Preventative Medicine
Christopher Williams
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Preventable Deaths in the US in 2000
According to a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association[1], about 46.7% of US mortality in the year 2000 was caused by preventable disease and injury.
| Tobacco | 435,000 | 18.1% |
| poor diet and physical inactivity | 365,000 | 15.2% |
| alcohol consumption | 85,000 | 3.5% |
| microbial agents | 75,000 | 3.1% |
| toxic agents | 55,000 | 2.3% |
| motor vehicle crashes | 43,000 | 1.8% |
| incidents involving firearms | 29,000 | 1.2% |
| sexual behaviors | 20,000 | 0.8% |
| illicit use of drugs | 17,000 | 0.7% |
Preventative Deaths in the World in 2001
References
- AH, M., Marks, J., Stroup, D., & Gerbeding, J. Actual-Causes-of-Death-in-the-United-States,-2000. JAMA, 2004;291(10), 1238-1245.
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