What are the 5 leading causes of death for your State. How do they compare with the 5 leading causes of death for the US?

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The 5 leading causes of death for North Carolina (NC) are: 1. Heart disease, 2. Cancer, 3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases, 4. Accidents/Unintentional injuries, and 5. Stroke.

These causes compare closely to the 5 leading causes of death in the US as a whole: 1. Heart disease, 2. Cancer, 3. Accidents/Unintentional injuries, 4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases, and 5. Stroke; with only slight variations in order of prevalence between NC and the nation as a whole dependent on state-level factors such as age distribution or health care access.