The REAL Threat to Americans

Sources
(Figures based on 10 year estimates)

(1) Smoking related deaths:  4,000,000 due to smoking (read) and 384,000 due to second hand smoke (read)

(2) Obesity related deaths (read)

(3) Deaths from medical mistakes (read)

(4) Deaths due to lack of healthcare (read)

(5) Deaths caused by drunk driving
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(6) Deaths by homicide
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(7) Deaths on Sept. 11
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Previous version (2006)
The REAL threat to Americans

Sources
(1) CNN (read)
(2) FBI (read)
(3) National Center for Statistics and Analysis (read)
(4) Institue of Medicine (read)
(5) CDC (read)
(6) American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (read)
(7) American Cancer Society (read)
(8) National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine (read)
(9) Center for Disease Control (CDC), NCHS Leading Causes of Death (read)
(10) National Cancer Institute (read)
(11) CDC, Smoking Attributable Deaths (read)
(12) CDC, Cigarette Smoking-Related Mortality (read)