Factors Affecting the Health of People with Disabilities and without Disabilities Graph

Leading Causes of Death in Adults with and without Disabilities in the United States

Bar chart displaying two vertical bars, one representing adults with any disability, the other representing adults without disabilities. Each bar is divided by different colors to show the leading causes of death in each group. Leading causes of death for adults with any disability include: Other, 32.3%; Intentional – suicide/assaults, .8%; Unintentional – accidents, 2.2%; Chronic lower respiratory diseases (e.g. bronchitis), 6.4%; Cerebrovascular diseases (e.g. stroke), 7.6%; Cancer, 17.8%; and Heart Disease, 32.8%. Leading causes of death for adults with no disability include: Other, 26.9%; Intentional – suicide/assaults, 2%; Unintentional – accidents, 3.9%; Chronic lower respiratory diseases (e.g. bronchitis), 4.5%; Cerebrovascular diseases (e.g. stroke), 5.6%; Cancer, 29.7%; and Heart Disease, 27.5%.

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