What are the leading causes of death for men and women?

Heart disease, cancer, and accidents were the three leading causes of death in the US in 2023. All three killed men at higher rates than women: 457 of every 100,000 men died from these, compared to 289 women.

Expanding this to look at the 15 overall leading causes of death, only one — Alzheimer’s disease — killed women at a higher rate after adjusting for age. Men were nearly four times as likely as women to die by suicide, and more than twice as likely to die from an accident or from Parkinson’s.

Wondering how you fit in? The Social Security Administration’s life expectancy calculator forecasts how much longer a person can expect to live based on birth year and gender.