Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Third leading cause of death in the U.S.
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2876192" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>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 ..</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139.full.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139.full.pdf</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>========</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm" target="_blank">FastStats</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Leading Causes of Death CDC</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Number of deaths for leading causes of death</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heart disease: 614,348<br /> • Cancer: 591,699<br /> • Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 147,101<br /> • Accidents (unintentional injuries): 136,053<br /> • Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 133,103<br /> • Alzheimer's disease: 93,541<br /> • Diabetes: 76,488<br /> • Influenza and pneumonia: 55,227<br /> • Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,146<br /> • Intentional self-harm (suicide): 42,773</li> </ul><p>Source: <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf#019" target="_blank">Health United States, 2015 Table 19 [PDF- 9.8 MB]</a> (Data are for 2014)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2876192, member: 7629"] 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 .. [SIZE=6][B]Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US[/B] [B][URL]http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139.full.pdf[/URL][/B][/SIZE] ======== [URL='http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm']FastStats[/URL] [SIZE=6][B]Leading Causes of Death CDC[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]Number of deaths for leading causes of death[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]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 [/LIST] Source: [URL='http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf#019']Health United States, 2015 Table 19 [PDF- 9.8 MB][/URL] (Data are for 2014) [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Third leading cause of death in the U.S.
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom