Fact Based List:

15 Leading Causes of Death in 2010

  1. Diseases of heart
  2. Malignant neoplasms
  3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
  4. Cerebrovascular diseases
  5. Accidents (unintentional injuries)
  6. Alzheimer's disease
  7. Diabetes mellitus
  8. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
  9. Influenza and pneumonia
  10. Intentional self-harm (suicide)
  11. Septicemia
  12. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
  13. Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease
  14. Parkinson's disease
  15. Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Source URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_04.pdf