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Death rates through the 20th century, United States, 1900 to 1998

Total mortality rates by cause of death, measured as the number of deaths per 100,000 population. Death rates are given as all-age rates (not age-standardized). Data
for specific causes of death may be missing or intermittent where it enters or falls out of the top 10 reported causes of deaths in any year.

190019981920194019601980CancersDiabetesDiarrheal diseaseHeart diseaseStrokeTuberculosisPneumonia and influenzaSuicideRoad accidentsAccidents

Source: Centre for Diseases Control (CDC)