Following are statistics from the Center for Disease Control listing, in alphabetical order,
the top fifteen killers (as of 2007) of people in the United States.
- Accidents (unintentional injuries)
- Alzheimer's disease
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Chronic Liver Disease
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases
- Heart disease
- Homicides
- Hypertension
- Influenza and Pneumonia
- Nephritis (Kidney Disease)
- Parkinson's Disease
- Septicemia (Blood Poisoning)
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases)
- Suicide
See if you can find the guess the ones that place number one, two, three and fifteen on the list with regard to the number of people killed by the phenomena. And remember, number one means that more people died from this than the others. I will list the answers, along with the actual number of deaths, in a day or two.
Bob; wondered if you would be willing to also include the number of respondents as well as the correct answers?
ReplyDeleteHere is my stab at it.
1. Blood Poisoning
2. Homicide
3. Suicide
15. Alzheimer's
Bob
Here are the stats:
ReplyDeleteHeart disease: 616,067
Cancer: 562,875
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 135,952
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 127,924
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 123,706
Alzheimer's disease: 74,632
Diabetes: 71,382
Influenza and Pneumonia: 52,717
Nephritis (Kidney Disease): 46,448
Septicemia (Blood Poisoning): 34,828
Suicide: 34,598
Chronic Liver Disease: 29,165
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure): 23,935
Parkinson's Disease: 20,058
Homicide: 18,361