Friday, October 17, 2014

Diseases of the Heart are the leading cause of death in the United States

Top Causes of Death are Diseases of the Heart, Cancer, and Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases

A study done by Donna L. Hoyert, Ph.d., and Jiaquan Xu, M.D., for the Division of Vital Statistics, published in 2012, shows that of the fifteen highest causes of death in America, diseases of the heart are the most common.  The following two leading causes are cancer related deaths and chronic lower respiratory diseases. 



Death rates were measured  per population of 100,000.  The study broke the death rates down into demographics by age, sex, race, and hispanic origin.  The study shows that rates in age-adjusted deaths have decreased with the greatest decrease in white males.

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