Question:
Leading causes of deaths ?
Answer:
Results The leading causes of death in 2000 were tobacco (435 000
deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths), poor diet and physical inactivity
(400 000 deaths; 16.6%), and alcohol consumption (85 000 deaths;
3.5%). Other actual causes of death were microbial agents (75 000),
toxic agents (55 000), motor vehicle crashes (43 000), incidents
involving firearms (29 000), sexual behaviors (20 000), and illicit
use of drugs (17 000).
But what can be done about this?
Conclusions These analyses show that smoking remains the leading
cause of mortality. However, poor diet and physical inactivity may
soon overtake tobacco as the leading cause of death. These findings,
along with escalating health care costs and aging population, argue
persuasively that the need to establish a more preventive orientation
in the US health care and public health systems has become more
urgent.
You would never hear about any member or cut, burn and poison EOM
suggesting this, would you? They would certainly never get it printed
in any of the doctor cartel journals.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/291/10/1238
If you recall, the USG lowered the weights that define overweight and
obese a few years ago. I saw the handwriting on the walls then and it is
now coming to fruition. It is a good thing AFAIC.
Too many morticians look at a heart attack victim, determine that the dead
person smoked, and automatically label it a tobacco related death. The
actual cause was high cholesterol. But if the victim had seen a doc, made
a few changes in diet, etc., be would have not died from that heart attack
at that point in time.
