Table 2 Leading Causes of Death and Average Life Expectancy in the United States: 1900, 1950 and 2000 Year Rank 1900 1950 2000 Pneumonia (all Diseases of the heart Heart disease 1 forms) and influenza Tuberculosis (all Malignant Cancer 2 forms) neoplasms Diarrhea, enteritis, Vascular lesions Cererbrovascular 3 and ulceration of affecting the central disease the intestine nervous system Diseases of the Accidents Chronic Obstructive 4 heart Lung Disease Intracranial lesions Certain diseases of Unintentional 5 of vascular origin early infancy Injuries Nephritis (all forms) Influenza and Diabetes 6 pneumonia, except pneumonia of the newborn All accidents Tuberculosis, all Pneumonia and 7 forms influenza Cancer and other General Alzheimer’s Disease 8 malignant tumors arteriosclerosis Senility Chronic and Kidney disease 9 unspecified nephritis and other renal sclerosis Diphtheria Diabetes mellitus Septicemia 10 Average 49. years and 3 68 years and 1 76 years and 10 Life months month months Expectancy Sources: 1900 and 1950: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/lead1900_98.pdf 2000: Turnock, BJ (2011). Essentials of Public Health. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Pg. 23 Life expectancy: Arias, E. (2014). United States Life Tables, 2014. National Vital Statistics Reports, 62(7), January 6, 2014. Table 21.
Table 2 Leading Causes of Death and Average Life Expectancy in the United States: 1900, 1950 and 2000 Year Rank 1900 1950 2000 1 Pneumonia (all forms) and influenza Diseases of the heart Heart disease 2 Tuberculosis (all forms) Malignant neoplasms Cancer 3 Diarrhea, enteritis, and ulceration of the intestine Vascular lesions affecting the central nervous system Cererbrovascular disease 4 Diseases of the heart Accidents Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 5 Intracranial lesions of vascular origin Certain diseases of early infancy Unintentional Injuries 6 Nephritis (all forms) Influenza and pneumonia, except pneumonia of the newborn Diabetes 7 All accidents Tuberculosis, all forms Pneumonia and influenza 8 Cancer and other malignant tumors General arteriosclerosis Alzheimer’s Disease 9 Senility Chronic and unspecified nephritis and other renal sclerosis Kidney disease 10 Diphtheria Diabetes mellitus Septicemia Average Life Expectancy 49. years and 3 months 68 years and 1 month 76 years and 10 months Sources: 1900 and 1950: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/lead1900_98.pdf 2000: Turnock, BJ (2011). Essentials of Public Health. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Pg. 23 Life expectancy: Arias, E. (2014). United States Life Tables, 2014. National Vital Statistics Reports, 62(7), January 6, 2014. Table 21.
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