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According to latest death statistics:
An average of 59 million people die every year (2 every second)
Every 102 seconds one person dies as a war victim
Every 61 seconds one person is murdered
Every 39 seconds one person commits suicide
Every 26 seconds one person dies in a traffic accident
Every 3 seconds a person dies from hunger-related causes
Every 3 seconds one child under the age of 5 dies
Death statistics in the USA.
In the U.S the leading cause of death for people 1 year of age to 45 are Accidents and adverse effects resulting from the accidents.
Motor vehicle accidents and crashes are the leading cause of all the causes of death due to accidents.
In the U.S. an average of 114 people die each day in car crashes.
Highway fatalities account for more than 94% of all transportation deaths.
There were an estimated 42,000 people killed in auto accidents in 2000.
An estimated 15,517 people were murdered in the U.S. in 2000 (37.2% less than in 1991.)
About 20,000 people die from the FLU and flu complications every year.
From January 1982 to March 2001 there were 2,301 fatalities due to Airline Crashes (120 people killed on average each year.)
About 90 people are killed every year by lightning in the U.S.
More lives are lost each year to COLORECTAL CANCER than to breast cancer and AIDS combined. More than 50,000 each year.
Over half of all deaths of people over 45 are due to Heart failure and Malignant neoplasms.
Death rate per 100,000 people:
Ages 1-4 is 38.3
Ages 5-14 is 22
Ages 15-24 is 90.3
Ages 25-44 is 177.8
Ages 45-64 is 708
For people over 65 the death rate per 100,000 people is 5,071.40
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