Causes of Death in USA and Japan

Causes of Death in USA and Japan

*Table 15.4.* from "Essentials of Weightlifting and Strength Training", Mohamed F. El-Hewie, Chapter 15 "Exercise and Preventable Diseases". Annual Rate of Death per 100,000 population and Number of Annual Death, in USA and Japan, in 1997, from the various causes. Source: USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Japan Information Network.
Causes of Death	Japan				USA
Causes of Death	Females Number of annual death	Females Annual rate of death per 100,000	Males Number of annual death	Males Annual rate of death per 100,000	Females Number of annual death	Females Annual rate of death per 100,000	Males Number of annual death	Males Annual rate of death per 100,000
All causes	415606	651.90	497796	813.3	1160206	849.2	1154039	880.8
Arteriosclerosis	593	0.90	492	0.8	10038	7.3	6019	4.6
Cancer	108337	169.90	167076	273	258465	189.2	281110	215.6
Diseases of cardio-pulmonary system	36296	56.90	31317	51.2	121552	89	105276	80.4
Cerebrovascular disease	72907	115.40	65790	107.5	97227	71.2	62564	47.8
Chronic lung diseases	6515	10.20	12231	20	13064	9.6	12943	9.9
Circulatory system diseases	181	0.30	357	0.6	500725	366.5	447687	341.7
Diabetes mellitus	6075	9.50	6295	10.3	34449	25.2	28187	21.5
Digestive system disease	7553	11.80	7466	12.2	23827	17.4	18059	13.8
HIV disease	3	0.00	72	0.1	3624	2.7	12892	9.8
Hypertensive disease	4347	6.80	2537	4.1	24709	18.1	17856	13.6
Infection	7988	12.50	10238	16.7	22642	16.6	29729	22.7
Ischemic heart diseases	10853	17.00	11633	19	131728	96.4	128161	97.8
Kidney diseases	9899	15.50	8525	13.9	13191	9.7	12140	9.3
Liver disease	4380	6.90	10113	16.5	8915	6.5	16260	12.4
Myocardial infarction	22459	35.20	26772	43.7	97041	71	109171	83.3
Pneumonia	36590	57.40	42314	69.1	46716	34.2	39013	29.8
Respiratory system	9230	15.50	12972	21.2	55422	40.6	59403	45.3
Suicide	7593	11.90	15901	26	6043	4.4	24492	18.7
Accidents	3847	6.00	8847	15.5	33681	24.7	61963	47.3
Mental disorders					28886	21.1	18595	15.2
Other accidents					5853	4.3	8944	6.8
Septicemia					12741	9.3	9655	7.4
Traffic accidents					14427	10.6	27913	21.3
Accidental falls					7742	5.7	7705	5.9
Ill-defined conditions					10704	7.8	12331	9.4
Homicide					4384	3.2	15107	11.5
Vascular diseases					12683	9.3	15109	11.5
Nervous system diseases					28820	21.1
Infection					22642	16.6