1
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Diseases of heart
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2
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Malignant neoplasms
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3
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Chronic lower respiratory diseases
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4
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Cerebrovascular diseases
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5
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Accidents (unintentional injuries)
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6
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Alzheimer’s disease
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7
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Diabetes mellitus
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8
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Influenza and pneumonia
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9
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Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
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10
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Intentional self-harm (suicide)
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11
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Septicemia
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12
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Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
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13
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Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease
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14
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Parkinson’s disease
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15
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Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
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There it is straight from the CDC the number one killer goes for the heart!
Disease of the heart I know a little something about.
A combination of #1, #4, and #7 took my father seven years ago. I have been studying the diseases that took him and statistically speaking will eventually kill me. It was a horrible way to go.
I see the number one killer as a result of the compounded effects and difficulty of managing multiple chronic health conditions over time. We will not get old if we do not own our chronic conditions.
The number one killer of kids in America is accidents!
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_06.pdf
