Drug Induced Deaths in Perspective - 2004

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2004 Mortality - Selected Causes
Underlying Cause	Number	% of Total	ICD-10 Code(s)
All Causes	2,397,615	100	--
Atherosclerotic Heart Disease	201,100	8.39	I25.1
Lung Cancer	158,009	6.59	C34
Myocardial Infarction	156,800	6.54	I21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	102,801	4.29	J44
Stroke	76,481	3.19	I64
Diabetes	73,138	3.05	E10-E14
Alzheimer's	65,965	2.75	G30
Pneumonia	58,564	2.44	J12-J18
Hypertension	54,707	2.28	I10-I13
Congestive Heart Failure	53,191	2.22	I50.0
Unspec. Dementia	46,625	1.94	F03
Motor Vehicle	44,933	1.87	Multi - See NVS Report
Colon Cancer	44,591	1.86	C18
Breast Cancer	41,316	1.72	C50
Septicemia	33,373	1.39	A40-A41
Suicide	32,439	1.35	X60–X84,Y87.0
Drug Induced	30,711	1.28	Multi - See NVS Report
Prostate Cancer	29,004	1.21	C61
Renal (Kidney) Failure	24,535	1.02	N17-N18
Alcohol Induced	21,081	0.88	Multi - See NVS Report
Falls	18,807	0.78	W00-W19
Parkinson's	17,989	0.75	G20
Homicide	17,357	0.72	X85–Y09,Y87.1
Inhaled Food/Vomit	16,777	0.70	J69.0
Urinary Tract Infection	13,913	0.58	N39.0
Unspec/Ill-defined	13,044	0.54	R99
Skin Cancer	7,952	0.33	C43
Unspec. Exposure	6,173	0.26	X59
Obesity	4,203	0.18	E66
Fire	3,229	0.13	X00-X09