Health Statistics

Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2005

Deaths to Illinois residents – total and by age groups

Leading Causes of Death, 2005 -- All Ages
All causes 103,654
Diseases of heart 28,145
Malignant neoplasms 24,199
Cerebrovascular diseases 6,232
Chronic lower resipratory diseases 5,056
Accidents 4,157
Motor vehicle accidents 1,459
All other accidents 2,698
Diabetes mellitus 3,028
Influenza and pneumonia 2,948
Alzheimer's disease 2,822
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis 2,388
Septicemia 1,939
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 1,073
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 1,003
Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease 991
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids 906
Parkinsons's disease 896
Assualt (homicide) 860
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period 685
In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior 604
Aortic aneurysm and dissection 594
Atheosclerosis 475

 

Leading Causes of Death, 2005 -- Ages 1-4
All causes 184
Accidents 38
Motor vehicle accidents 7
All other accidents 31
Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities 23
Malignant neoplasms 21
Assualt (homicide) 15

 

Leading Causes of Death, 2005-- Ages 5-14
All causes 231
Motor vehicle accidents 43
All other accidents 23
Malignant neoplasms 33
Assualt (homicide) 18
Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities 13
Diseases of heart 12

 

Leading Causes of Death, 2005 -- Ages 15-24
All causes 1,409
Accidents 569
Motor vehicle accidents 379
All other accidents 190
Assualt (homicide) 315
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 134
Malignant neoplasms 66
Diseases of heart 65

 

Leading Causes of Death, 2005 -- Ages 25-44
All causes 4,991
Accidents 1,112
Motor vehicle accidents 442
All other accidents 670
Diseases of heart 791
Malignant neoplasms 785
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 400
Assualt (homicide) 343
Human immunodificiency virus (HIV) disease 194
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 139
Cerebrovascular diseases 98
Diabetes mellitus 89
Influenza and pneumonia 57
Chronic lower resipratory diseases 55
Septicemia 54
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis 51

 

Leading Causes of Death, 2005 -- Ages 45-64
All causes 18,531
Malignant neoplasms 6,337
Diseases of heart 4,597
Accidents 975
Motor vehicle accidents 307
All other accidents 668
Diabetes mellitus 669
Chronic lower resipratory diseases 618
Cerebrovascular diseases 609
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 507
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 366
Septicemia 316
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis 315
Influenza and pneumonia 256
Human immunodificiency virus (HIV) disease 186

 

Leading Causes of Death, Illinois, 2005 -- Ages 65 and older
All causes 77,014
Diseases of heart 22,659
Malignant neoplasms 16,951
Cerebrovascular diseases 5,495
Chronic lower resipratory diseases 4,363
Alzheimer's disease 2,788
Influenza and pneumonia 2,591
Diabetes mellitus 2,263
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis 2,009
Septicemia 1,539
Accidents 1,342
Motor vehicle accidents 276
All other accidents 1,066
Parkinsons's disease 871
Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease 851
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids 827

 

Last updated 7/13/2007





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