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PREVENTION

Leading Causes of Death and Disability
In the United States

“The leading causes of death are frequently used to describe the health status of a Nation” ². 

Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the three leading causes of death for the age group over 25 years.  Unintentional injuries, most of which are motor vehicle accidents, tops the list with startling numbers for those aged 1 – 44, and is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. ² 

Healthy People 2010 lists individual and community determinants of health as:

        Biology

        Environment

        Policies and Interventions

        Access to Quality Health Care

Behavior and environment account for 70% of preventable deaths in the United States, while the unavailability or inaccessibility of quality healthcare remains a major contributing factor.

  Read the following sources.  Identify the following as well as any trends that exist.

Healthy People 2020:

  General Health Status,

  Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being,

  Determinants of Health

  Disparities

  (Website: HealthyPeople.gov)

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