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*Cancer, heart disease, accidents - top 3 [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm]. Cancer and heart disease claim over 1 million. | *Cancer, heart disease, accidents - top 3 [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm]. Cancer and heart disease claim over 1 million. | ||
*10th on the list is suicide - [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm] | *10th on the list is suicide - [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm] | ||
*Note 'natural death' refers to anything that is not homicide, accident, war, or suicide [https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-does-it-mean-to-die-of-natural-causes/]. Ie, all diseases such as cardiovascular count as natural death. | |||
=Car Deaths= | |||
Minor compared to top causes of death. Only a small fraction of accidents is car accidents. | |||
*37k/year car deaths USA - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year] | |||
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*About 50M deaths. Heart dissease is by far the first cause. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of_death_by_rate] | |||
Latest revision as of 04:42, 11 May 2020
Highest
- Cancer, heart disease, accidents - top 3 [1]. Cancer and heart disease claim over 1 million.
- 10th on the list is suicide - [2]
- Note 'natural death' refers to anything that is not homicide, accident, war, or suicide [3]. Ie, all diseases such as cardiovascular count as natural death.
Car Deaths
Minor compared to top causes of death. Only a small fraction of accidents is car accidents.
- 37k/year car deaths USA - [4]
Global
- About 50M deaths. Heart dissease is by far the first cause. [5]