Mortality and Men

NUMBER OF MEN IN THE UNITED STATES WHO WILL DIE IN 2008 AS A RESULT OF... CANCER (all types): 307,655 SKIN CANCER: COLON CANCER: PROSTATE CANCER: 7,258 21,289 26,987 BRAIN SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE CANCER: 96,835| •16,785|: 316,968 LUNG PANCREATIC HEART CANCER: CANCER: DISEASE: 207 S HΥΡΟTHERMIA: 449 HEAT- FIRE: 1,737 FIREWORKS STROKE: ACCIDENT: FOREIGN OBJECT LEFT BEHIND DURING SURGERY: SHARK ATTACK: 578 40 FALLING FROM A CLIFF: ONE LIGHTNING STRIKE: BEE, HORNET, OR WASP STING: MOTORCYCLE 43 COLLISION WITH OR BLOW SEVEN 4,624 504 FALLING DOWN STEPS: 1,062 ACCIDENT: FALLING FROM A BUILDING: ELECTRO- FROM SPORTS EQUIPMENT: CUTION: 374 SUICIDE: LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: BEING HIT BY A CAR: 26,132 3420 23,898 3,920 НОМICIDE: EARTHQUAKE, AVALANCHE, OR LANDSLIDE: TWENTY-EIGHT DIVING INTO SHALLOW WWATER 47| 8,4232: HIV/ AIDS: SPIDER BITE: FIVE Numbers are projected estimates based on mortality figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER database. CAR ACCIDENT: | 17,463 ALCOHOL