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Top 10 Health Threats to Men's Health
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Do you know what threatens men's lives the most? The list is surprisingly short. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2003, just over a million American men died. Nearly 80 percent of them died of heart disease or one of the nine other leading causes of death among American men. Here's a snapshot of the 10 leading killers of American men in 2003, the most recent year for which these statistics are available from the CDC
| 1. | Heart disease 28.0% (Percentage of male deaths) |
| 2. | Cancer 24.0 |
| 3. | Unintentional injuries 5.9 |
| 4. | Stroke 5.1 |
| 5. | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 5.1 |
| 6. | Diabetes 2.9 |
| 7. | Influenza and pneumonia 2.4 |
| 8. | Suicide 2.1 |
| 9. | Kidney disease 1.7 |
| 10. | Alzheimer's disease 1.5 |
Lister:
Pratt
Source:
MayoClinic
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