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Annual number of deaths observed and potentially preventable* for the five leading cause of death for persons aged <80 years — United States, 2008–2010
* Potentially preventable deaths are observed deaths minus expected deaths (the lowest three-state average age-specific death rate times the age-specific state population) rounded to the nearest whole number.
