Top causes of death for 2020:
1. Heart disease: 696,962
2. Cancer: 602,350
3. COVID-19: 350,831
4. Accidents (unintentional injuries): 200,955
5. Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 160,264
6. Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 152,657
7. Alzheimer’s disease: 134,242
8. Diabetes: 102,188
9. Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,544
10. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 52,547
Overdose deaths has taken a spot on the top 10 as of last year with an estimated 100,306 fatalities. Time periods differ so I haven’t amended the list.