Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2000
Deaths to Illinois residents – total and by age groups.
| All Causes | 106,287 |
| Diseases of heart | 31,772 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 25,316 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 7,415 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4,756 |
| Accidents | 3,989 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (1,503) |
| (All other) | (2,486) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,985 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2,909 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 2,150 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 2,120 |
| Septicemia | 1,867 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 1,056 |
| Suicide | 1,000 |
| Homicide | 987 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 854 |
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 820 |
| Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 730 |
| Aortic aneurism and dissection | 723 |
| Parkinson's disease | 711 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 641 |
| Atherosclerosis | 601 |
| HIV disease | 477 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 460 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2000 – Ages 1-4 | |
| All Causes | 214 |
| Accidents | 74 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (26) |
| (All other) | (48) |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 30 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 18 |
| Homicide | 11 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2000 – Ages 5-14 | |
| All Causes | 293 |
| Accidents | 99 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (46) |
| (All other) | (53) |
| Malignant neoplasms | 37 |
| Homicide | 17 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 17 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 16 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2000 – Ages 15-24 | |
| All Causes | 1,451 |
| Accidents | 553 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (364) |
| (All other) | (189) |
| Homicide | 391 |
| Suicide | 145 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 72 |
| Diseases of heart | 65 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 19 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 19 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2000 – Ages 25-44 | |
| All Causes | 5,620 |
| Accidents | 1,218 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (505) |
| (All other) | (713) |
| Malignant neoplasms | 893 |
| Diseases of heart | 822 |
| Homicide | 397 |
| Suicide | 393 |
| HIV disease | 287 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 181 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 145 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 104 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 82 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 81 |
| Septicemia | 80 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic snydrome and nephrosis | 52 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2000 – Ages 45-64 | |
| All Causes | 17,244 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 6,252 |
| Diseases of heart | 4,483 |
| Accidents | 785 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (305) |
| (All other) | (480) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 706 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 565 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 501 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 452 |
| Septicemia | 280 |
| Suicide | 274 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 272 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 195 |
| HIV disease | 163 |
| Homicide | 113 |
| Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 101 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 92 |
| Aortic aneurism and dissection | 90 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2000 – Ages 65 and older | |
| All Causes | 79,937 |
| Diseases of heart | 26,347 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 18,041 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 6,532 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4,134 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2,603 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,312 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 2,128 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 1,780 |
| Septicemia | 1,475 |
| Accidents | 1,199 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (249) |
| (All other) | (950) |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 801 |
| Parkinson's disease | 701 |
| Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 612 |
| Aortic aneurism and dissection | 610 |
| Atherosclerosis | 572 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 510 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 421 |
Last updated 11/1/2002
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