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Heart disease and cancer are the leading cause of death in United States from last one decade. These two diseases takes 45% + of the causes of total death in United States.
These disease are are equally dangerous and somewhere it are related to our lifestyle and environmental conditions also.
If we combine the respiratory disease especially the chronic lower respiratory diseases this count will become 50% of all the death in United States.
For more than 3 decades the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been collecting and examining leading causes of death.
They are collecting these information in order to support the healthcare providers practitioners and researchers to help understanding the growing epidemics and it's prevention in healthcare sector.
The numbers also help them understand how preventive measures may help people live longer and healthier lives.
The top 10 causes of death in the United States account for more than 70 percent of all deaths. Below mentioned are the main causes of death in United States.
❤️ Heart disease
Number of deaths per year: 635k
Percent of total deaths: 23 %
Heart disease are very common in men and the people who smokes overweight people are always people.
Genetics also play important role in hard disease or heart attack if people have family history of heart disease or heart attack they have greater the chances to have heart disease.
Age is also a factor people over the age of 55 are also very prone to heart disease.
🦀 Cancers
Number of deaths per year: 598k
Percent of total deaths: 22%
Is type of cancer has a specific set of risk factor but several risk factor common among multiple types of the cancer these are:
people who use tobacco and alcohol
people of a certain age
people exposed to radiation and a lot of sunlight
people with chronic inflammation
people who are obese
people with a family history of the disease.
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
Number of deaths per year: 161K
Percent of total deaths: 6%
Male are more affected than female
people ages 1 to 44
people with risky jobs are more prone to accidental or unintentional injuries.
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Number of deaths per year: 154k
Percent of total deaths: 5.5%
Females suffer more than males
people with a history of smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke/passive smoking 🚬
people over age 65 more prone
people with a history of asthma
individuals in lower-income households.
Common disease of this group are:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Emphysema
Asthma
Pulmonary hypertension.
Stroke
Number of deaths per year: 142k
Percent of total deaths: 5%
Stroke is more common in people with high blood pressure diabetes heart disease and the woman taking birth control pills, and heart disease.
Men are more prone to women
people who smoke are also more prone
Causes of stroke:
A stroke occurs when the blood flow to your brain is cut off.
Without oxygen-rich blood flowing to your brain, your brain cells begin to die in a matter of minutes.
The blood flow can be stopped because of a blocked artery or bleeding in the brain. This bleeding may be from an aneurysm or a broken blood vessel.
Alzheimer’s disease
Number of deaths per year: 116k
Percent of total deaths: 4%
Alzheimer is more common in women.
people over age 65 (the risk for Alzheimer’s doubles every five years after age 65)
people with a family history of the disease.
Kidney disease
Number of deaths per year: 50k
Percent of total deaths: 2%
Influenza and pneumonia
Number of deaths per year: 50k
Percent of total deaths: 2%
Suicide
Number of deaths per year: 44k
Percent of total deaths: 1.6%
Men are more prone to suicide than women.
People who use alcohol and drug in excess
people with brain injuries
people with a history of depression and other mental health conditions
people who have attempted suicide in the past.