Tag: deaths
Obesity-related cardiovascular deaths tripled in last two decades
Heart disease is killing fewer Americans overall, however, cardiovascular deaths where obesity was listed as a key contributing factor have…
Temperature-related deaths could rise five-fold by the end of this century in the US
Credit: National Weather Service If global temperatures warm 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial averages and cities do…
Study identifies geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette, firearm deaths in the US over two decades
Hot spot analysis of age-adjusted mortality rates in the U.S. from smoking, firearm-related suicide and firearm-related assault from 1999 to…
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