According to a recent report, 74% of all deaths in 2013 resulted from one of the following top ten causes:

• Heart disease: 23.5%
• Malignant neoplasms: 22.5%
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 5.7%
• Accidents: 5.0%
• Cerebrovascular diseases: 5.0%
• Alzheimer's disease: 3.3%
• Diabeters Mellitus: 2.9%
• Influenza and pneumonia: 2.2%
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 1.8%
• Suicide: 1.6%

Source: "Deaths: Leading Causes for 2013," National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 65, No. 2, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 16, 2016, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr65/nvsr65_02.pdf