How and When We Die – Death Rates from the Major Diseases of Aging

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The five most prevalent cause of death are cancer, heart disease, diabetes, alzheimer’s and lung disorders. Society currently funds extensive biomedical research trying to mitigate each of these diseases without much success. Unfortunately, we forget that these diseases have a common cause, and that cause is aging. As we grow older, our bodies accumulate damage that leads to the various diseases of aging. The graph above clearly highlights the steep increase in mortality from cancer, heart disease, diabetes, alzheimer’s and lung disorders as we get older. Therefore, we must preventatively tackle our bodies’ overall decline from aging and not wait to treat one disease at a time.