What is Death?
What is Death?
- Death: The cessation of life.
- Death: the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren".
Source - WordNet 2.1
Death: Introduction
Types of Death:
Types of Death:
How many people get Death?
Incidence (annual) of Death: 2,391,399 annual deaths in 1999 (NVHS Sep 2001); annual risk of dying about 0.877% (NVSR 2001)
Incidence Rate of Death: approx 1 in 113 or 0.88% or 2.4 million people in USA [about data]
Lifetime risk of Death:
100% eventually, just like taxes.
Who gets Death?
Racial Information for Death: Heart disease and cancer are the major killers among women of color, as
they are among the rest of the population. African-American women
experience high rates of death from HIV/AIDS, homicide and unintentional
injuries. For Hispanic women, additional prominent causes of death are
HIV/AIDS, especially among Puerto Rican women, and homicide and
unintentional injuries. Homicide and unintentional injuries are also
common causes of death for American Indian/ Alaska Native women, as well
as alcohol-related diseases. The rate of tuberculosis among Asian-American
women is four times the general population. (Source: excerpt from Minority: NWHIC)
How serious is Death?
Deaths for Death: 2,391,399 annual deaths in 1999 (NVHS Sep 2001)
What causes Death?
Causes of Death: see causes of Death
Risk factors for Death:
see
risk factors for Death
What are the symptoms of Death?
Symptoms of Death:
see symptoms of Death
Can anyone else get Death?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Death
Death: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Death.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Death.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Death:
see treatments for Death
Prevention of Death:
see prevention of Death
Research for Death:
see research for Death
Society issues for Death
Hospitalization statistics for Death:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Death:
- 0.0001% (10) of hospital consultant episodes were for unknown cause of sudden death in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 90% of hospital consultant episodes for unknown cause of sudden death required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 70% of hospital consultant episodes for unknown cause of sudden death were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 30% of hospital consultant episodes for unknown cause of sudden death were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- more statistics...»
Organs Affected by Death:
Organs and body systems related to Death include:
Name and Aliases of Death
Main name of condition: Death
Other names or spellings for Death:
Decease
Source - WordNet 2.1
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