{"id":836,"date":"2009-02-07T17:47:41","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T22:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/causes-of-death-in-the-usa\/"},"modified":"2009-02-07T18:00:49","modified_gmt":"2009-02-07T23:00:49","slug":"causes-of-death-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/causes-of-death-in-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes of death in the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the CDC, roughly 440,000 deaths each year are associated with smoking.<\/p>\n

Also according to the CDC, roughly 400,000 deaths each year are associated with obesity.<\/p>\n

Many more people die each year in the USA from motor vehicle accidents (roughly 40,000) than in airplane crashes (fewer than 1,000). But people spend a lot more time in cars than in airplanes. The per-hour death rate of driving versus flying is about equal.<\/p>\n

And according to the NIH, roughly 12,000 deaths (excluding suicides) each year are associated with firearms.<\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

(from CDC: Obesity approaching tobacco as top preventable cause of death<\/a>, DoctorsLounge<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So “sexual behavior” is just behind “firearms” in terms of the raw number of people killed — and is far ahead of firearms when the roughly 17,000 suicides who used firearms are excluded (as they should be, for obvious reasons).<\/p>\n

Interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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