TODAY’S LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

1. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Heart Disease – Number 1 killer in USA
Nearly 1 Million Deaths Annually (One death in every 33 seconds)
Affects 80 Million people in USA.
American Heart Association (Washington Post – 1st January 2002)

2. CANCER
About 1.3 Million NEW cases diagnosed each year
547,500 people die from cancer each year (1,500 a day)
Amercian Cancer Society

3. MEDICAL ERRORS
Third leading cause of death in USA with 250,000 deaths per year
Drug-prescription, diagnostic and surgical errors, drug reaction
and overdoses
Dr. Barbara Starfield (Journal of American Medical Journal Association)

4. PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS
The known dangerous side-effects of pharmaceutical drugs have become
the fourth cause of death after heart-attack, cancer and strokes.
Journal of American Medical Association - 15 April, 1998