US population 280,000,000.
Leading causes of death 24,000,000 :
- Heart 7,000,000; 
- Cancer 5,500,000;
- Stroke 163,000;
- Low Respiratory 123,000
- Accidents 101,000;
- Diabetes 71,000;
- Pneumonia 62,000;
- Alzeimers 54,000;
- Kidneys 39,000;
- Infections/Bacteria 32,000;
Suicide 30,000;
- Liver 10,000;
- Homicide 7,000.
Suicides stats 30k:
whites 28k, male 25k, handguns 18k.
New Mexico/Montana/Nevada have the highest suicide rates per capita (2 out of every 10,000 people).
These statistics correlate to my last note (hope and gambling).