MSN 624 EXAM #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
leading causes of death 25-34 years old
Unintentional injury:
Poisoning
MVA
Suicide
Homicide: Firearm
leading causes of death 35-44 years old
Unintentional injury:
Poisoning
MVA
Suicide: firearm
Malignant neoplasm
Heart disease
leading causes of death 45-54 years old
Malignant neoplasm
Heart disease
Unintentional injury:
Poisoning
MVA
Suicide: firearm
,55-64 years old
leading causes of death
Heart disease
Unintentional injury:
Poisoning
MVA
Suicide: firearm
Chronic lower respiratory disease
65+ years
leading causes of death
Heart disease
Malignant neoplasm
Chronic lower respiratory disease
Cerebrovascular accident
Alzheimer's Disease
Top 10 causes of death in the US
1. heart disease
2. cancer
3. accidents
4. chronic lower respiratory diseases
5. stroke
6. alzheimer's
7. diabetes
, 8. influenza/pneumonia
9. nephritis
10. suicide
preventable causes of death
1. nontransport accidental injuries
2. intentional self-harm
3. transport accidents
4. assault
5. event of undetermined intent
6. complications of medical and surgical care
7. legal intervention
8. operations of war
heart disease and cancer deaths since 1969
while heart disease remains the nation's #1 killer, its mortality rate has fallen
precipitously over the last 50 years, even as the rate of death from america's #2 killer,
cancer, has fallen much more slowly
Death among children and adolescents (CDC, 2016 data):
0 to 1 year:
Developmental and genetic conditions that were present at birth
Conditions due to premature birth (short gestation)
SIDS
death among children 1 to 4 years
leading causes of death 25-34 years old
Unintentional injury:
Poisoning
MVA
Suicide
Homicide: Firearm
leading causes of death 35-44 years old
Unintentional injury:
Poisoning
MVA
Suicide: firearm
Malignant neoplasm
Heart disease
leading causes of death 45-54 years old
Malignant neoplasm
Heart disease
Unintentional injury:
Poisoning
MVA
Suicide: firearm
,55-64 years old
leading causes of death
Heart disease
Unintentional injury:
Poisoning
MVA
Suicide: firearm
Chronic lower respiratory disease
65+ years
leading causes of death
Heart disease
Malignant neoplasm
Chronic lower respiratory disease
Cerebrovascular accident
Alzheimer's Disease
Top 10 causes of death in the US
1. heart disease
2. cancer
3. accidents
4. chronic lower respiratory diseases
5. stroke
6. alzheimer's
7. diabetes
, 8. influenza/pneumonia
9. nephritis
10. suicide
preventable causes of death
1. nontransport accidental injuries
2. intentional self-harm
3. transport accidents
4. assault
5. event of undetermined intent
6. complications of medical and surgical care
7. legal intervention
8. operations of war
heart disease and cancer deaths since 1969
while heart disease remains the nation's #1 killer, its mortality rate has fallen
precipitously over the last 50 years, even as the rate of death from america's #2 killer,
cancer, has fallen much more slowly
Death among children and adolescents (CDC, 2016 data):
0 to 1 year:
Developmental and genetic conditions that were present at birth
Conditions due to premature birth (short gestation)
SIDS
death among children 1 to 4 years
