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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, or suicide [https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-does-it-mean-to-die-of-natural-causes/] | *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= | =Car Deaths= | ||
Minor compared to top causes of death. | Minor compared to top causes of death. | ||
Revision as of 04:41, 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.
- 37k/year USA - [4]
Global
- About 50M deaths. Heart dissease is by far the first cause. [5]