Highest Causes of Death
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]