The following admissions were taken from JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) : The top five causes of death in the United States, in order, are:
1) Tobacco
2) Alcohol
3) Medical malpractice
4) Traffic accidents
5) Firearms
According to JAMA, doctors kill more people than auto accidents and guns put together. With that in mind, one has to wonder why gun control is such a hot legislative issue when, perhaps, we should be more concerned about doctor control.
The top ten list from the CDC is as follows:
1.Heart Disease 616,067 (25.4%)
2.Cancer 562,875 (23.2%)
3.Stroke 135,952 (5.6%)
4.Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (Lung Diseases) 127,924 (5.3%)
5.Accidents 123,706 (5.1%)
6.Alzheimer's Disease 74,632 (3.1%)
7.Diabetes 71,382 (2.9%)
8.Influenza and Pneumonia 52,717 (2.2%)
9.Kidney Disease 46,448 (1.9 percent)
10.Septicemia (infection of the blood) 34,828 (1.4 percent)
http://www.howtolivealongerlife.com/2009/07/leading-causes-of-death-in-us.html
When doctors are outlawed, only outlaws will have doctors....Oh, wait, I just summarized Obamacare!