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At this point I can't help but conclude you're trolling, or the post linked here applies -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43693402

But for the record here's the breakdown of malnutrition related mortality (ICD codes E40-E46) by 5 year age blocks as reported by the CDC for 2023. First field is age range, 2nd field is total number of deaths attributed to ICD codes related to malnutrition:

  25-29 years, 17 
  30-34 years, 22
  35-39 years, 40
  40-44 years, 71
  45-49 years, 119
  50-54 years, 197
  55-59 years, 323
  60-64 years, 651
  65-69 years, 1112
  70-74 years, 1722
  75-79 years, 2507
  80-84 years, 3321
  85-89 years, 4147
  90-94 years, 4362
  95-99 years, 2821
  100+ years, 824
  Total 22284 
Anyone who wishes to repeat the query themselves or to look at other demographic aspects can do so at https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10-expanded.html

ICD classifications aren't perfect but they are standardized. Here's the CDCs description of where this data comes from:

The Underlying Cause of Death database contains mortality and population counts for all U.S. counties. Data are based on death certificates for U.S. residents. Each death certificate identifies a single underlying cause of death and demographic data....




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