What's Killing Americans?: The New England Journal of Medicine takes a look at the leading causes of death in the U.S. from 1900 to 2010. The change is interesting, as is our ever-increasing longevity--something that scientists think may now reverse as a result of the global obesity epidemic. We've laid the findings out for you in a series of charts (and you can head over to the NEJM's excellent interactive graphic if you want to fiddle). Thank to Sarah Kliff at the Washington Post for alerting us to this... (While firearms are involved in some accidental deaths – in decreasing amounts each year – and are involved in some suicides, I find it interesting that they are not even mentioned specifically in this report. So much for the “public health” bugaboo.) http://www.businessinsider.com/leading-causes-of-death-from-1900-2010-2012-6?op=1 **************************************************************************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [email protected] http://law.hamline.edu/constitutional_law/joseph_olson.html
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