Most Common Causes Of Death In The U.S.
By far the most common cause of death and disease is degenerative disease. Degenerative disease is deterioration of the body due to genetic or nutritional causes. Examples of degenerative disease are heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, kidney disease, and hypertension. For more information on degenerative disease read the Home Page. After degenerative disease, the next most common cause of death is medical errors, medical mistakes, profitable medical understaffing, and outright medical negligence, at an average of 100,000 deaths each year.
Number One
Cause Of Death In The U.S is The Degenerative Disease Heart Disease
(685,089 deaths)
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Sixth
Cause of Death for Men and Women is the Degenerative Disease Diabetes
(74,219)
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Second
Cause Of Death In The U.S. is The Degenerative Disease Cancer
(556,902)
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Seventh
Cause Of Death For Women Is Car Accidents and Accidental Falls (38,745)
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Third
Cause Of Death For Women is The Degenerative Disease Stroke
(96,263)
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Seventh
Cause of Death
For Men is Influenza
and Pneumonia (28,778)
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Third
Cause Of Death For Men is Car Accidents and Accidental Falls
(70,532)
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Eighth
Cause of Death For Women is Influenza and Pneumonia (36,385)
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Fourth
Cause Of Death For Women is Respiratory Disease (65,668)
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Eighth
Cause of Death For Men is Suicide
(25, 203)
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Fourth
Cause Of Death For Men is The Degenerative Disease Stroke
(61,426)
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Ninth
Cause Of Death is The Degenerative Disease Kidney Disease
(42,453)
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Fifth
Cause Of Death For Women is The Degenerative Disease Alzheimer’s Disease
(45,122)
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Tenth
Cause of Death For Women is Bacterial Blood Infection
(19,082)
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Fifth
Cause of Death For Men is Respiratory Disease
(60,714)
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Tenth
Cause of Death For Men is The Degenerative Disease Alzheimer’s Disease (17,912)
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Data Source:
U.S. Centers For Disease -2003 (.gov, .pdf)
2004:
In 2004, little change (.gov, .pdf)
Summary of 2004