Leading Causes of Death in the United States
The leading killers in this countr
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heart disease, cancer, and chronic lower respiratory disease
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are largely driven by smoking. Tobacco exposure is behind nearly half a million deaths every year.
Source
: Kochanek et al., 2011; photo: © David J. Gree
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