Well stated.
This got me wondering about how most people die. Here are the top 20
causes of death worldwide (from
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0779147.html
<http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0779147.html> ):
Top 20 Causes of Mortality Throughout the World All countries
Rank Cause Total deaths (in thousands) % of total 1. Ischaemic heart
disease 7,208 12.6% 2. Cerebrovascular disease 5,509 9.7 3. Lower
respiratory infections 3,884 6.8 4. HIV/AIDS
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l> 2,777 4.9 5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2,748 4.8 6.
Diarrheal diseases 1,798 3.2 7. Tuberculosis 1,566 2.7 8. Malaria
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> 1,272 2.2 9. Cancer of trachea/bronchus/lung 1,243 2.2 10. Road
traffic accidents 1,192 2.1% 11. Childhood Diseases
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seases.html> 1,124 2.0 12. Other unintentional injuries 923 1.6 13.
Hypertensive heart disease 911 1.6 14. Self-inflicted 873 1.5 15.
Stomach cancer 850 1.5 16. Cirrhosis of the liver 786 1.4 17.
Nephritis/nephrosis 677 1.2 18. Colon/rectum cancer 622 1.1 19. Liver
cancer 618 1.1 20. Measles 611 1.1 Source: The World Health Report,
2003, The World Health Organization (WHO).
Looking at the first two, it would seem that most of us are killed by
our food and/or lack of exercise? Then again, nobody lives forever.
Dave
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