U.S. National Vital Statistics Report: Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2011 - open access

 Introduction
This report presents preliminary mortality data for the United States based on vital records for a substantial proportion of deaths occurring in 2011. Statistics in preliminary reports are generally considered reliable; past analyses reveal that most statistics shown in preliminary reports were confirmed by the final statistics for each of those years (1-3).

Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56)
2011 - 14,312
2010 - 14,572

The 15 leading causes of death in 2011 (Table B) were as follows:
1
Diseases of heart
2
Malignant neoplasms
3
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
4
Cerebrovascular diseases
5
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
6
Alzheimer’s disease
7
Diabetes mellitus
8
Influenza and pneumonia
9
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
10
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
11
Septicemia
12
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
13
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease
14
Parkinson’s disease
15
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids