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Leading Causes of Death: Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors

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The top three leading causes of death across all ages: Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Stroke. It highlights the significant impact of lifestyle choices, environment, and heredity on these diseases, with statistics showing the death toll from each cause. Emphasizing the importance of decision-making in health management, the lesson also discusses risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, smoking, and pollution. Understanding these determinants can lead to better personal health choices and improved longevity.

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  1. Lesson 4 – Personal/Consumer Health Chronic Diseases

  2. Top 3 Leading Causes of Death (all ages) • Cardiovascular Disease Lifestyle – 54% Environment – 9% Heredity – 25% • Cancer Lifestyle – 37% Environment – 24% Heredity – 29% • Stroke Lifestyle – 50% Environment – 22% Heredity – 21% -CDC

  3. Health Determinants • Heredity • Environment • Individual Choice/Behavior – most influential determinant for modern health problems in US! WHY? How does Decision Making Play a role with these Health Problems?

  4. DATA (CDC) • # of Deaths per year 2.6 million • Life Expectancy – 78 years (women) 74 years (men) • Heart Disease – 654,486 • Cancer – 555,888 • Stroke – 153,074 • Accidents (unintentional) – 114,012

  5. Cardiovascular DiseaseDisease that affects heart or blood vessels Hypertension • High Blood Pressure • Silent Killer • Eat Healthy • Exercise • Manage weight • Hereditary Atherosclerosis • Accumulation of plaque on the artery walls • Unhealthy Diet • Can lead to stroke and heart attacks • Stress

  6. Cancer • Uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells • Smoking, air pollution, hereditary • Tumor – abnormal mass of tissue • Lung – Carcinoma • No immediate symptoms • Severe cough, shortness of breath • Wheezing, blood • Detected by x-ray

  7. Osteoporosis • Progressive loss of Bone • Older people • Reduce risk during teen years • Exercise • diet • Calcium Supp. • Detected by bone scan

  8. Bronchitis • Inflammation of the bronchi caused by infection or exposure to irritants. • Mucus • Coughing • Wheezing • Shortness of Breath • Treatments: antibiotics and reduce exposure.

  9. Emphysema • Always caused by smoking • Destroys the walls of the alveoli (lungs) • Symptoms: breathing difficulty and chronic cough • May need to use oxygen to breathe

  10. Resources • Heart Disease • Lung Cancer • Osteoporosis • Emphysema