ATLANTA (AP) - The top 15 causes of death in the U.S. in 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
4. Stroke/disease of blood vessels in the brain
5. Accidents
6. Alzheimer's disease
7. Diabetes
8. Kidney disease
9. Flu and pneumonia
10. Suicide
11. Septicemia (blood infections)
12. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
13. High blood pressure
14. Parkinson's disease
15. Pneumonitis
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Online:
CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
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