How Will You Die? The Causes of Death in The US

How Will You Die? The Causes of Death in the US Death is the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a particular living organism It is estimated that of the roughly 150,000 people who die each day across the globe about 2/3 or 100,000 per day die of age-related causes Biological Aging is by far the leading cause of death Life Expectancy in the US (as of May 17, 2013) According to Gender According to State 144 • Hawaii 84.83 (highest) • West Virginia 78.61 life expectancy for all races 78.09 (lowest) 81.17 life expectancy for females • Minnesota 78.32 (highest) Mississippi 71.26 (lowest) 75.96 life expectancy for males Past US Death statistics Projected US Death statistics 1960 1985 2010 2020 2030 2040 Population 179,323,000 Population 238,736,000 Population 285,981,000 Population 322,742,000 Population 351,070,000 Population 377,349.000 # of US Death 3,472,000 # of US Death # of US Death 2,638.000 # of US Death # of US Death 2,086,440 # of US Death 1,711,982 3.015,000 4,100,000 Death Rate (per 1,000) Death Rate (per 1,000) 9.3 Death Rate Death Rate (per 1,000) Death Rate (per 1,000) Death Rate (per 1,000) (per 1,000) 9.55 8.74 8.9 9.9 10.9 10 Leading Causes of Death in the US Percent of deaths in 60% age group 50% I MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES 40% I MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 30 % CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASE DIABETES MELLITUS 20% I INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 10% IALZHEIMERS I MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS 0% RENAL FAILURE I SEPTICEMIA FIREARMS 10 Occupations with High Fatal Work Injury Rates Occupations with High Fatal Work Injury Rates, 2011 Fatal work injury rate (per 100k employees) Number of fatal work injuries (per year) Fatal work injury rate (per 100k employees) Number of fatal work injuries (per year) 121.2 40 26.9 16 FISHERS AND RELATED FISHING WORKERS STRUCTURAL IRON AND STEEL WORKERS 102.4 64 25.3 260 FARMERS, RANCHERS AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL MANAGERS LOGGING WORKERS 57 72 24 759 AIRCRAFT PILOTS AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS DRIVER/SALES WORKERS AND TRUCK DRIVERS 41.2 34 20.3 27 REFUSE AND RECYCLABLE MATERIAL COLLECTORS ELECTRICAL POWER-LINE INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 31.8 56 19.7 63 TAXI DRIVERS AND CHAUFFEURS ROOFERS Your Tribute References: www.worldifeexpectancy.com/usa/life-expedoncy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_couses_of_death_by_rotefUnited_States www.nfda.org/consumer-resources-arrangingafuneral/77-us-death-stofistics-1960-2080.html wWW.YOURTRIBUTE.COM Under 1 Yr 1-4 yrs 5-14 yrs 15-24 yrs 25-34 yrs 35-44 yrs -55 yrs 55-64 yrs 65-74 yrs 75-85 yrs Over 85 Yrs