Table 10. Number of deaths from 113 selected causes and Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, by age:  United States, 2006

Cause of death (based on ICD-10, 2004) All
ages		 Under
1 year		 1-4
years		 5-14
years		 15-24
years		 25-34
years		 35-44
years		 45-54
years		 55-64
years		 65-74
years		 75-84 years 85 years and over Not
stated
All causes 2,426,264 28,527 4,631 6,149 34,887 42,952 83,043 185,031 281,401 390,093 667,338 701,992 220
Salmonella infections (A01-A02) 34 3 1 - 1 - 1 2 4 7 9 6 -
Shigellosis and amebiasis (A03,A06) 6 - 3 - - - - 1 1 - 1 - -
Certain other intestinal infections (A04,A07-A09) 6,639 13 9 4 10 11 33 124 363 911 2,484 2,677 -
Tuberculosis (A16-A19) 652 - 4 1 4 18 31 97 101 117 168 111 -
    Respiratory tuberculosis (A16) 490 - - 1 2 14 22 67 83 84 132 85 -
    Other tuberculosis (A17-A19) 162 - 4 - 2 4 9 30 18 33 36 26 -
Whooping cough (A37) 9 8 - - - - - - - - 1 - -
Scarlet fever and erysipelas (A38,A46) 2 - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
Meningococcal infection (A39) 105 11 14 7 22 13 6 13 9 4 4 2 -
Septicemia (A40-A41) 34,234 269 88 84 139 291 870 2,260 4,032 6,064 10,745 9,392 -
Syphilis (A50-A53) 38 - 1 - 1 - 4 4 7 4 7 10 -
Acute poliomyelitis (A80) - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis (A83-A84,A85.2) 5 - - 1 1 - - 2 - 1 - - -
Measles (B05) - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Viral hepatitis (B15-B19) 7,250 1 1 - 11 61 534 2,911 2,127 843 598 163 -
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease
  (B20-B24)		 12,113 7 - 15 206 1,182 4,010 4,377 1,722 475 107 11 1
Malaria (B50-B54) 9 - 1 - - - 1 2 3 - 2 - -
Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
  and their sequelae (A00,A05,A20-A36,A42-A44,A48-
  A49,A54-A79,A81-A82,A85.0-A85.1,A85.8,A86-B04,
  B06-B09,B25-B49,B55-B99)		 5,897 167 64 67 87 129 269 562 864 1,106 1,502 1,079 1
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 559,888 76 377 907 1,644 3,656 13,917 50,334 101,454 137,554 164,889 85,072 8
    Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
      (C00-C14)		 7,720 1 - 2 14 41 272 1,128 1,823 1,814 1,760 865 -
    Malignant neoplasm of esophagus (C15) 13,686 - - - 3 29 279 1,524 3,289 3,691 3,515 1,355 1
    Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) 11,345 - - 1 18 124 465 1,165 1,870 2,462 3,343 1,897 -
    Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum and anus
      (C18-C21)		 53,549 - - 1 42 323 1,330 4,499 8,626 11,709 16,024 10,992 3
    Malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile
      ducts (C22)		 16,525 2 15 16 31 87 361 2,406 3,842 3,830 4,161 1,774 -
    Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 33,454 - 2 1 5 49 506 2,730 6,298 8,473 10,260 5,130 -
    Malignant neoplasm of larynx (C32) 3,821 - - - - 2 58 451 978 1,071 928 333 -
    Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung
      (C33-C34)		 158,664 1 1 2 27 155 2,023 12,608 31,317 47,882 48,732 15,915 1
    Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 8,441 - 2 2 47 187 505 1,168 1,642 1,780 2,041 1,067 -
    Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 41,210 - 1 - 13 368 2,352 6,115 8,871 7,961 9,346 6,182 1
    Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 3,976 - - 1 8 181 627 963 821 604 493 278 -
    Malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus, part
      unspecified (C54-C55)		 7,384 1 - - 2 27 145 599 1,522 1,897 2,049 1,142 -
    Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 14,857 1 1 3 23 79 401 1,666 3,048 3,573 4,061 2,001 -
    Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 28,372 - - 1 1 5 40 405 2,273 5,603 11,157 8,887 -
    Malignant neoplasms of kidney and renal pelvis
      (C64-C65)		 12,379 2 11 30 20 59 267 1,216 2,462 3,085 3,412 1,815 -
    Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 13,474 - - - 1 18 104 528 1,568 2,810 4,874 3,571 -
    Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other
      parts of central nervous system (C70-C72)		 12,886 16 101 305 206 377 863 1,951 2,925 2,781 2,476 885 -
    Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and
      related tissue (C81-C96)		 55,045 32 132 298 662 828 1,536 3,696 7,695 12,335 17,974 9,856 1
        Hodgkin's disease (C81) 1,327 - - 5 65 136 154 148 188 205 288 138 -
        Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (C82-C85) 20,594 1 7 36 131 219 515 1,417 2,886 4,543 7,007 3,831 1
        Leukemia (C91-C95) 21,944 31 124 256 465 460 715 1,398 2,823 4,735 6,863 4,074 -
        Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative
          neoplasms (C88,C90)		 11,111 - - - 1 12 150 731 1,789 2,843 3,793 1,792 -
        Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of
          lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C96)		 69 - 1 1 - 1 2 2 9 9 23 21 -
    All other and unspecified malignant neoplasms
      (C17,C23-C24,C26-C31,C37-C41,C44-C49,C51-
      C52,C57-C60,C62-C63,C66,C68-C69,C73-C80,
      C97)		 63,100 20 111 244 521 717 1,783 5,516 10,584 14,193 18,283 11,127 1
In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of
  uncertain or unknown behavior (D00-D48)		 14,122 65 60 76 100 143 316 794 1,315 2,369 4,750 4,134 -
Anemias (D50-D64) 3,996 11 26 34 93 141 192 232 304 401 975 1,587 -
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 72,449 6 7 28 165 673 2,094 5,692 11,432 15,483 21,763 15,105 1
Nutritional deficiencies (E40-E64) 2,556 9 2 4 6 11 46 98 185 275 720 1,200 -
    Malnutrition (E40-E46) 2,377 7 2 2 5 11 44 93 173 262 673 1,105 -
    Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64) 179 2 - 2 1 - 2 5 12 13 47 95 -
Meningitis (G00,G03) 634 61 20 15 25 35 80 108 77 76 89 48 -
Parkinson's disease (G20-G21) 19,566 1 1 - 2 4 15 66 397 2,310 9,101 7,669 -
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 72,432 - - - - 1 12 104 655 3,812 22,915 44,933 -
Major cardiovascular diseases (I00-I78) 823,746 508 218 363 1,376 4,099 15,420 47,037 80,714 119,102 240,862 314,006 41
    Diseases of heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 631,636 346 161 253 1,076 3,307 12,339 38,095 65,477 92,752 180,451 237,339 40
        Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic
          heart diseases (I00-I09)		 3,257 3 - 7 7 31 66 176 352 608 1,123 884 -
        Hypertensive heart disease (I11) 29,788 1 - 2 52 288 1,358 3,586 4,130 3,860 6,232 10,277 2
        Hypertensive heart and renal disease (I13) 2,918 - - - 6 31 81 179 259 359 806 1,197 -
        Ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 425,425 22 7 13 138 1,054 6,699 24,990 46,706 66,685 125,225 153,855 31
            Acute myocardial infarction (I21-I22) 141,462 11 5 6 60 422 2,676 9,746 18,373 24,795 41,624 43,739 5
            Other acute ischemic heart diseases (I24) 3,932 2 1 - 7 21 92 354 596 676 1,041 1,139 3
            Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease
              (I20,I25)		 280,031 9 1 7 71 611 3,931 14,890 27,737 41,214 82,560 108,977 23
                Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so
                  described (I25.0)		 61,030 - - - 20 210 1,441 5,820 9,900 10,420 14,905 18,298 16
                All other forms of chronic ischemic heart
                  disease (I20,I25.1-I25.9)		 219,001 9 1 7 51 401 2,490 9,070 17,837 30,794 67,655 90,679 7
        Other heart diseases (I26-I51) 170,248 320 154 231 873 1,903 4,135 9,164 14,030 21,240 47,065 71,126 7
            Acute and subacute endocarditis (I33) 1,216 - 1 2 10 33 85 203 228 219 319 116 -
            Diseases of pericardium and acute myocarditis
