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For big killers of the past, see pandemics.

Examples include:

• Cancer: 23 % of deaths
• Circulatory diseases: 36 %.
• Diabetes : 1/3 of heart attack victims suffer from diabetes.
• Infectious diseases : AIDS and tuberculosis
• Mental illness : 30 % of people in the community suffers one. Prevalent are Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, as well as Clinical depression, which can however be controlled by medication and/or outpatient therapy for the overwhelming majority
• Traffic accidents

1 United States deaths

Ten Leading Causes of Death in the United States in the year 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap:

1. Heart disease: 700,142
2. Cancer: 553,768
3. Stroke: 163,538
4. Chronic lower respiratory disease: 123,013
5. AccidentAlternate meanings: Accident (fallacy), Accident (philosophy), Accident (movie), Accident, Maryland An accident is something going wrong. Physical examples include an unintended collision (including a person or object unintendedly falling, and including as: 101,537 (a majority of these are automobile accidents)
6. Diabetes: 71,372
7. PneumoniaPneumonia is defined as an infection involving the alveoli of the lungs. It occurs in patients of all age groups, but young children and the elderly, as well as immunocompromised and immune deficient patients, are especially at risk. Causal therapy is wit and Influenza: 62,034
8. Alzheimer's disease: 53,852
9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 39,480
10. Septicemia: 32,238

Source: Leading Causes of Death - National Vital Statistics Report - United States National Center for Health Statistics

2 World Health Organization deaths

2002

By disease, conditions

1. Ischaemic heart disease 7,208,000 13%
2. Cerebrovascular disease 5,509,000 10%
3. Lower respiratory infections 3,884,000 7%
4. HIV/AIDS 2,777,000 5%
5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2,748,000 5%
6. Perinatal conditions (low birthweight, birth asphyxia, birth trauma) 2,462,000 4%
7. Diarrhoeal diseases 1,798,000 3%
8. Tuberculosis 1,566,000 3%
9. Malaria 1,272,000 2%
10. Trachea/broncus/lung cancers 1,243,000 2%
11. Road traffic accidents 1,192,000 2%
12. Childhood diseases (petussis, polio, diphtheria, measles, tetanus) 1,124,000 2%
13. Diabetes mellitus 988,000 2%
14. Other unintentional injuries (besides road traffic accidents, poisoning, falls, fires, drowning) 923,000 2%
15. Hypertensive heart disease 911,000 2%
16. Self-inflicted injuries ( suicide) 873,000 2%
17. Stomach cancer 850,000 2%
18. Cirrhosis of the liver 786,000 1%
19. Nephritis/nephrosis 677,000 1%
20. Colon/rectum cancer 622,000 1%
21. Liver cancer 618,000 1%
22. Violence 559,000 1%
23. Breast cancer 477,000 1%
24. Oesophagus cancer 446,000 1%
25. Inflammatory heart disease 404,000 1%
26. Alzheimer and other dementias 397,000 1%
27. Falls 392,000 1%

By category

1. Cardiovascular diseases: 16 733 000 27%
2. Infectious and parasitic diseases: 10 904 000 19%
3. Malignant neoplasms: 7,121,000 13%
4. Respiratory infections: 3,963,000 7%
5. Respiratory diseases: 3,702,000 7%
6. Unintentional injuries: 3,551,000 6%
7. Perinatal conditions: 2,462,000 4%
8. Digestive diseases: 1,968,000 4%
9. Intentional injuries: 1,618,000 3%
10. Neuropsychiatric disorders: 1,112,000 2%
11. Diabetes mellitus: 988,000 2%
12. Diseases of the genitourinary system: 848,000 2%
13. Maternal conditions: 510,000 1%
14. Congenital abnormalities: 493,000 1%
15. Nutritional deficiencies: 485,000 1%
16. Nutritional/endocrine disorders: 485,000 1%

Source: The World Health Report - 2004 Annex Table 2 Deaths - World Health Organization