Science quiz
US causes of death, 2024: click them in order
Ten causes in A to Z order, and every one is in the top ten. Click the cause with the most deaths first, then the next, down to number ten.
- Format
- Click the grid
- Items
- 10 to click
- Limit
- 1:30
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Targets
- 10
- Time limit
- 1:30
- Minefield
- One wrong click ends it
- Work out what comes next and click it.
- The full order is shown when the game ends.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the causes from the most deaths to the fewest. The grid appears when you start.
About this quiz
The order is by number of deaths in 2024, from 683,491 for the first to 48,824 for the tenth.
- The closest pair is eighth and ninth, under 3,000 deaths apart.
- Stroke is the CDC's cerebrovascular diseases.
- After the game every button shows its place in the order.
Sources
- [1]CDC National Center for Health Statistics. FastStats: Leading Causes of Death.
Note on the data. The ten causes and their numbers of deaths are the CDC's FastStats page, read on 3 October 2026, whose figures come from Mortality in the United States, 2024 (data table for figure 4). The CDC calls the eighth cause nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis; it is shown here as kidney disease and the medical names are accepted. The list is re-checked when the CDC publishes the 2025 figures.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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