[Rhodes22-list] U.S. medical system leading cause of death - comment to Peter

[Herb Parsons]

I've heard that the best way to die is shortly have your 100th birthday, 
buy gunshot from a jealous husband.

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Jeezo Peezo Boys & Girls,
>
> What a depressing subject!  Oh well, since we all have to die of something,
> I went through the list and made my choice.  What is the best way to expire
> via sexual behavior? Can this be done without alcohol?
>
> Brad
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:12 AM, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> An AMA article that affirms Ed's conclusion - that the leading causes
>> of death are self-imposed.
>>
>> http://www.csdp.org/research/1238.pdf
>>
>> Results:  The leading causes of death in 2000 were tobacco (435000 deaths;
>> 18.1%
>> of total US deaths), poor diet and physical inactivity (400000 deaths;
>> 16.6%), and
>> alcohol consumption (85000 deaths; 3.5%). Other actual causes of death
>> were microbial
>> agents (75000), toxic agents (55000), motor vehicle crashes (43000),
>> incidents
>> involving firearms (29000), sexual behaviors (20000), and illicit use of
>> drugs
>> (17000).
>>
>> Conclusions:  These analyses show that smoking remains the leading
>> cause of mortality.
>> However, poor diet and physical inactivity may soon overtake tobacco as the
>> leading cause of death. These findings, along with escalating health
>> care costs and
>> aging population, argue persuasively that the need to establish a more
>> preventive orientation
>> in the US health care and public health systems has become more urgent.
>>
>> JAMA. 2004;291:1238-1245 www.jama.com
>> For editorial comment see p 1263.
>> 1238 JAMA,
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> And this article sites an institutes of medicine study that puts it at
>>> 44,000 to 98,000 annually.  I really question the validity of the NIA
>>> report.  It seems grossly exaggerated.
>>>
>>> http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/mistakes/common.htm
>>>
>>> Hank
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/24/08, petelargo <petelauritzen at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>       
>>>>         
>>>> No sir. You are absolutely 100% incorrect. This is based on statistical
>>>> evidence. I won't do your research for you. Just google 'us medical
>>>>         
>> system
>>     
>>>> number one cause of deaths'.  It's a tough pill to swallow. (pun
>>>>         
>> intended).
>>     
>>>> "New information has been presented showing the degree to which
>>>>         
>> Americans
>>     
>>>> have been subjected to injury and death by medical errors. The results
>>>>         
>> of
>>     
>>>> seven years of research reviewing thousands of studies conducted by the
>>>>         
>> NIA
>>     
>>>> now show that medical errors are the number one cause of death and
>>>>         
>> injury
>>     
>>>> in
>>>> the United States. According to the NIA's report, over 784,000 people
>>>>         
>> die
>>     
>>>> annually due to medical mistakes. Comparatively, the 2001 annual death
>>>>