Tobacco 435,000 (19.1%)
Poor diet and physical inactivity 400,000 (16.6%)
Alcohol consumption 85,000 (3.5%)
Microbial agents 75,000 (3.1%)
Toxic agents 55,000 (2.3%)
Motor vehicle 43,000 (1.8%)
Fire arms 29,000 (1.2%)
Sexual behavior 20,000 (0.8%)
Illicit drug use 17,000 (0.7%)
Total 1,159,000 (48.2%)
From: Mokdah et al. [39].
Table 4: Deaths by cause in 2000.