              (I30-I31,I40)		 816 18 24 21 36 48 78 107 122 116 151 95 -
            Heart failure (I50) 60,337 19 9 12 37 86 332 1,225 2,801 5,960 17,309 32,544 3
            All other forms of heart disease
              (I26-I28,I34-I38,I42-I49,I51)		 107,879 283 120 196 790 1,736 3,640 7,629 10,879 14,945 29,286 38,371 4
      Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal
        disease (I10,I12,I15)1		 23,855 - 1 3 21 110 385 1,299 2,178 3,174 6,654 10,030 -
    Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 137,119 142 54 95 210 527 2,221 6,341 10,518 18,223 43,719 55,068 1
    Atherosclerosis (I70) 8,652 2 1 - 1 7 31 140 388 849 2,469 4,764 -
    Other diseases of circulatory system (I71-I78) 22,484 18 1 12 68 148 444 1,162 2,153 4,104 7,569 6,805 -
        Aortic aneurysm and dissection (I71) 13,238 2 - 7 43 107 340 795 1,366 2,635 4,622 3,321 -
        Other diseases of arteries, arterioles and
          capillaries (I72-I78)		 9,246 16 1 5 25 41 104 367 787 1,469 2,947 3,484 -
Other disorders of circulatory system (I80-I99) 3,995 35 3 5 46 114 278 537 540 553 908 976 -
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 56,326 263 125 68 184 335 841 2,007 3,154 6,061 16,668 26,617 3
    Influenza (J10-J11) 849 18 19 25 13 6 10 26 43 81 236 372 -
    Pneumonia (J12-J18) 55,477 245 106 43 171 329 831 1,981 3,111 5,980 16,432 26,245 3
Other acute lower respiratory infections (J20-J22) 297 52 14 3 4 - 8 10 13 24 61 108 -
    Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis (J20-J21) 214 52 14 3 4 - 7 9 9 18 40 58 -
    Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22) 83 - - - - - 1 1 4 6 21 50 -
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 124,583 30 43 115 151 255 841 3,924 12,375 28,236 47,406 31,203 4
    Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified (J40-J42) 740 19 12 2 9 5 10 27 49 89 200 318 -
    Emphysema (J43) 12,551 2 - 2 1 9 86 454 1,523 3,273 4,799 2,400 2
    Asthma (J45-J46) 3,613 6 26 99 135 194 373 566 492 443 626 653 -
    Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (J44,J47) 107,679 3 5 12 6 47 372 2,877 10,311 24,431 41,781 27,832 2
Pneumoconioses and chemical effects (J60-J66,J68) 924 2 1 - 1 1 3 20 50 183 392 271 -
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69) 16,887 11 9 13 30 78 166 437 855 1,750 5,284 8,254 -
Other diseases of respiratory system (J00-J06,J30-
  J39,J67,J70-J98)		 27,644 334 97 70 103 204 523 1,354 2,805 5,344 9,572 7,238 -
Peptic ulcer (K25-K28) 3,323 1 - 1 8 18 73 285 383 520 937 1,097 -
Diseases of appendix (K35-K38) 424 3 4 10 8 11 24 33 58 83 99 91 -
Hernia (K40-K46) 1,744 34 3 2 7 9 40 87 178 234 510 640 -
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74) 27,555 5 3 - 26 316 2,551 7,712 7,217 4,917 3,778 1,026 4
    Alcoholic liver disease (K70) 13,050 - - - 14 245 1,732 4,562 3,823 1,783 773 117 1
    Other chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K73-K74) 14,505 5 3 - 12 71 819 3,150 3,394 3,134 3,005 909 3
Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder
  (K80-K82)		 3,114 - - 1 9 20 44 125 270 467 1,022 1,156 -
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
  (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27)		 45,344 162 14 18 99 276 785 2,245 4,368 7,453 14,536 15,388 -
    Acute and rapidly progressive nephritic and
      nephrotic syndrome (N00-N01,N04)		 138 5 4 4 4 4 4 11 10 17 41 34 -
    Chronic glomerulonephritis, nephritis and
      nephropathy not specified as acute or chronic,
      and renal sclerosis unspecified
      (N02-N03,N05-N07,N26)		 1,841 3 - 1 6 21 34 82 149 260 575 710 -
    Renal failure (N17-N19) 43,344 154 10 12 89 250 745 2,151 4,207 7,171 13,915 14,640 -
    Other disorders of kidney (N25,N27) 21 - - 1 - 1 2 1 2 5 5 4 -
Infections of kidney (N10-N12,N13.6,N15.1) 673 5 1 2 4 14 30 55 57 90 164 251 -
Hyperplasia of prostate (N40) 514 - - - - - - - 10 46 167 291 -
Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs
  (N70-N76)		 112 1 - - 2 3 7 13 12 12 35 27 -
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99) 760 ... ... 2 179 324 192 59 3 - - 1 -
    Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O07) 26 ... ... - 6 15 4 1 - - - - -
    Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the
      puerperium (O10-O99)		 734 ... ... 2 173 309 188 58 3 - - 1 -
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  (P00-P96)		 14,442 14,321 65 24 14 4 4 4 1 - 2 - 3
Congenital malformations, deformations and
  chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)		 10,489 5,819 515 344 460 437 468 668 720 367 392 297 2
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory
  findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)		 31,725 3,462 239 126 659 1,013 1,627 2,266 2,039 2,307 5,435 12,508 44
All other diseases (Residual) 237,421 1,173 548 792 2,120 3,364 8,029 17,354 22,624 28,683 61,387 91,329 18
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 121,599 1,147 1,610 2,258 16,229 14,954 17,534 19,675 11,446 8,420 13,708 14,561 57
    Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85) 48,412 142 615 1,453 11,392 7,753 7,249 7,264 4,986 3,170 3,082 1,290 16
        Motor vehicle accidents (V02-V04,V09.0,V09.2,
          V12-V14,V19.0-V19.2,V19.4-V19.6,V20-V79,
          V80.3-V80.5,V81.0-V81.1,V82.0-V82.1,V83-
          V86,V87.0-V87.8,V88.0-V88.8,V89.0,V89.2)		 45,316 140 588 1,339 11,015 7,348 6,677 6,615 4,518 2,916 2,906 1,240 14
        Other land transport accidents (V01,V05-V06,
          V09.1,V09.3-V09.9,V10-V11,V15-V18,V19.3,
          V19.8-V19.9,V80.0-V80.2,V80.6-V80.9,V81.2-
          V81.9,V82.2-V82.9,V87.9,V88.9,V89.1,V89.3,
          V89.9)		 1,181 1 12 50 168 136 217 244 151 95 78 27 2
        Water, air and space, and other and unspecified
          transport accidents and their sequelae
          (V90-V99,Y85)		 1,915 1 15 64 209 269 355 405 317 159 98 23 -
    Nontransport accidents (W00-X59,Y86) 73,187 1,005 995 805 4,837 7,201 10,285 12,411 6,460 5,250 10,626 13,271 41
        Falls (W00-W19) 20,823 23 38 38 242 318 628 1,290 1,592 2,392 6,227 8,031 4
        Accidental discharge of firearms (W32-W34) 642 - 13 41 193 113 74 84 49 33 34 8 -
        Accidental drowning and submersion (W65-W74) 3,579 51 458 256 616 436 466 491 310 217 194 73 11
        Accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames
          (X00-X09)		 3,109 27 199 181 185 199 296 476 461 404 448 228 5
        Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious
          substances (X40-X49)		 27,531 16 27 58 2,936 5,267 7,542 8,234 2,415 483 340 202 11
        Other and unspecified nontransport accidents
          and their sequelae (W20-W31,W35-W64,
          W75-W99,X10-X39,X50-X59,Y86)		 17,503 888 260 231 665 868 1,279 1,836 1,633 1,721 3,383 4,729 10
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (*U03,X60-X84,Y87.0) 33,300 ... ... 219 4,189 4,985 6,591 7,426 4,583 2,384 2,075 840 8
    Intentional self-harm (suicide) by discharge of
      firearms (X72-X74)		 16,883 ... ... 62 1,978 2,150 2,821 3,481 2,562 1,689 1,562 577 1
    Intentional self-harm (suicide) by other and
      unspecified means and their sequelae
      (*U03,X60-X71,X75-X84,Y87.0)		 16,417 ... ... 157 2,211 2,835 3,770 3,945 2,021 695 513 263 7
Assault (homicide) (*U01-*U02,X85-Y09,Y87.1) 18,573 336 366 390 5,717 4,725 3,020 2,209 1,012 398 279 102 19
    Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms
      (*U01.4,X93-X95)		 12,791 6 42 237 4,827 3,767 1,987 1,185 468 158 84 22 8
    Assault (homicide) by other and unspecified means
