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Brian Mengel, Civil Servant
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Medical errors are a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, causing more fatalities each year than AIDS, breast cancer and motor vehicle accidents combined.
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Albert Graham, Backyard Pool Drainer
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Overweight and obesity are the second leading causes of preventable death in the UK.
Tobacco is the leading cause of death and disability, and quitting can lower your risk of heart disease and other serious illnesses.
Is it the fact that smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, or that smoking is known to decrease life expectancy by 10-15 years?
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Zhang Xian Qian, Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for men and women in the United States and claims the lives of an estimated 157,400 people in this country each year.
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Thomas Owens, Police Officer
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Firearm deaths have risen 14 percent over the last decade and are the second leading cause of injury death for individuals ages 10 and above.
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Josh Hogan, Commander
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ARI is the second leading cause of infant visits to health units and the third commonest cause of infant deaths, responsible for approximately 8.
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David Rosenberg, Dermatologist
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The leading cause of liver cancer, the World Health Organization estimates that the infection leads to more than one million deaths every year.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and many of these deaths occur in patients with heart disease.
Cancer is now the leading cause of death by disease in children and pediatric brain tumors have been increasing steadily at a rate of about 3% a year.
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Bob Greenberg, Congressional Candidate
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Acute respiratory infections are the second leading cause of infant visits to health units and third commonest cause of infant deaths accounting for 8.
Acute respiratory infections is named as the second leading cause of infant visits to health units and third commonest cause of infant deaths accounting for 8.
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