Table 1.

Gender-specific proportions (lifetime risks) and mean ages at death, by cause of death: US 2014–2015.

Cause of death	MEN				WOMEN
	Proportion (risk)		Mean age at death		Proportion (risk)		Mean age at death
	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015
Chronic and degenerative diseases
Heart diseases	0.2592	0.2582	80.02	79.96	0.2378	0.2373	85.19	84.98
Cancers	0.2231	0.2176	76.18	76.13	0.1910	0.1868	76.46	76.37
Mental illnesses	0.0806	0.0782	86.12	85.92	0.1483	0.1442	89.26	89.05
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	0.0566	0.0569	80.39	80.35	0.0596	0.0616	81.61	81.65
Cerebrovascular diseases	0.0465	0.0474	81.33	81.43	0.0648	0.0663	85.52	85.44
Diabetes	0.0291	0.0294	75.90	75.72	0.0255	0.0253	79.44	78.96
Diseases of the digestive system	0.0216	0.0213	77.34	77.11	0.0256	0.0255	81.68	81.44
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	0.0038	0.0036	81.11	80.87	0.0037	0.0037	83.66	83.20
Communicable diseases
Influenza and pneumonia	0.0226	0.0228	81.78	82.65	0.0231	0.0242	84.26	85.21
Septicemia	0.0140	0.0144	78.11	78.29	0.0153	0.0154	80.39	80.31
HIV/AIDS	0.0023	0.0022	53.20	54.18	0.0008	0.0008	50.79	51.50
External causes
Suicide	0.0169	0.0170	52.61	52.05	0.0046	0.0049	49.04	48.82
Alcoholic liver diseases and cirrhosis	0.0129	0.0132	63.92	63.89	0.0074	0.0078	66.64	66.42
Accidental poisoning	0.0126	0.0144	43.01	42.62	0.0073	0.0078	46.44	45.59
Transport accident	0.0133	0.0139	48.71	48.64	0.0055	0.0058	51.76	51.02
Falls	0.0137	0.0140	81.84	81.83	0.0136	0.0137	86.63	86.61
Homicide	0.0055	0.0063	34.90	34.39	0.0016	0.0017	40.60	40.62
Other causes
Infant conditions	0.0058	0.0058	11.69	12.95	0.0051	0.0051	13.50	13.74
Ill-defined causes	0.0107	0.0104	71.51	69.86	0.0140	0.0131	81.00	80.00
NEC - Not elsewhere classified	0.1492	0.1530	77.85	77.89	0.1454	0.1493	81.30	81.26
Total	1.0000	1.0000	76.926	76.752	1.0000	1.0000	81.760	81.586