Drug Induced Deaths in Perspective - 2003

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2003 Mortality - Selected Causes
Underlying Cause	Number	% of Total	ICD-10 Code(s)
Total, All Causes	2,448,288	100	--
Atherosclerotic Heart Disease	213,570	8.72	I25.1
Myocardial Infarction	170,562	6.97	I21
Lung Cancer	157,992	6.45	C34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	105,638	4.31	J44
Stroke	82,472	3.37	I64
Diabetes	74,219	3.03	E10-E14
Alzheimer's	63,457	2.59	G30
Pneumonia	63,371	2.59	J12-J18
Congestive Heart Failure	53,595	2.19	I50.0
Hypertension	53,393	2.18	I10-I13
Colon Cancer	46,868	1.91	C18
Unspec. Dementia	45,531	1.86	F03
Motor Vehicle	43,340	1.77	Multi - See NVS Report
Breast Cancer	42,000	1.72	C50
Renal (Kidney) Failure	41,737	1.70	N17-N18
Septicemia	34,069	1.39	A40-A41
Suicide	31,484	1.29	X60–X84,Y87.0
Prostate Cancer	29,554	1.21	C61
Drug Induced	28,723	1.17	Multi
Alcohol Induced	20,687	0.84	Multi - See NVS Report
Parkinson's	17,890	0.73	G20
Homicide	17,732	0.72	X85–Y09,Y87.1
Inhaled Food/Vomit	17,329	0.71	J69.0
Falls	17,229	0.70	W00-W19
Unspec/Ill-defined	14,913	0.61	R99
Urinary Tract Infection	13,836	0.57	N39.0
Skin Cancer	7,818	0.32	C43
Unspec. Exposure	6,630	0.27	X59
Obesity	4,021	0.16	E66
Fire	3,369	0.14	X00-X09