CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Cardiovascular disease is the top cause of death globally.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heart disease remains the number 1 killer; diabetes and dementia enter the top 10. Heart disease has remained the leading cause of death at the global level for the last 20 years. However, it is now killing more people than ever before.

Detailed explanation-3: -Results: The leading causes of death in 2000 were tobacco (435 000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths), poor diet and physical inactivity (365 000 deaths; 15.2%) [corrected], and alcohol consumption (85 000 deaths; 3.5%).

Detailed explanation-4: -In the middle of 20th century America, the leading cause of death was heart disease with 355.5 deaths per 100, 000 followed by cancer at 139.8 deaths per 100, 000. Although death rates dropped significantly in the latter part of the 20th century, the leading killers are still constant.

Detailed explanation-5: -The earliest data, that from 1900, give influenza/pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrhea/enteritis, heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, accidents, cancer, senility, and diphtheria as the leading causes of death.