Trends in death rates per 100 000 population by cause, weighted means, 114 US cities 1929–1937
| Cause of death | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937* |
| All-cause | 1273.4 | 1204.8 | 1197.8 | 1159.5 | 1148.2 | 1189.1 | 1182.7 | 1251.7 | 1232.5 |
| Heart disease | 245.5 | 248.0 | 250.2 | 260.5 | 269.8 | 286.6 | 292.4 | 317.6 | 323.2 |
| Cancer | 118.6 | 121.7 | 123.0 | 125.4 | 128.7 | 135.2 | 138.9 | 144.6 | 146.9 |
| Pneumonia | 117.2 | 99.0 | 102.8 | 92.5 | 84.2 | 92.7 | 93.8 | 105.9 | 101.1 |
| Nephritis | 97.9 | 94.7 | 91.1 | 89.8 | 86.1 | 86.1 | 83.0 | 84.0 | 80.7 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage | 75.5 | 69.6 | 68.4 | 67.8 | 67.3 | 69.0 | 68.4 | 71.9 | 79.8 |
| Respiratory tuberculosis | 69.6 | 65.8 | 63.1 | 57.6 | 55.6 | 53.5 | 52.5 | 54.1 | 52.2 |
| Congenital malformations | 65.9 | 63.7 | 58.8 | 54.6 | 51.1 | 52.2 | 49.8 | 50.0 | 10.1 |
| Other external causes | 55.1 | 53.4 | 50.8 | 46.7 | 46.4 | 52.4 | 49.2 | 57.9 | 0.0 |
| Flu | 30.3 | 11.1 | 17.3 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 16.9 |
| Automobile accidents (primary) | 26.2 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 23.5 | 24.3 | 26.9 | 25.2 | 25.3 | 26.2 |
| Diabetes | 24.1 | 23.8 | 26.3 | 28.1 | 27.8 | 29.3 | 29.2 | 31.6 | 32.1 |
| Appendicitis | 20.7 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 15.4 |
| Suicide | 18.1 | 19.9 | 20.5 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 17.9 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 17.0 |
| Under 2 diarrhoea and enteritis | 15.3 | 15.1 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 7.6 |
| Hernia | 14.0 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
| Homicide | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 9.0 |
| Liver cirrhosis† | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| Other puerperal causes | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| Diphtheria | 7.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| Puerperal septicaemia | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Unknown or ill defined | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Whooping cough | 4.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Bronchitis | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Tuberculosis of the meninges | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Rheumatism and gout | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Erysipelas | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Scarlet fever | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| Measles | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Typhoid | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Malaria | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Smallpox | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cerebrospinal meningitis | NA | 5.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.3 |
| Syphilis | NA | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 |
| Age >2 diarrhoea and enteritis | NA | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| Automobile accidents (secondary) | NA | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| All other | 196.3 | 159.3 | 158.3 | 147.6 | 151.5 | 154.7 | 155.0 | 160.8 | 251.4* |
Numbers do not sum to the total all-cause rate because of rounding errors.
↵* All other includes unclassified diseases. Classification changes in 1937 combined several categories and disaggregated others. For simplicity, we have categorised these deaths in the all-other category for 1937.
↵† Prohibition ended in 1933.