Heron Melonie
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA.
Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2007 Nov 20;56(5):1-95.
This report presents final 2004 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, race, sex, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are also presented. This report supplements the annual report of final mortality statistics.
Data in this report are based on information from all death certificates filed in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2004. Causes of death classified by the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) are ranked according to the number of deaths assigned to rankable causes.
In 2004, the 10 leading causes of death were (in rank order) Diseases of heart; Malignant neoplasms; Cerebrovascular diseases; Chronic lower respiratory diseases; Accidents (unintentional injuries); Diabetes mellitus; Alzheimer's disease; Influenza and pneumonia; Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis; and Septicemia and accounted for about 78 percent of all deaths occurring in the United States. Differences in the ranking are evident by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant death for 2004 were (in rank order) Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities; Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified; Sudden infant death syndrome; Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy; Accidents (unintentional injuries); Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes; Respiratory distress of newborn; Bacterial sepsis of newborn; Neonatal hemorrhage; and Diseases of the circulatory system. Important variation in the leading causes of infant death is noted for the neonatal and postneonatal periods.
本报告呈现了2004年美国按年龄、种族、性别和西班牙裔血统划分的十大主要死因的最终数据。还列出了婴儿、新生儿和新生儿后期死亡的主要原因。本报告是对最终死亡率统计年度报告的补充。
本报告中的数据基于2004年在美国50个州和哥伦比亚特区提交的所有死亡证明信息。按照国际疾病分类第十版（ICD - 10）分类的死因，根据可排名死因的死亡人数进行排名。
2004年，十大主要死因依次为：心脏病；恶性肿瘤；脑血管疾病；慢性下呼吸道疾病；事故（意外伤害）；糖尿病；阿尔茨海默病；流感和肺炎；肾炎、肾病综合征和肾病；败血症，约占美国所有死亡人数的78%。按年龄、性别、种族和西班牙裔血统划分，排名存在明显差异。2004年婴儿死亡的主要原因依次为：先天性畸形、变形和染色体异常；与未另分类的孕期短和低出生体重相关的疾病；婴儿猝死综合征；受母亲妊娠并发症影响的新生儿；事故（意外伤害）；受胎盘、脐带和胎膜并发症影响的新生儿；新生儿呼吸窘迫；新生儿细菌性败血症；新生儿出血；以及循环系统疾病。在新生儿期和新生儿后期，婴儿死亡的主要原因存在重要差异。
