James Sel wrote:surfsteve wrote:Does anybody know what the 3rd leading cause of death is?
Suicide
Medical care is the 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S.
Hospital Errors are the Third Leading Cause of Death in US
Doctors Are The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US ...
Preventable Medical Errors: Third Cause of Death in the US
Medical Mistakes are 3rd Leading Cause of Death in U.S. ...
Heart disease: 611,105
Cancer: 584,881
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 149,205
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 130,557
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,978
Alzheimer's disease: 84,767
Diabetes: 75,578
Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,979
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 47,112
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 41,149
wildrose wrote:James Sel wrote:surfsteve wrote:Does anybody know what the 3rd leading cause of death is?
Suicide
COPD
LINK: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/
cactuspete wrote:Here's the first item that shows on my screen when I click your google link:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm
It's a CDC page titled: Leading Causes of Death. Here are the top items on their list:Heart disease: 611,105
Cancer: 584,881
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 149,205
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 130,557
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,978
Alzheimer's disease: 84,767
Diabetes: 75,578
Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,979
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 47,112
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 41,149
The combined effect of errors and adverse effects that occur because of iatrogenic damage includes:
12,000 deaths/year from unnecessary surgery
7,000 deaths/year from medication errors in hospitals
20,000 deaths/year from other errors in hospitals
80,000 deaths/year from nosocomial infections in hospitals
106,000 deaths a year from nonerror, adverse effects of medications
This amounts to a total of 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes.
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