TABLE ITI-10 TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH - UNITED STATES - 1973 Diseases Number Ischaemic Heart Disease Cerebravascular Disease Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus & lung. Diseases of arteries, arterioles & capillaries Pneumonia Motor vehicle accidents Malignant neoplasms of prostate Malignant neoplasms of intestine(except rectum) Diabetes Mellitus Cirrhosis of liver Rate/iN00 Population 674 ,066 3.26 74,933 . 36 58,698 55 ,824 55,571 .28 27 265 214,312 1.02 18,830 | 38 ,380 38,208 — . 184 . 183 . 182 33,350 159 TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH - PERU - 1972 Diseases Number Pneumonia Enteritis Bronchitis, emphysema & — asthma Tuberculosis of respiratory system Influenza Avitaminoses & other nutritional deficiencies Ischaemic Heart Disease Cerebrovascular Disease Whopping cough Measles — 15,954 10,728 Source: 4,616 Rate/1090 Population 1.104 . 742 . 32 3,585 3,045 248 -21] 2,33] 2,003 },924 1,765 1,709 . 161 . 139 . 133 .122 .118 World Health statistical annual, 1973-76, Vital Statistics and Cause of Death, Vol. 1, World Health Organization, 1976. 5009191 IEEN BF BET SE TER AINEArSA MT