The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996

Table 12 Leading causes of YLL, by sex, all races combined

	Cause list	YLL	% total
	All males	10,529,540
1	Ischaemic heart disease	1,806,420	17.2%
2	Lung trachea or bronchial cancer	777,726	7.4%
3	Motor vehicle accidents	701,111	6.7%
4	HIV	575,297	5.5%
5	Self-inflicted	533,874	5.1%
6	Homicide and Violence	486,129	4.6%
7	Cerebrovascular Disease	356,563	3.4%
8	COPD	268,774	2.6%
9	Conditions arising during the perinatal period	259,581	2.5%
10	Diabetes mellitus	220,494	2.1%
11	Cirrhosis of the liver	219,876	2.1%
12	Cancer colon or rectum	212,958	2.0%
13	Lower respiratory infections	202,668	1.9%
14	Congenital Abnomalities	172,399	1.6%
15	Poisoning	168,131	1.6%
16	Inflammatory Cardiac	167,316	1.6%
17	Prostate cancer	160,019	1.5%
18	Lymphomas	134,145	1.3%
19	Hypertension and hypertensive heart disease	127,968	1.2%
20	Leukemias	114,710	1.1%
	Sub-total	7,666,158	72.8%
	Cause list	YLL	% total
	All females	7,536,559
1	Ischaemic heart disease	1,052,325	14.0%
2	Lung trachea or bronchial cancer	523,456	6.9%
3	Breast cancer	450,327	6.0%
4	Cerebrovascular Disease	427,881	5.7%
5	Motor vehicle accidents	325,894	4.3%
6	COPD	257,445	3.4%
7	Diabetes mellitus	230,419	3.1%
8	Conditions arising during the perinatal period	204,550	2.7%
9	Cancer colon or rectum	196,575	2.6%
10	Lower respiratory infections	185,774	2.5%
11	Congenital Abnomalities	146,548	1.9%
12	HIV	143,678	1.9%
13	Homicide and Violence	129,202	1.7%
14	Self-inflicted	127,043	1.7%
15	Ovarian cancer	122,350	1.6%
16	Hypertension and hypertensive heart disease	113,105	1.5%
17	Cirrhosis of the liver	101,712	1.3%
18	Cancer pancreas	99,766	1.3%
19	Lymphomas	98,902	1.3%
20	Inflammatory Cardiac	91,012	1.2%
	Sub-total	5,027,963	66.7%

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