Cause Of Death

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally, according to the annual heart disease and strokes statistics update from the American Heart Association.

Awareness on the leading cause of death in women — heart disease — declined from 2009 to 2019, particularly in non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic women, and in younger women, an American Heart Association survey found.

Obesity is rarely recorded as a cause of death at a United Kingdom teaching hospital, even though nearly half of people with a BMI of 30 kg/m² or greater died from an obesity-related illness, according to study data.

The total number of excess deaths in the United States in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic was 28% higher than the number of deaths officially attributed to the virus during that time, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Life expectancy among adults in the United States increased for nearly 6 decades but eventually slowed over time and then dropped for 3 straight years after 2014, according to a special communication published in JAMA.

A new study has identified nine specific causes of death that are related to exposure to ambient fine particulate matter air pollution.

The CDC said it has identified a “persistent and striking gap” in the percentage of rural and urban Americans who die from the top five preventable causes.

Despite a slow decline in the rate of heart disease mortality in the general population, substantial increases in the growth rate of patients older than 65 years with the highest risk for heart disease were linked to an increase in the number of heart disease deaths, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology.

Weight change across adulthood, even weight loss in later life, may increase an individual’s risk for all-cause and CV-related mortality, according to a study published in BMJ.

Estimated life expectancy of whites and non-Hispanic blacks living in the U.S. aged 25 years dropped between 2010 and 2017. However, expected life-expectancy rose among those in the same cohort with a college education and decreased among those who did not have a 4-year college degree.