Disease | Death Rate Estimate | US deaths estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Genetic diseases | N/A | N/A | 12 million Americans - unreliable estimate, (perhaps 2.5% births) |
| Chromosome diseases | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Cancers, Leukemias, Lymphomas | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Autoimmune diseases | N/A | N/A | 8,511,845 people in the USA 1996 1 |
| Physical diseases | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Trauma | unavailable | No information | |
| Fractures | unavailable | No information | |
| Mental disorders | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Emotional disorders | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Psychological disorders | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Psychiatric disorders | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Metabolic conditions | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Diabetes, Hypertension, Osteoporosis, Heart disease, Atherosclerosis | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Hormonal conditions | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Congenital conditions | approx 1 in 33 or 3.00% or 8.2 million people in USA | 3-4% of babies (NWHIC) | 3-4% of babies (NWHIC) |
| Malnutrition disorders | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Toxic exposures | N/A | N/A | No information |
| Poisoning | unavailable | No information |
For more information about types of Non-Contagious Diseases,
refer to our section on types of Non-Contagious Diseases.
See also more information on death information for Non-Contagious Diseases.
Footnotes:
1. Rose and Mackay, 1998, The Autoimmune Diseases, Third Edition
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