RT Book, Section A1 Emanuel, Ezekiel J. A2 Longo, Dan L. SR Print(0) ID 1135229130 T1 Palliative and End-of-Life Care T2 Harrison's Hematology and Oncology, 3e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259835834 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135229130 RD 2024/10/09 AB In 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2,468,435 individuals died in the United States (Table 33-1). Approximately 73% of all deaths occur in those >65 years of age. The epidemiology of mortality is similar in most developed countries; cardiovascular diseases and cancer are the predominant causes of death, a marked change since 1900, when heart disease caused ~8% of all deaths and cancer accounted for <4% of all deaths. In 2010, the year with the most recent available data, AIDS did not rank among the top 15 causes of death, causing just 8369 deaths. Even among people age 35–44, heart disease, cancer, chronic liver disease, and accidents all cause more deaths than AIDS.