WinsomeDefiance -> RE: San Bernardino shooting: Boy, 8, and two adults dead (4/12/2017 1:00:41 PM)
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Looking at data in 2014 alone: Source: CDC.org a total of 2,626,418 deaths of residents were registered in the USi • The age-adjusted death rate, which accounts for the aging of the population, was 724.6 deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population. • Life expectancy at birth was 78.8 years. • The 15 leading causes of death in 2014 were: Diseases of heart (heart disease) Malignant neoplasms (cancer) Chronic lower respiratory diseases Accidents (unintentional injuries) Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) Alzheimer's disease Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) Influenza and pneumonia Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) Intentional self-harm (suicide) Septicemia Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal dis ease (hypertension) Parkinson’s disease Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids Mortality of All injury deaths Number of deaths: 199,756 Deaths per 100,000 population: 62.6 All poisoning deaths Number of deaths: 51,966 Deaths per 100,000 population: 16.3 Motor vehicle traffic deaths Number of deaths: 33,736 Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.6 All firearm deaths Number of deaths: 33,599 Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.5 All homicides Number of deaths: 15,809 Deaths per 100,000 population: 5.0 I Firearm homicides Number of deaths: 10,945 Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.4 All suicides Number of deaths: 42,773 Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.4 Cause of death rank: 10 Firearm suicides Number of deaths: 21,334 Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.7 Suffocation suicides Number of deaths: 11,407 Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.6 Poisoning suicides Number of deaths: 6,808 Deaths per 100,000 population: 2.1 Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, table 18[PDF - 4.4 MB]
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