Table 1-.

Incidence, years of life lost and mortality rate due to sudden unexpected death and leading causes of death among men and women aged 20–64 in United States.

	Male			Female
	Deaths	Years of Life Lost	Mortality Rate per 100000	Deaths	Years of Life Lost	Mortality Rate per 100000
Sudden unexpected death*	46580	1355685	49.3 (41.2–58.3)	20811	648437	21.7 (16.5–27.8)
All cancers	93095	2497763	98.5	82869	2571238	86.6
Lung cancer	23880	608116	25.3	18521	539631	19.3
Colorectal Cancer	9536	264425	10.1	6673	210409	7.0
Prostate Cancer	3090	74704	3.3	-	-	-
Female Breast Cancer	-	-	-	16559	530515	17.3
Heart Disease	85825	2397783	90.8	37802	1188932	39.5
Unintentional injuries	55942	2178365	59.2	24104	992072	25.2
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease	11201	290301	11.9	10937	321925	11.4
Diabetes Mellitus	13726	386931	14.5	8583	270948	9.0
Cerebrovascular Disease	11195	314244	11.8	8274	260975	8.6

^*Sudden unexpected death data are extrapolated based on SUDDEN project.

Data for other causes of deaths are obtained from CDC WONDER database by using following International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 codes: C00-C97 for all cancers, C34 for lung cancer, C18-C20 for colorectal cancer, for C61 prostate cancer, C50 for female breast cancer, I00-I09, I11,I13, I20-I51 for heart disease, V01-X59,Y85-Y86 for unintentional injuries, J40-J47 for chronic lower respiratory disease, E10-E14 for diabetes mellitus, I60-I69 for cerebrovascular disease.