smoking
Homicide, far behind the leading cause of teen death, accidents.
Aids
firearms
Bordetella pertussis is the bacterium that causes pertussis (whooping cough). It is spread from host to host only by humans and travels through the air. Nobody knows where the bacterium originated but it was first isolated by scientists in Belgium in 1906. Pertussis is highly-contagious and incidents are on the rise in North America. There is a vaccine, but it still remains the leading cause of vaccine-preventable deaths world-wide.
Not washing your hands enough or properly is the leading cause of infections spreading. Touching an infection and then touching another part of your body is another cause.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US. It kills over 400,000 Americans annually. Obesity is second at about 300,000 deaths.
Tobacco use is the single leading preventable cause of death in the US.
Cardiovascular disease related to poor physical fitness and/or smoking.
Cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States.
Heart disease
smoking.
asthma
Tobacco use is the single leading preventable cause of death in the US.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the US. It kills over 400,000 Americans annually. Obesity is second at about 300,000 deaths.
Heart disease is the major cause of death among men.
Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness. Glaucoma and ocular hypertension are leading causes of irreversible blindness and impaired vision.
Cigarrete smoking, cocaine abuse is the second leading.