Leading Causes Of Death (Part II)

I want to talk about item number 8.  It's interesting that Pneumonia and influenza were put in the same category.  Not as many people died of influenza as people think.  According to Dr. Mercola less than 1000 people died of influenza.

• 1.       Heart disease: 616,067
• 2.       Cancer: 562,875
• 3.       Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 135,952
• 4.       Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 127,924
• 5.       Accidents (unintentional injuries): 123,706
• 6.       Alzheimer's disease: 74,632
• 7.       Diabetes: 71,382
• 8.       Influenza and Pneumonia: 52,717
• 9.       Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 46,448
• 10.   Septicemia: 34,828