The FAIR Foundation is dedicated to fair and equitable distributions of Nation Institutes of Health (NIH) research funds for all diseases, including the sixteen that kill more Americans than AIDS.

You may view an updated chart below. Of significance is the omission of HIV/AIDS. Since the chart above was published, the CDC has revised the number of AIDS deaths in the USA numerous times. The amount being spent per AIDS patient in NIH research allocations has risen from $2,400 in 1999 to $3,040 in 2007. All other diseases have received only a few dollars more per patient as shown here.

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TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES ~ 2003

RANK	FORMAL NAME	INFORMAL NAME	% ALL DEATHS
1	Diseases of the heart	heart attack (mainly)	28.0
2	Malignant neoplasms	cancer	22.7
3	Cerebrovascular disease	stroke	6.4
4	Chronic lower respiratory diseases	emphysema, chronic bronchitis	5.2
5	Unintentional injuries	accidents	4.5
6	Diabetes mellitus	diabetes	3.0
7	Influenza and pneumonia	flu & pneumonia	2.7
8	Alzheimer's disease	Alzheimer's senility	2.6
9	Nephritis and nephrosis	kidney disease	1.7
10	Septicemia	systemic infection	1.4
11	Intentional self-harm	suicide	1.3
12	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	liver disease	1.1
13	Essential hypertension	high blood pressure	0.9
14	Parkinson’s disease	shaking palsy	0.7
15	Assault	homicide	0.7
--	All other causes	other	17.0

TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH IN CALIFORNIA ~ 2003

RANK	FORMAL NAME	INFORMAL NAME	% ALL DEATHS
1	Diseases of the heart	heart attack (mainly)	28.8
2	Malignant neoplasms	cancer	22.7
3	Cerebrovascular disease	stroke	7.4
4	Chronic lower respiratory diseases	emphysema, chronic bronchitis	5.6
5	Unintentional injuries	accidents	4.4
6	Influenza and pneumonia	flu & pneumonia	3.4
7	Diabetes mellitus	diabetes	3.0
8	Alzheimer's disease	Alzheimer's senility	2.8
9	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	liver disease	1.6
10	Intentional self-harm	suicide	1.4
11	Essential hypertension	high blood pressure	1.1
12	Assault	homicide	1.0
13	Nephritis and nephrosis	kidney disease	1.0
14	Parkinson’s disease	shaking palsy	0.8
15	Atherosclerosis	hardening of the arteries	0.6
--	All other causes	other	14.5

Our thanks to C. N. Gordon of Help & Education for Liver Patients (HELP!) who formatted and distributed these two 2003 charts to The FAIR Foundation. HELP!'s data source is the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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