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Just the Facts: Disease kills more people every year than guns,cars,knives combined.
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| 5/26/2014
| WHO
Posted on 05/26/2014 10:10:21 AM PDT by Dallas59
Q: How many people die every year?
In 2012, an estimated 56 million people died worldwide. Q: What kills more people: infectious diseases or noncommunicable diseases?
Noncommunicable diseases were responsible for 68% of all deaths globally in 2012, up from 60% in 2000. The 4 main NCDs are cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic lung diseases. Communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutrition conditions collectively were responsible for 23% of global deaths, and injuries caused 9% of all deaths.
Q: Are cardiovascular diseases the number 1 cause of death throughout the world?
Yes, cardiovascular diseases killed 17.5 million people in 2012, that is 3 in every 10 deaths. Of these, 7.4 million people died of ischaemic heart disease and 6.7 million from stroke.
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KEYWORDS: death; disease
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To: cripplecreek
You might save the world that way
Or not
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05/26/2014 10:51:39 AM PDT
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GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: GeronL
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05/26/2014 10:53:15 AM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: cripplecreek
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05/26/2014 11:02:49 AM PDT
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MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
05/26/2014 11:04:22 AM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: cripplecreek
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05/26/2014 11:05:33 AM PDT
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MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: Jack Hydrazine
LOL! Sorry Jack. Got a fractured frame. Maybe it’s just my computer.
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05/26/2014 11:07:16 AM PDT
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rktman
(Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
To: rktman
The pic is still showing up for me.
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05/26/2014 11:08:40 AM PDT
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Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Dallas59
Yes, cardiovascular diseases killed 17.5 million people in 2012, that is 3 in every 10 deaths. Of these, 7.4 million people died of ischaemic heart disease and 6.7 million from stroke. And of course, every single one of those is really due to second-hand smoke.
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
05/26/2014 11:17:46 AM PDT
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rktman
(Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
To: rktman
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posted on
05/26/2014 11:20:47 AM PDT
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Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Now that’s just plain weird. All the other pics showed up except death04. Maybe somebody doesn’t want me to see it. LOL! I get the gist though.
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05/26/2014 11:27:04 AM PDT
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rktman
(Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
To: rktman
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posted on
05/26/2014 12:00:34 PM PDT
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Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Dallas59
Oh the humanity!
People around the world are dying.
It's just not fair!
It is the fault of those evil white capitalist Tea Party people.
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05/26/2014 12:52:29 PM PDT
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StormEye
To: Dallas59
swimming pools kill more children than guns every year.
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05/26/2014 3:34:12 PM PDT
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bravo whiskey
(We should not fear our government. Our government should fear us.)
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