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Table 20 Twenty leading causes of YLL in the United States: comparison of YLL rates per 100,000 between the United States and selected countries – Female

From: The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996

Twenty leading causes of YLL in the United States

United States

Australia

Canada

France

Germany

Greece

Italy

Japan

Netherlands

Spain

United Kingdom

IHD

777

462

475

228

753

570

491

562

466

383

868

Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer

386

186

354

140

201

125

154

328

288

86

357

Breast cancer

332

285

326

389

404

313

363

396

457

288

492

Cerebroavascular disease

316

253

213

253

405

826

426

943

378

362

510

MVA

241

125

124

157

105

178

117

167

71

151

73

COPD

190

108

114

67

90

41

66

39

152

57

227

Diabetes

170

80

109

76

123

55

151

102

115

108

66

Perinatal conditions

151

108

87

89

64

75

70

70

94

63

115

Colon and rectum

145

164

145

155

217

153

171

381

189

174

201

Lower respiratory infections

137

50

56

91

79

34

61

418

147

71

412

Congenital anomalies

108

89

73

71

64

76

59

136

100

73

84

HIV/AIDS

106

2

13

16

6

2

17

0

8

43

4

homicide and violence

95

32

21

12

16

11

11

25

19

13

20

sel-inflicted

94

120

119

155

106

27

55

473

107

63

90

Ovarian cancer

90

69

79

90

114

82

88

148

99

74

144

Hypertesive heart disease

83

27

21

50

94

50

137

34

27

53

32

Cirrhosis of the liver

75

32

45

113

156

28

115

99

44

71

113

Cancer pancreas

74

56

67

66

94

73

85

187

78

62

84

Lymphoma and multiple myeloma

73

88

97

80

83

71

103

126

90

84

110

Inflammatory heart disease

67

31

29

24

44

3

30

53

42

45

32