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2011 -- Ages 25-44 | |
| All causes | 4,273 |
| Accidents | 862 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 281 |
| All other accidents | 581 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 625 |
| Diseases of heart | 552 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 331 |
| Assault (homicide) | 276 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 102 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 75 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 72 |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease | 69 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 52 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 51 |
| Septicemia | 42 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 40 |
| Leading Causes of Death, 2011 -- Ages 45-64 | |
| All causes | 19,235 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 6,482 |
| Diseases of heart | 4,389 |
| Accidents | 890 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 230 |
| All other accidents | 660 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 647 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 643 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 641 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 639 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 405 |
| Septicemia | 357 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 294 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 282 |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease | 131 |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 131 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 109 |
| Assault (homicide) | 98 |
| Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2011 -- Ages 65-84 | |
| All causes | 41,746 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 12,503 |
| Diseases of heart | 9,676 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 3,033 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 2,228 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1,255 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 1,065 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 885 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 871 |
| Septicemia | 849 |
| Accidents | 716 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 162 |
| All other accidents | 554 |
| Parkinsons's disease | 591 |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 360 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 337 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 324 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 293 |
| Aortic aneurysm and dissection | 214 |
| Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile | 179 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 131 |
| Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2011 -- Ages 85 and older | |
| All causes | 33,351 |
| Diseases of heart | 9,920 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 4,112 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 2,357 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 1,975 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 1,611 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 1,159 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 952 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 678 |
| Accidents | 570 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 32 |
| All other accidents | 538 |
| Septicemia | 560 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 492 |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 465 |
| Parkinsons's disease | 417 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 245 |
| Atherosclerosis | 174 |
| Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile | 173 |
| Aortic aneurysm and dissection | 128 |
| Anemias | 111 |