Here's some more statistics I've found from CDC and various cancer institutes.
Top death causes in 2010:
- Heart disease: 597,689
- Cancer: 574,743
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 138,080
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 129,476
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 120,859
- Alzheimer's disease: 83,494
- Diabetes: 69,071
Regarding cancer, approximately 40.8 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with some kind of cancer at some point during their lifetime. Here are the top 5 cancer death rates in one year.
- Lung and Bronchus Cancer 159,480
- Colorectal Cancer 50,830
- Breast Cancer 39,620
- Prostate Cancer 29,720
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 19,020
PS. Note that the most common cancer type for men is prostate at 238,590 cases/yr. The most common type for women is breast cancer at 232,240. Yet, the death rates for these two are not as high as for lung and colorectal cancers as shown above. Lung cancer is the most deadly, followed by colorectal.