      and their sequelae (*U01.0-*U01.3,*U01.5-*U01.9,
      *U02,X85-X92,X96-Y09,Y87.1)		 5,782 330 324 153 890 958 1,033 1,024 544 240 195 80 11
Legal intervention (Y35,Y89.0) 434 - - 1 85 141 115 66 17 7 1 1 -
Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34,Y87.2,Y89.9) 5,131 92 52 59 602 817 1,278 1,362 492 163 136 72 6
    Discharge of firearms, undetermined intent
      (Y22-Y24)		 220 - 2 5 76 45 39 22 20 8 3 - -
    Other and unspecified events of undetermined
      intent and their sequelae (Y10-Y21,Y25-Y34,
      Y87.2,Y89.9)		 4,911 92 50 54 526 772 1,239 1,340 472 155 133 72 6
Operations of war and their sequelae (Y36,Y89.1) 28 - - - 13 4 2 1 2 2 4 - -
Complications of medical and surgical care
  (Y40-Y84,Y88)		 2,521 23 22 19 45 62 118 276 351 475 688 442 -
Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (A04.7)2 6,225 4 1 1 7 9 27 108 339 868 2,346 2,515 -
[The asterisks (*) preceding the cause-of-death codes indicate that they are not part of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), Second Edition; see "Technical Notes." Cause-of-death coding changes in 2006 may affect comparability of data between 2006 and previous years for various causes of death; see "Technical Notes"]
-  Quantity zero.
… Category not applicable.
1Cause-of-death title was changed in 2006 to reflect the addition of Secondary hypertension (ICD-10 code I15).
2Included in "Certain other intestinal infections (A04,A07-A09)" shown above. Beginning with data year 2006, Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (A04.7) is shown separately at the bottom of tables showing 113 selected causes and is included in the list of rankable causes, see "Technical Notes."
NOTE:  Complete confirmation of deaths from selected causes of death, considered to be of public health concern, were not provided by the following states--California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington, and West Virginia; see "Technical Notes."


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Death Rates for Twelve Age groups from
All causes
Diseases of heart (390-398,402,404-429)
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (390-398)
Hypertensive heart disease -402
Hypertensive heart and renal disease -404
Ischemic heart disease (410-414)
Acute myocardial infarction -410
Other acute and subacute forms of ischemic heart disease -411
Angina pectoris -413
Old myocardial infarction and other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease -412,414
Other diseases of endocardium -424
All other forms of heart disease (415-423,425-429)
Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (140-208)
Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx (140-149)
Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs and peritoneum (150-159)
Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs (160-165)
Malignant neoplasm of breast (174-175)
Malignant neoplasms of genital organs (179-187)
Malignant neoplasms of urinary organs (188-189)
Malignant neoplasms of all other and unspecified sites (170-173,190-199)
Leukemia (204-208)
Other malignant neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues (200-203)
Cerebrovascular diseases (430-438)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions (490-496)
Accidents and adverse effects (E800-E949)
Motor vehicle accidents (E810-E825)
All other accidents and adverse effects (E800-E807,E826-E949)
Pneumonia and influenza (480-487)
Diabetes mellitus -250
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (*042-*044)
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis -571
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (580-589)
Septicemia -38
Alzheimer's disease 2 -331
Homicide and legal intervention (E960-E978)
Atherosclerosis -440
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