The current Top 10 causes of Death in the United States appear in the Pie chart below. This is preliminary data for 2006 as reported by the National Vital Statistics Reports (CDC) on December 19, 2007. Alzheimer's Disease has moved up from 7th (now Diabetes) to 6th leading cause of death among Americans since this sadistic was last reported in 2005.

You may use the drop down window below to view Pie charts of the Top 10 Causes of death by gender; and to view the leading 10 causes of infant mortality in the United States.

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Please note: The above Pie Chart represents the relative distribution of the 10 leading causes of death in 2006, but does not fully account for all causes of death in the U.S. for that period.