The 10 Leading Causes of Death for American Indians and Alaska Natives and for All Persons, 2007
American Indians and Alaska Natives All Persons
1. Diseases of heart 2. Malignant neoplasms 3. Unintentional injuries 4. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 5. Diabetes mellitus 6. Suicide 7. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 8. Cerebrovascular diseases 9. Homicide 10. Influenza and pneumonia
Diseases of heart Malignant neoplasms Cerebrovascular diseases Chronic lower respiratory diseases Unintentional injuries Alzheimer’s disease Diabetes mellitus Influenza and pneumonia Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis Septicemia
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2010: With Special Feature on Death and Dying. Hyattsville, MD. 2011: Author, pp. 145–146.
causes of death than for the population at large. Each of these causes of death is related to mental health problems, including alcoholism.
Table 9–4 compares the 10 leading causes of death between all persons and American Indians and Alaska Natives. The sixth leading cause of death is suicide and the ninth cause of death is homocide—these 2 causes do not place among the top 10 causes of death in the total population.