Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Leading Causes of Death in the United States

by the National Center for Health Statistics
All Causes: 2,169,518
Heart Disease: 720,862
Cancers: 514,657
Strokes: 143,481
Chronic pulmonary diseases: 90,650
Accidents: 89,347
Pneumonia and influenza: 77,860
Diabetes: 48,951
Motor Vehicle: 43,536
Suicide: 30,810
HIV Infections (AIDS): 29,555
Homicide and legal intervention: 26,513
Cirrhosis and other liver diseases: 25,429
Falls: 12,662
Poisoning (solid, liquid, gas): 6,434
Drowning (incl. water transport drownings): 4,685
Suffocation (mechanical, ingestion): 4,195
Fires and flames: 4,120
Surgical/Medical misadventures: 2,473
Other Transportation (excl. drownings): 2,086
Natural/Environmental factors: 1,453
Firearms: 1,441

*these statistics show that the least amount of deaths are by firearms

http://www.gac.20m.com/Firearms.html

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