In the United States, the leading causes of death among women are heart disease and cancer. Heart disease and cancer are similarly the leading causes of death among U.S. men. In 2021, heart disease accounted for 19 percent of all deaths among women in the United States, while cancer accounted for 17.6 percent of deaths. COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death among both men and women in 2020 and 2021.
Cancer among women in the U.S.
The most common types of cancer among U.S. women are breast, lung and bronchus, and colon and rectum. In 2024, there was predicted to be around 310,720 new breast cancer cases among women, compared to 118,270 new cases of lung and bronchus cancer. Although breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in the United States, lung and bronchus cancer causes the highest number of cancer deaths. In 2024, around 59,280 women were expected to die from lung and bronchus cancer, compared to 42,250 from breast cancer.
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