Leading Causes of Death in Males United States, 2000

Below are the leading causes of death in males for 2000.

All Males, All Ages	Percent*
1) Heart disease	29.3
2) Cancer	24.3
3) Stroke	5.5
4) Unintentional injuries	5.4
5) Chronic lower respiratory diseases	5.1
6) Diabetes	2.7
7) Influenza and pneumonia	2.4
8) Suicide	2.0
9) Kidney disease	1.5
10) Chronic liver disease	1.5

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White Males, All Ages	Percent*
1) Heart disease	29.9
2) Cancer	24.6
3) Stroke	5.5
4) Chronic lower respiratory diseases	5.4
5) Unintentional injuries	5.3
6) Diabetes	2.6
7) Influenza and pneumonia	2.5
8) Suicide	2.1
9) Chronic liver disease	1.5
10) Kidney disease	1.4

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Black Males, All Ages	Percent*
1) Heart disease	25.3
2) Cancer	22.6
3) Unintentional injuries	5.9
4) Stroke	5.5
5) Homicide	4.5
6) HIV disease	3.7
7) Diabetes	3.3
8) Chronic lower respiratory diseases	2.9
9) Kidney disease	2.1
10) Influenza and pneumonia	2.0

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American Indian or Alaska Native Males, All Ages	Percent*
1) Heart disease	21.7
2) Cancer	16.1
3) Unintentional injuries	14.6
4) Chronic liver disease	4.8
5) Diabetes	4.4
6) Stroke	4.0
7) Suicide	3.8
8) Chronic lower respiratory diseases	3.7
9) Homicide	2.6
10) Influenza and pneumonia	2.4

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Asian or Pacific Islander Males, All Ages	Percent*
1) Heart disease	27.2
2) Cancer	25.6
3) Stroke	8.2
4) Unintentional injuries	5.6
5) Chronic lower respiratory diseases	3.8
6) Influenza and pneumonia	3.1
7) Diabetes	2.9
8) Suicide	2.4
9) Kidney disease	1.3
9) Homicide	1.3

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Hispanic Males, All Ages	Percent*
1) Heart disease	22.5
2) Cancer	18.5
3) Unintentional injuries	11.1
4) Stroke	4.8
5) Diabetes	4.2
6) Homicide	4.0
7) Chronic liver disease	3.8
8) Suicide	2.5
9) HIV disease	2.5
10) Chronic lower respiratory diseases	2.4

*Percent of total deaths in the race category due to the disease indicated.

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Short and Full Terms

Some terms in the leading causes of death tables have been shortened from those used in the National Vital Statistics Report. Below is a listing of the shortened terms used in the tables and their full, unabridged equivalents used in the report.

Short Terms	Full Terms
Aortic aneurism	Aortic aneurism and dissection
Benign neoplasms	In situ neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior
Birth defects	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Bronchitis	Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis
Cancer	Malignant neoplasms
C. difficile infection	Entercolitis due to clostridium
Chronic liver disease	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
Diabetes	Diabetes mellitus
Gallbladder disorders	Cholethiasis and other disorders of gallbladder
Heart disease	Diseases of the heart
HIV disease	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease
Homicide	Assault (homicide)
Hypertension	Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease
Kidney disease	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
Kidney infection	Infections of kidney
Legal Intervention*	Physical or other force used by police or other law-enforcing agents, including military on duty, in the course of arresting or attempting to arrest lawbreakers, suppressing disturbances, maintaining order, and other legal action. Includes legal execution and excludes citizen arrest.
Medical & surgical care complications	Complications of medical and surgical care
Perinatal conditions	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Pneumonitis	Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
Pregnancy complications	Pregnancy, childbirth and the peurperium
Stroke	Cerebrovascular diseases
Suicide	Intentional self-harm
Unintentional injuries	Accidents (unintentional injuries)
*World Health Organization. International statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Geneva: worked Health Organization, 1992. Available at http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/. Accessed April 15, 2010.

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