What kills us, in one chart
Updated by Julia Belluz on November 16, 2014
"As you'll see, chronic killers (such as cancer and heart disease) gain prominence, and so do other diseases of aging (Alzheimer's). As medicine and our understanding of the germ-theory of disease progressed, deaths from infectious agents (tuberculosis and pneumonia) fall away.
But, the authors caution, there's reason to temper optimism: what kills us will continue to change — and medical advancements may not keep up. "An obesity epidemic, feared in 1912, has come to pass," they write. The climb in life expectancy stalled around the turn of the millennium — and may even be reversed."
But, the authors caution, there's reason to temper optimism: what kills us will continue to change — and medical advancements may not keep up. "An obesity epidemic, feared in 1912, has come to pass," they write. The climb in life expectancy stalled around the turn of the millennium — and may even be reversed."
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