What is the the leading cause of preventable death in the US today?

Question

Is it tobacco or cardiovascular disease/obesity? I keep getting different answers. Please be able to back up your answer, thank you.

Answer 1

Heart Disease 1 in 5. Cancer 1 in 7. I got this info from Nat.
Geographic article on Health Ways to Go. There is a whole chart
some of it is pretty interesting for instance chances of dying by a
lightning strike is 1 in 79,746.

Answer 2

Chemical abuse. Be it added food chemicals. tobacco. Any toxin around and in the body that has permeated or been ingested. or inhaled. Of course repeated exposure of the variety of toxins that includes the air we breathe. the water we drink and bathe in. Etcetera. All leading to the above 3 conditions. And more.

Answer 3

It really depends on your age

For children or people up to about age 25...it's ACCIDENTS. Someone does something stupid...like drinking and driving...and injures someone else.

For older adults, it's cardiovascular disease. Because Americans are FAT. And they refuse to accept it, let alone do anything about it.

Answer 4

I think that it is the magazine "US" or actually mainstream tabloid magazines in general. They are full of lies and untruths of society and how we are supposed to live our lives.
HEADLINE: "Nicole Richie is a rail rod!"
"will she ever put on the pounds?
SubHeadine: "Oh No! Kirstey is eating again!"
"Will she ever lose the pounds?"
So are we supposed to eat and stay healthy or are we supposed to not eat and be thin? This is how eating disorders start. People getting confused as to what they are supposed to do. Eat or Starve. My point TABLOID MAGAZINES KILL.

Answer 5

I believe it's heart disease. Smoking cigarettes can contribute to heart disease but no one's cause of death is ever written down as "died from cigarettes."

Answer 6

heart attack.. no backups sorry..common sense...

Answer 7

Suicide.