Can you name the leading causes of death in the United States (2005)?

Rank	Cause	# of Deaths
1		652,091
2		559,312
3		143,579
4		130,933
5		117,809
6		75,119
7		71,599
8		63,001
9		43,901
10		34,136
11 (32,637)	34,136
12 (27,530)	34,136
13 (24,902)	34,136
14 (19,544)	34,136
15 (18,124)	34,136

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Causes of Death (U.S.) Quiz

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Created May 14, 2009 in Science
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	jzev:	May 14th, 2009 at 19:57 GMT	14 points
	Great quiz, its a shame how many preventable causes there are

	Robyn:	May 14th, 2009 at 19:57 GMT	3 points
	Awesome quiz idea! Top two were gimmes. But I thought number 5 was number three. It was essentially just run through what your family members have died of. Murder or suicides should be bonuses as they're interesting stats.

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	Joe_Ball:	May 14th, 2009 at 19:59 GMT	34 points
	I think 'dementia' should be accepted for Alzheimer's; I typed that assuming that and other forms of dementia would be grouped together. And possibly 'infection' for septicemia, but that's me being picky. Can't believe I didn't guess accidents! Great quiz.

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	Mr_Negative:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:11 GMT	141 points
	"It was just their time" did not come up. I think this sporcle is broken.

	Tommy:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:11 GMT	10 points
	Good Quiz but should have kindey failure should be accepted for kidney disease

	Tank:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:13 GMT	7 points
	Hopefully with improvements in medical science, some of these will strat to fade from the list, but I guess accidents will always be there.

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	Westley:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:21 GMT	1 point
	I agree with Joe_Ball -- dementia should be accepted for Alzheimer's, which is a subtype of dementia.

	Tom Riddle:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:22 GMT	6 points
	the quiz shouldnt take "renal disease" and display the "essential hypertension, etc" like it does. "Renal disease" and "kidney disease" are the exact same thing

	weizenugb:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:25 GMT	17 points
	I was surprised that almost 10,000 more people die each year from suicide than from homicide.

	shmick:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:32 GMT	37 points
	@wilford: shutup.that has nothing to do with this quiz.

	sub:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:32 GMT	5 points
	#1 has almost as many as #3-10 combined

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:36 GMT	19 points
	Yes, if only we can eliminate all these preventable diseases, almost no one will ever die.

	Matt8204:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:39 GMT	35 points
	"Intentional self-harm"...is that the new politically-correct term for suicide?

	DC89:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:46 GMT	4 points
	@ Joe_Ball: I think you have a point with Alzheimer/dimentia, but don't think infection should be accepted for septicemia. Septicemia specifically refers to the condition of having bacteria in the blood. Infection, if it were accepted as an answer, would cover not only septicemia but 'influenza and pneumonia' (number 8) as well.

	Ben26:	May 14th, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	-3 points
	good quiz, got 2 bonuses. does "accident" mean like ON accident or a car accident?

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	LaStic:	May 14th, 2009 at 21:05 GMT	32 points
	Please accept UK spelling for septicaemia. It's still the same disease... Othewise: fun quiz

	Zazu:	May 14th, 2009 at 21:05 GMT	63 points
	swine flu: 1

	bencraft:	May 14th, 2009 at 21:17 GMT	5 points
	@tank, accidents are one of the most preventable causes of death there is.

	PhiloKGB:	May 14th, 2009 at 21:26 GMT	8 points
	Dementia is a syndrome. Alzheimer's is a cause of dementia much like HIV is a cause of AIDS.

	Iceberg:	May 14th, 2009 at 21:46 GMT	1 point
	Interesting quiz, though these types of quizzes can be rather frustrating since the answers are somewhat vague.

	procrstinologist:	May 14th, 2009 at 21:58 GMT	4 points
	@philoKGB- HIV is a viral infection that progresses to AIDS when the person becomes severely immunodeficient. But you are correct that dementia is a syndrome. Alzheimer's is just the most common type of dementia. There are multiple causes of dementia, but only one cause of AIDS.

	yankeessuck8991:	May 14th, 2009 at 21:59 GMT	34 points
	no "Jack Bauer"?

	Phil_Rose:	May 14th, 2009 at 22:06 GMT	35 points
	Zazu's comment led me to think up something that would be interesting to see: least common causes of death. I'd imagine things like shark attack, snakebite, spontaneous human combustion...

	marmarmar:	May 14th, 2009 at 22:15 GMT	14 points
	@JAJDH - AIDS is probably a factor in a lot of the influenza type deaths; people with lower t cell count are more susceptible to cold/flu, and that is what tends to actually kill people, not AIDS.

	debbiedoesnothin:	May 14th, 2009 at 22:31 GMT	17 points
	I knew Alzheimers affects a lot of people but I didn't realize it actually causes the deaths of so many.

	Niques:	May 14th, 2009 at 22:40 GMT	3 points
	Wow, I debated trying Alzheimer's but didn't think that many people had it so I didn't bother.

	Klingsta:	May 14th, 2009 at 22:42 GMT	35 points
	Our first drummer, he died in a severe gardening accident..

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	DerKomissar:	May 14th, 2009 at 22:58 GMT	29 points
	Where's "Natural Causes?" :)

	nhrafan:	May 14th, 2009 at 23:04 GMT	38 points
	I guess people dying from boredom isn't nearly the epidemic that little kids try making it out to be.

	Zalx:	May 14th, 2009 at 23:06 GMT	31 points
	What about Chuck Norris?

	Joe_Ball:	May 14th, 2009 at 23:45 GMT	27 points
	Of course, it's well known that 'hard work' never killed anyone, but I still don't think it's worth the risk.

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	Veni_Vidi_Vidic:	May 15th, 2009 at 00:08 GMT	12 points
	It's the bonuses that shocked me. I knew the murder rate in the United States was through the roof but when you actually see the number of people it really does take your breath away. The murder rate in the US is almost double that of the worst European Country (Switzerland) which, unsurprisingly, is the only European country where guns are legal and widespread. It is a staggering 7x higher than the lowest rate in the continent (Norway). Murder Rates Per 100,000 people: United States 5.6 Canada 1.85 France 1.59 England & Wales 1.38 Germany 0.9 Japan 0.64 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_murder_rate Unbelievable.

	Veni_Vidi_Vidic:	May 15th, 2009 at 00:15 GMT	3 points
	I separated that last comment into different paragraphs and into a mini table so it was easy to read but the site has jumbled it into a horrible mess for some reason. Anyway, the suicide rates by country also makes quite interesting reading too. I'm amazed at how high the suicide rate is amongst men and how low it is in the UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate