Up to 40 Percent of Annual Deaths from Each of Five Leading US Causes are Preventable

by Gary Kopycinski on May 1, 2014

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Premature deaths from each cause due to modifiable risks

Infographic: Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death.

Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death – Entire Infographic

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Each year, nearly 900,000 Americans die prematurely from the five leading causes of death – yet 20 percent to 40 percent of the deaths from each cause could be prevented, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.