Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 1994
Deaths to Illinois residents – total and by age groups.
| All Causes | 106,911 |
| Heart disease | 35,140 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 25,091 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 7,437 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other allied conditions | 4,320 |
| Unintentional injuries | 4,022 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (1,742) |
| (All other) | (2,280) |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 3,917 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,544 |
| HIV infection | 1,482 |
| Homicide | 1,478 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 1,445 |
| Septicemia | 1,223 |
| Chronic liver disease & cirrhosis | 1,217 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1994 – Ages 1-4 | |
| All Causes | 355 |
| Unintentional injuries | 123 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (29) |
| (All other) | (94) |
| Congenital anomalies | 34 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 32 |
| Homicide | 22 |
| Heart disease | 18 |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 15 |
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 10 |
| Septicemia | 9 |
| Infantile cerebral palsy | 8 |
| HIV infection | 7 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1994 – Ages 5-14 | |
| All Causes | 413 |
| Unintentional injuries | 172 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (95) |
| (All other) | (77) |
| Homicide | 52 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 35 |
| Heart disease | 20 |
| Congenital anomalies | 18 |
| Infantile cerebral palsy | 13 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other allied conditions | 11 |
| HIV infection | 7 |
| Suicide | 6 |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 5 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1994 – Ages 15-24 | |
| All Causes | 1,796 |
| Unintentional injuries | 626 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (480) |
| (All other) | (146) |
| Homicide | 609 |
| Suicide | 171 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 64 |
| Heart disease | 53 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other allied conditions | 24 |
| HIV infection | 21 |
| Undetermined origin | 20 |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 18 |
| Congenital anomalies | 17 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1994 – Ages 25-44 | |
| All Causes | 7,102 |
| Unintentional injuries | 1,292 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (561) |
| (All other) | (731) |
| Malignant neoplasms | 1,097 |
| Heart disease | 987 |
| HIV infection | 823 |
| Homicide | 599 |
| Suicide | 434 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 267 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 179 |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 117 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 114 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1994 – Ages 45-64 | |
| All Causes | 17,524 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 6,314 |
| Heart disease | 5,059 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 765 |
| Unintentional injuries | 647 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (278) |
| (All other) | (369) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other allied conditions | 548 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 545 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 469 |
| HIV infection | 317 |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 305 |
| Suicide | 234 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 1994 – Ages 65 and older | |
| All Causes | 78,010 |
| Heart disease | 29,137 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 17,657 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 6,479 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other allied conditions | 3,637 |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 3,431 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1,870 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 1,217 |
| Unintentional injuries | 1,119 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (294) |
| (All other) | (825) |
| Septicemia | 967 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 925 |
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