Medical errors are right behind heart disease and cancer as a leading cause of death.
Medical Error Third Leading Cause of Death in US : DNews
here's the actual PDF from BMJ if anyone cares to read it .. numbers are interpolated from 1999 data and CDC data which doesn't have a category for death resulting from medical errors. I'm not saying mistakes doesn't happen, but numbers used are suspect at best ..
Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US
http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139.full.pdf
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FastStats
Leading Causes of Death CDC
Number of deaths for leading causes of death
- Heart disease: 614,348
• Cancer: 591,699
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 147,101
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 136,053
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 133,103
• Alzheimer's disease: 93,541
• Diabetes: 76,488
• Influenza and pneumonia: 55,227
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,146
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 42,773
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