Top 10 causes of death in the US in 2020

MDLinx.com ^ | February 27, 2020 (Pre-hysteria) | Liz Meszaros

[DadOfFive]

For the first time in 4 years, Americans are living longer lives, according to recent data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Life expectancy for Americans increased by 0.1 year, from 78.6 years in 2017 to 78.7 years in 2018. The increase was largely due to declines in lung cancer mortality, infant mortality, and deaths from unintentional injuries such as drug overdoses and accidents.

[DadOfFive]

Key here is even if 100K pass, COVID-19 would still only be 7th or 8th on the list. I would be very surprised if the numbers for many other causes will be way down proportionally. For example, flu/pneumonia much lower because the patient also tested positive for corona. One other note, someone posted the average age of corona death patients (in PA I believe) was 78. This article says that's the average life expectancy, right?

[cloudmountain]

Genetics versus environment—it’s a crap shoot.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

“The CDC also tracked a 2.3% decrease in infant mortality rates, from 579.3 infant deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017 to 566.2 in 2018.”

What about the one million babies that are murdered every year? Liberalism will always be the #1 cause of death in the USA.

[DadOfFive]

Sorry, when I went back in I see it wants you to log in. Just google “top cause of death USA”.

[Verginius Rufus]

Apart from the deliberate killing of babies by abortion, which has undoubtedly increased greatly since abortion was legalized by the Supreme Court, the infant mortality rate has dropped from 26 per 1,000 in 1960 to under 6 per 1,000 now--a drop of about 75%. Many Third World countries today have lower infant-mortality rates than the US had in 1960 (assuming the data they report is reasonably accurate).

The life expectancy at birth in the US in 1950 was 68.2. Since that was 70 years ago, more than half the babies born in 1950 should have died by now. I doubt that is correct.

[Secret Agent Man]

where’s the number for abortions?

[Secret Agent Man]

that number fails because it cannot predict medical advancements in the future, when they occur, and how they will benefit those currently alove, whether or not they can get them, when they become mainstream care procedures or drugs, etc...

needless to say as advancements continue those older life expectancy estimates get more and more inaccurate

[elcid1970]

Real question because I honestly don’t know:

Is the projected life expectancy of 78+ years skewed by the number of deaths by abortion, or are the deaths of unborn innocents simply not factored in?

I’m over 70 with chronic heart disease, so I sorta got skin in the game.

[Verginius Rufus]

For those born in 1950 and who are now 70, their expected remaining years of life are 15.6 for white Americans and 14.9 years for black Americans—7/10ths of a year difference. In 1950 a white baby was expected to live 7.4 more years on average than a black baby. So I think we are making progress. As for infant mortality, a certain percentage is from things like genetic abnormalities that can’t be helped, but it could be reduced further—the Scandinavian countries have an infant mortality rate about half that of the US.

[stanne]

“ “The CDC also tracked a 2.3% decrease in infant mortality rates, from 579.3 infant deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017 to 566.2 in 2018.”

What about the one million babies that are murdered every year? Liberalism will always be the #1 cause of death in the USA.”

That number is very difficult to obtain via Google. The Guttmacher institute (Misnomer) prefaces their Deliberately confusing statistics with ‘ Abortion is essential health care. Always.‘ which is itself utterly untrue. The normal state of tge uterus is pregnancy. I say that as a licensed health care professional with a science degree

“In 2016, the most recent year available, the government agency reported 623,471 abortions“

Abortion is by far the leading cause of death. The infant mortality rate is decreased by mass abortion. Yet it should be included. By all means.