Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2001
Deaths to Illinois residents – total and by age groups.
| All Causes | 104,858 |
| Diseases of heart | 30,827 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 24,674 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 7,195 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4,756 |
| Accidents | 4,027 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (1,559) |
| (All other) | (2,468) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 3,085 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2,648 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 2,166 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 2,161 |
| Septicemia | 1,964 |
| Suicide | 1,131 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 1,101 |
| Homicide | 1,064 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 848 |
| Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 784 |
| Parkinson's disease | 755 |
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 742 |
| Aortic aneurism and dissection | 677 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 619 |
| Atherosclerosis | 569 |
| HIV disease | 514 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 424 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2001 – Ages 1-4 | |
| All Causes | 229 |
| Accidents | 56 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (17) |
| (All other) | (39) |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 24 |
| Homicide | 23 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 21 |
| Diseases of heart | 16 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2001 – Ages 5-14 | |
| All Causes | 317 |
| Accidents | 104 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (56) |
| (All other) | (48) |
| Malignant neoplasms | 43 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 17 |
| Homicide | 17 |
| Suicide | 17 |
| Diseases of heart | 15 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2001 – Ages 15-24 | |
| All Causes | 1,482 |
| Accidents | 530 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (385) |
| (All other) | (145) |
| Homicide | 413 |
| Suicide | 154 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 86 |
| Diseases of heart | 55 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 20 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2001 – Ages 25-44 | |
| All Causes | 5,536 |
| Accidents | 1,177 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (487) |
| (All other) | (690) |
| Malignant neoplasms | 841 |
| Diseases of heart | 808 |
| Suicide | 433 |
| Homicide | 423 |
| HIV disease | 292 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 204 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 123 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 98 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 87 |
| Septicemia | 79 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic snydrome and nephrosis | 58 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 57 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2001 – Ages 45-64 | |
| All Causes | 17,633 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 6,239 |
| Diseases of heart | 4,545 |
| Accidents | 872 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (337) |
| (All other) | (535) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 654 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 583 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 576 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 459 |
| Suicide | 325 |
| Septicemia | 306 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 281 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 200 |
| HIV disease | 194 |
| Homicide | 121 |
| Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 107 |
| Aortic aneurism and dissection | 93 |
| LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, 2001 – Ages 65 and older | |
| All Causes | 78,282 |
| Diseases of heart | 25,356 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 17,440 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 6,394 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4,067 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,400 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2,345 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 2,129 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 1,816 |
| Septicemia | 1,541 |
| Accidents | 1,241 |
| (Motor vehicle) | (270) |
| (All other) | (971) |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 791 |
| Primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 662 |
| Aortic aneurism and dissection | 562 |
| Atherosclerosis | 541 |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 501 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 435 |
Last updated 4/24/2003
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