1. Heart Disease Number of deaths per year: 635,260
2. Cancer Number of deaths per year: 598,038
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases Number of deaths per year: 154,596
4. Stroke Number of deaths per year: 142,142
6. Alzheimer’s disease Number of deaths per year: 116,103
7. Diabetes Number of deaths per year: 80,058
8. Influenza and pneumonia Number of deaths per year: 51,537
9. Kidney disease Number of deaths per year: 50,046
10. Mental illnesses Number of deaths per year: 44,965