US Medical Update 5-10-24

US 10 Leading Causes of Death

Disease               2021            2024

Heart disease:   695,547        703,041

Cancer:             605,213        608,341

Accidents          224,935        227,664  unintentional injuries

COVID-19:        416,893        186,555

Stroke:              162,890        165,391  cerebrovascular diseases

Respiratory:      142,342        147,367  chronic lower respiratory diseases

Alzheimer’s:      119,399        120,109

Diabetes:          103,294        101,199

Kidney Disease: 54,358          57,931  nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis

Liver Disease:    56,585          54,817  chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 

Source: Mortality in the United States, 2021, data table for figure 4

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/deaths-by-demographics/all-leading-causes-of-death/?utm_source=google_search&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=injury_facts_

Accidents became #3. COVID became #4.

Salmonella Water-Borne Diseases

Typhoid

Cholera

Giardia

Dysentery

E-choli

Hepatitis A

https://lifewater.org/blog/7-most-common-waterborne-diseases-and-how-to-prevent-them/

Bacterial Infections

Tuberculosis

Meningitis

Pneumonia

Respiratory Infections

Strep Throat

Cellulitis

Gastroenteritis

Leptospirosis

E-coli

Urinary Infections

Wound Infections

Diarrhea

 

Viral Infections

Influenza

Hepatitis

HIV

Herpes

Coronavirus (Covid)

Norovirus

Measles

Chickenpox

Common Cold

Yellow Fever

Liver Disease

Ebola

Adenovirus

Influenza

Bugs, including mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and flies, can spread diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and Lyme.

Eye Disease

Macular Degeneration

Glaucoma

Cataracts

 

Diseases ended with vaccines

Smallpox

Polio

 

Disease treatment

Antibiotics treats Bacterial Infections

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