LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES:
As compiled from data reported by the National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 15, September 16, 2002 - Based on total number of deaths across all ages.

Major Cardiovascular Disease - 39.0%
Malignant Neoplasms - 23.0%
Chronic Lower Resp. Disease - 5.1%
Diabetes Mellitus - 2.9%
Influenza and Pneumonia - 2.7%
Alzheimers - 2.1%
Motor Vehicle Accidents - 1.8%
Renal Failure - 1.5%
Septicemia - 1.3%
Firearms - 1.2%

NOTE: Firearms Statistics Include Gang Warfare, Self Defense Shootings and Criminals Killed by Police Officers.... So even the statistic shown does not reflect the tiny percentage of people wrongly killed by a firearms.

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LEADING CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES:
As compiled from data reported by the National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 15, September 16, 2002 - Based on total number of accidental deaths across all ages.

Motor Vehicle - 44.3%
Unspecified nontransport accid'ts - 17.8%
Falls - 13.6%
Poisoning and Noxious Subst's - 13.0%
Drowning - 3.9%
Exposure to Smoke, Fire, Flames - 3.4%
Complications of Med/Surg Care - 3.1%
Other Land Transport Accidents - 1.5%
Accidental Discharge of Firearms - 0.8%