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Women's Leading Cause of Death - 2002

Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Leading causes of death statistics for women by race/ethnicity in 2002.

In order to understand women?Ĵs issues it is important to understand what diseases are endings women?Ĵs lives. Clearly heart disease (28.6%) and cancer (21.6%) are among two of the major diseases.

Leading Cause of Death - All Women - 2002

  • Heart Disease (28.6%)
  • Cancer (21.6%)
  • Stroke (8.0%)
  • Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (5.2%)
  • Alzheimer?Ĵs Disease (3.4%)
  • Diabetes (3.1%)
  • Unintentional Injuries (3.0%)
  • Influenza and Pneumonia (3.0%)
  • Kidney Disease (1.7%)
  • Septicemia (1.5%)

Leading Cause of Death - White Women - 2002

  • Heart Disease (28.8%)
  • Cancer (21.6%)
  • Stroke (8.1%)
  • Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (5.6%)
  • Alzheimer?Ĵs Disease (3.6%)
  • Influenza and Pneumonia (3.1%)
  • Unintentional Injuries (3.0%)
  • Diabetes (2.8%)
  • Kidney Disease (1.6%)
  • Septicemia (1.4%)

Leading Cause of Death - Black Women - 2002

  • Heart Disease (28.3%)
  • Cancer (20.9%)
  • Stroke (7.7%)
  • Diabetes (5.2%)
  • Kidney Disease (2.8%)
  • Unintentional Injuries (2.7%)
  • Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (2.4%)
  • Septicemia (2.4%)
  • Influenza and Pneumonia (2.2%)
  • HIV Disease (1.8%)

Leading Cause of Death ?Ĭ Asian or Pacific Islander Women ?Ĭ 2002

  • Cancer (26.9%)
  • Heart Disease (25%)
  • Stroke (10.8%)
  • Diabetes (4.0%)
  • Unintentional Injuries (3.9%)
  • Influenza and Pneumonia (3.0%)
  • Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (3.6%)
  • Kidney Disease (1.8%)
  • Alzheimer?Ĵs Disease (1.3%)
  • Hypertension (1.2%)

Leading Cause of Death ?Ĭ Hispanic Women ?Ĭ 2002

  • Heart Disease (25.4%)
  • Cancer (21.2%)
  • Stroke (6.7%)
  • Diabetes (6.1%)
  • Unintentional Injuries (4.7%)
  • Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (2.8%)
  • Influenza and Pneumonia (2.8%)
  • Perinatal Conditions (2.0%)
  • Alzheimer?Ĵs Disease (2.0%)
  • Chronic Liver Disease (1.9%)

*Hispanic women may be of any race and are included in the other categories. Information gathered 7-12-05.

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