1. America’s Least Wanted
Top “10” Killers
1900
Today
Flu/Pneumonia
1. Heart Disease
Tuberculosis
2. Cancer
3. Heart Disease
3. Stroke
4. Gastroenteritis
4. Lung Disease
5. Old Age
5. Accidents
6. Kidney Disease (Nephritis)
6. Diabetes
7. Accidents
7. Flu/Pneumonia
8. Stroke
8. Alzheimer’s
9. Cancer
9. Kidney Disease (Nephritis)
10. Infant Disease
Septicemia
(Blood Poisoning)

2. Reasons for Top Ten Changes
1. Better living conditions (i.e.: hygiene, sanitation)
Technology (research): early detection of a disease
and able to treat or cure
3. Discovery of medicines: vaccines, antibiotics
4. LIFESTYLE CHOICES / CHANGES:
a. Decrease in exercise and increase in sedentary
jobs/entertainment
b. Poor diet
c. Use of drugs (tobacco, alcohol)