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Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, accounting for approximately 443,000 deaths—1 of every 5 deaths—each year. [7] Cigarette smoking alone has cost the United States $96 billion in direct medical expenses and $97 billion in lost productivity per year, or an average of $4,260 per adult smoker.
Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides data on drug overdose death rates and totals in the United States.
The American Lung Association's latest annual tobacco report says delaying a menthol ban means increased addiction, disease and death from tobacco. More than 480,000 Americans die each year from ...
The tobacco industry spends $8.5 billion each year on tobacco-related advertising and promotion, it said. That represents about $12 in tobacco industry marketing for each $1 spent by tobacco ...
In the developing world, tobacco consumption is rising by 3.4% per year as of 2002. [10] The WHO in 2004 projected 58.8 million deaths to occur globally, from which 5.4 million are tobacco-attributed, and 4.9 million as of 2007. [13] As of 2002, 70% of the deaths are in developing countries. [13]
The three risk factors most commonly leading to preventable death in the population of the United States are smoking, high blood pressure, and being overweight. [10] Pollution from fossil fuel burning kills roughly 200,000 per year.
With an average of 123.6 deaths per 100,000 from 2003 through 2010 the most dangerous occupation in the United States is the cell tower construction industry. [103] Selected occupations with high fatality rates, 2011, in the United States [104]
Data show house fires occur every 21 seconds in the United States. ... Home fires in 2023 resulted in 2,890 civilian deaths. ... there were an average of 360 deaths per year and 820 injuries per ...