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What Are the 12 Leading Causes of Death in the United States?
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Heart disease
Number of deaths per year: 635,260
Percent of total deaths: 23.1 percent
More common among:
menpeople who smokepeople who are overweight or obesepeople with a family history of heart disease or heart attackpeople over age 55What causes heart disease?
Heart disease is a term used to describe a range of conditions that affect your heart and blood vessels. These conditions include:
heart arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats)coronary artery disease (blocked arteries)heart defectsTips for prevention
Lifestyle changes can prevent many cases of heart disease, such as the following:
Quit smoking. Here are some apps to help you.Eat a healthier diet.Exercise at least 30 minutes per day, five days a week.Maintain a healthy weight.
2. Cancer
Number of deaths per year: 598,038
Percent of total deaths: 21.7 percent
More common among: Each type of cancer has a specific set of risk factors, but several risk factors are common among multiple types. These risk factors include:
people of a certain agepeople who use tobacco and alcoholpeople exposed to radiation and a lot of sunlightpeople with chronic inflammationpeople who are obesepeople with a family history of the diseaseWhat causes cancer?
Cancer is the result of rapid and uncontrolled cell growth in your body. A normal cell multiplies and divides in a controlled manner. Sometimes, those instructions become scrambled. When this happens, the cells begin to divide at an uncontrolled rate. This can develop into cancer.
Tips for prevention
There’s no clear way to avoid cancer. But certain behaviors have been linked to increased cancer risk, like smoking. Avoiding those behaviors may help you cut your risk. Good changes to your behaviors include things like:
Maintain a healthy weight. Eat a balanced diet and exercise regularly.Quit smoking and drink in moderation.Avoid direct exposure to the sun for extended periods of time. Don’t use tanning beds.Have regular cancer screenings, including skin checks, mammograms, prostate exams, and more.
7. Diabetes
Number of deaths per year: 80,058
Percent of total deaths: 2.9 percent
More common among:
Type 1 diabetes is more commonly diagnosed in:
people with a family history of the disease, or a specific gene that increases the riskchildren between the ages of 4 and 7people living in climates farther away from the equator
Type 2 diabetes is more common among:
people who are overweight or obeseadults over age 45people who have a family history of diabetesWhat causes diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes occurs when your pancreas can’t produce enough insulin. Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body becomes resistant to insulin or doesn’t make enough of it to control your blood sugar levels.
Tips for prevention
You can’t prevent type 1 diabetes. However, you may prevent type 2 diabetes with several lifestyle changes, like the following:
Reach and maintain a healthy weight.Exercise for at least 30 minutes, five days a week.Eat a healthy diet with plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins.Have regular blood sugar checks if you have a family history of the disease.
8. Influenza and pneumonia
Number of deaths per year: 51,537
Percent of total deaths: 1.88 percent
More common among:
childrenthe elderly people with chronic health conditionspregnant womenWhat causes influenza and pneumonia?
Influenza (the flu) is a highly contagious viral infection. It’s very common during winter months. Pneumonia is an infection or inflammation of the lungs.
The flu is one of the leading causes of pneumonia. Find out how to determine if you have the flu or a cold.
Tips for prevention
Before flu season, people in the high-risk category can and should get a flu vaccine. Anyone else concerned about the virus should get one, too.
To prevent the spread of the flu, be sure to wash your hands well and avoid people who are sick.
Likewise, a pneumonia vaccine is available for people with a high risk of developing the infection.