Sentences with phrase «leading cause of death overall»

In North America and Western Europe, stroke is the third or fourth leading cause of death overall, but in the developing world is the first or second, depending on the country.»

«Firearm - related deaths are the third leading cause of death overall among U.S. children aged 1 to 17 years, surpassing the number of deaths from pediatric congenital anomalies, heart disease, influenza and / or pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory disease, and cerebrovascular causes,» wrote the CDC in its report.

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Despite the success of the «Back to Sleep» campaign, which has greatly reduced the death rate, SIDS remains the leading cause of sudden death in infants and the third leading cause of overall infant mortality in the United States (CDC).

As we are now able to focus our efforts on improving the overall patient experience and reducing the risk of relapse, the leading cause of death after transplant, we have greatly improved long - term survival outcomes for patients who before might not have had another treatment option.»

We estimated that in 1994 overall 2216000 (1721000 - 2711000) hospitalized patients had serious ADRs and 106000 (76000 - 137000) had fatal ADRs, making these reactions between the fourth and sixth leading cause of death.

Overall, cigarettes are the leading cause of death from residential fires.

Overall, however, medical errors are the third leading cause of death, following only cancer and heart disease.

Vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death fr teenagers in the United States, even as overall traffic related deaths are down.