Can you all tell me what the leading cause of death in this country is?
113236
Which country?\nIf that was ment to be a trick question, I'd say idiocy. ^_^
811764
a vehicle is the leading cause of death under age 30.  distractions on the road or in vehicles are probably very deadly statistically.  we need to take these things seriously.  other people's lives are at stake.  if someone wants your business, they will look for it when they need it.  this sort of information can be stored anywhere and is better when stored in a book or list, like the phone book for example.  I'm fine with people putting up signs on their own property.  Just not where someone from the public road might be distracted by while driving.
419689
Yes, due to lifestyle (nutrition, smoking, etc), comorbid medical illness (diabetes, heart disease) and suicide.
508400
One thing you have wrong-People die here everyday-from lack of Medicine, food, heat. I believe we need to take care of Health here-number one. And you don't hear it in the media. Work at a hospital and see-many die just because they can not afford their medicine (many just because of medicine) and no there are not programs where all are eligible. This could be prevented.\n\nAs far as other dying during war time-that is sad-and has gone on for years. There are a lot of issues here-more than most want to hear. Some just look at one cause (it seems you are looking at death rate-some look at those who want help-they count too-Holocaust people waited a long time for our help and they were few in numbers compared to others)Some look at results-some look at all the issues (there are a few). \n\nIf humans lives count to you as you indicate than please -work on the health here-people are dying everyday-everywhere. War has gone on throughout history-with very complicated issues -there will be more-continually. History.! But your complains on health can solve many deaths happening now which we have control on.
493303
Darn good question, I have lately become concerned that this whole country is just getting to a point where there is no more self responsibility.  The govt told me to wear a seatbelt, therefore if I still got hurt cuz I was drunk driving, clearly it is the govt's fault.\n\nI am sorry I am not going to be much help, because I don't know where that line should be drawn...\nI think I read someone's answer the other day that said when our freedom infringes on another's - that's when they should definitely step in.  But then some people also need extra help to keep from killing themselves.\n\nI look forward to someone having the right answer.
1075932
The Statistical Abstract of the US is the first place I look for this stuff.  In 2002, for people age 15-24, there were about 33,000 deaths.  15,000 were accidents, and 11,000 of those were motor vehicle accidents.  5,000 were homicide, 4,000 were suicide, 2,000 were cancer.\n\nThe CDC also keeps detailed mortality information.  I don't have a quick ref for death rates outside the US.
1034778
that would be a question to address to the Ukrainian department of health or whatever.  no one here will be able to provide that type of statistic to you.  sorry.
1119063
Because of our lifestyles.  It used to be that people died early because they worked so hard and wore their bodies down.  Now it's because of bad eating and lack of exercise.
1060543
Education, as you envision it, is very difficult to implement.  And it certainly won't fix all the health problems.\n\nThere are millions of dollars spent telling people not to smoke.  Every package of cigarettes has some warning telling the smoker that smoking is not good for them.  Yet milions of people smoke.\n\nI don't know if your idea would extend to 'when those smokers get emphysema or lung cancer, let 'em die, since they should have known better....we need to spend more on education', but this is not a very humanitarian health care system.\n\nFurthermore, while the average human life span in the developed world has substantially increased due to technology, as people live longer, there are more things that happen to them.  You can't simply expect to 'educate' away disease.  That just won't work.
884400
In underdeveloped countries, Pneumocystis Carinii pneumonia and neurologic Toxoplasmosis seem to be the leading causes of death. In countries where people have access to medications, Mycobacterium Avium has bacome more prevalent because P.carinii can be treated easier.\nAIDS alone will not kill you.
731686
DURRING, the main one is keeping people calm.  Avoidable death is caused by panic mostly.
70523
I would say Africa has a high death rate because they are always at war and also have high numbers of people with HIV and AIDS.
713011
sorry to hear about that. but yes, people are dying earlier nowadays, and i think it's interesting because despite the advances in medicine and health care provision, people are becoming more vulnerable to diseases and infections. people living in urban areas are exposed to high levels of air and industrial pollution, and not to mention, sedentary lifestyle. today, everyone is susceptible to chronic diseases, regardless of whether or not they can afford healh care. i hope we can do something to prevent elevating levels of early deaths.
137871
That is like asking; if the auto industries are to blame for auto wrecks. People choose to drive, just as people choose to smoke and to drink. If you blame tobacco for giving you lung cancer, that was your choice and yours alone they didn't knock you down, stuff a cigarette in your mouth, light it and then jump up and down on your chest to make you breathe it!
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Dawn,\n\nIt would take a lot more research than that which I've shown below  to find a true answer to your question. However, using the #3 & #6 leading causes of US deaths the findings would indicate that the answer to your question would be we are not getting either dumber or lazier in the pursuit of research and treatment but rather a combination of population increase and individual choices of lifestyle. \n\nWhile early detection and intervention, along with an overall decrease in smoking, have greatly slowed the rate of increase in mortality due to all cancers you can see that the increase in diagnosed cases of Diabetes has grown significantly and the mortality rate has been almost the same at 61%  (*){see article at link below}.\n\nCertainly there is room for improvement in medical science with respect to research, diagnosis and treatment of many of the leading diseases today such as HIV-AIDS, Cancers and Diabetes there is also much more room for improvement in individual choice of lifestyle. In presenting this I choose the issue of Diabetes since this disease is attributable to a broad number of other fatal and/or debilitating factors such as heart attack, kidney failure, blindness and amputation. While Diabetes is a very preventable and/or treatable disease the increased rates of diagnosis and death can be directly attributable to individual choice in lifestyle with respect to diet and physical exercise. When taking the national obesity problem into account it becomes easy to understand correlation to increased Diabetic related deaths.\n\n\nDiabetes: 60%  Est. Increase in diagnosed cases from 1980 to 2004\n\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/prev/national/tnumage.htm\n\n\n"Type 2 diabetes, formerly considered “adult onset” diabetes, is now being diagnosed more frequently among children and adolescents. This type of diabetes is linked to two modifiable risk factors: obesity and physical inactivity."\n\n(*) http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=38545\n\n\n\nPopulation: 19.5% Est. Increase in population from 1980 to 2000\n\n1980 Population Census: 226,542,199\nhttp://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/table-2.pdf\n\n\n2000 Population Census: 281,421,906\nhttp://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format=&-CONTEXT=qt\n\n\n\nCancers (all):  2%  Est. Increase in mortality cases from 1997 to 2005\n\n1997 Est. US Cancer Deaths:  560,000  ( American Cancer Society & National Cancer Institute)\nhttp://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/F&F97.pdf\n\n\n2005 Est. US Cancer Deaths:  570,280  ( American Cancer Society & National Cancer Institute)\nhttp://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2005f4PWSecured.pdf\n\n\nWhile you're thinking this may seem like a lot of effort put forth to answer one question here in Yahoo! Answers, I felt your question was well worth the short amount of time required to state these facts. In summary, my answer to your question is simply that before we as citizens can fairly admonish the US medical system we must first be accountable for ourselves as individuals. If diet and exercise are becoming less and less important to the overall population, which the increase in obesity would indicate, then we hardly have any justification for criticizing those who work hard to treat and prevent leading causes of death in this country.
855669
The number one killer of women in the US is heart disease, which is caused by a crappy diet full of saturated and trans fat and cholesterol and a lack of exercise.  Need I say more?
987941
high blood pressure and heart dieases and...lets see....dehydration\ntry watermelons!^^