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Nothing much changed from 2010 to 2013 - the top 4 killers in the USA
(in terms of Years Of Life Lost) are - cancer - heart disease -
unintentional injury - suicide (intentional injury you might say)
the breakdown is -
cancer 23%
heart 15%
trauma `13%
suicide 5%
childbirth & infancy 3%
chronic low respiratory 3%
diabetes 2%
stroke 2%
homicide 2%
liver disease 2%
misc 24%
We know that of 400,000 out of hospital sudden cardiac arrests each
year - only 6% survive. Of 200,000 in hospital cardiac arrest - 24%
survive. IIRC my earlier research showed that 40% of inhospital
cardiac arrests can be saved if shocked within 1 or 2 minutes. 80% of
arrests occur at home and 50% of those are witnessed. Per
http://www.ems1.com/ems-
What does this add up to?
1. If more people paid attention to their health, death rates would
probably drop in half. (just a wild ass guess on my part)
2. If every cop had an AED and trauma kit, probably 500,000 lives per
year could be saved.
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Lets be outrageous!
Who killed more people - Hitler or Obama?
Honestly gotta say that I think it is a very close call.
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