2007-03-24 17:23:34 · 7 answers · asked by fourbyfourblazer 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
heart disease, cancer, etc. are one of the many well known health problems that lead to death but what causes death?
2007-03-24 17:31:40 · update #1
Because statistics require time to prepare, the 2004 mortality stats is the most current for now. 2005 had to deal with the deaths due to the typhoons and might not reflect a "normal" year.
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from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/06facts/preliminarydeaths04.htm
The 15 leading causes of death in 2004 (Table 2) were:
Diseases of heart (heart disease);
Malignant neoplasms (cancer);
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke);
Chronic lower respiratory diseases;
Accidents (unintentional injuries);
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes);
Alzheimer�s disease;
Influenza and pneumonia;
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease;
Septicemia;
Intentional self-harm (suicide);
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis;
Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (hypertension);
Parkinson�s disease; and
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids.
2007-03-24 17:46:27 · answer #1 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart Disease
2007-03-25 00:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by Gary S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart disease the silent killer...
"...but what causes death?"
Take a vehicle for example, If the car's engine gives out it will no longer work. If our heart stops we will no longer live. We expired it's a natural part of life.
2007-03-25 00:30:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
heart disease. cancer is number two, and in some states where heart disease is being treated very well, cancer is number one.
2007-03-25 00:28:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's heart disease.
2007-03-25 00:30:38 · answer #5 · answered by dahlia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not too much stats on this lately.. I think currently is war
2007-03-25 00:31:50 · answer #6 · answered by So annomus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abortion 1.6 million
2014-07-02 15:22:21 · answer #7 · answered by Wayne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