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Figure 1.20

CSR Figure 1.20: Person and Average Years of Life Lost to Major Causes of Death


Figure 1.20

Years of Life Lost in 2017 due to Major Causes of Death in U.S.
All Races, Both Sexes

Person-Years of Life

Cancer SiteIncidence
Person-Years of Life Lost in Thousands of Years
All Cause of Death 42.7
Malignant Neoplasms 9.3
All Other Causes 9.2
Heart Disease 7.8
Accidents 5.1
Chronic Lung Disease 1.9
Suicide & Self-Inflicted Injury 1.6
Cerebrovascular 1.6
Diabetes Mellitus 1.3
Cirrohosis 0.9
Homicide 0.9
Alzheimers Disease 0.8
Pneumonia & Influenza 0.6
Nephritis & Nephrosis 0.6
Septicemia 0.6
Human Immunodefieciency Virus 0.2
Aortic Aneurysm & Dissection 0.1
Atherosclerosis 0.0

Average Years of Life Lost

Cancer SiteIncidence
Average Years of Life Lost in Years
Homicide 44.9
Suicide & Self-Inflicted Injury 34.7
Accidents 29.9
Human Immunodefieciency Virus 29.1
Cirrohosis 22.6
Malignant Neoplasms 15.5
Diabetes Mellitus 15.5
All Cause of Death 15.2
All Other Causes 15.1
Septicemia 14.4
Aortic Aneurysm & Dissection 14.2
Nephritis & Nephrosis 12.2
Chronic Lung Disease 12.1
Heart Disease 12.0
Pneumonia & Influenza 11.5
Cerebrovascular 10.8
Atherosclerosis 8.8
Alzheimers Disease 6.5

Footnotes:

Source: US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 2017 Life Tables.

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