| Annual Causes of Death in the United States (2000-2005)
As you can see, even today, tobacco is still the leading cause of death in the country.
Tobacco |
435,000 |
|
Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity |
365,000 |
|
Alcohol |
85,000 |
|
Microbial Agents |
75,000 |
|
Toxic Agents |
55,000 |
|
Motor Vehicle Crashes |
26,347 |
|
Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs |
32,000 |
|
Suicide |
30,622 |
|
Incidents Involving Firearms |
29,000 |
|
Homicide |
20,308 |
|
Sexual Behaviors |
20,000 |
|
All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect |
17,000 |
|
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin |
7,600 |
|
Marijuana |
0 |
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