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  2. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally aging is not considered as a cause of death. It is believed that there is always a more direct cause, and usually it is one of many age-related diseases. It is estimated that, as a root cause, the aging process underlies 2/3 of all death in the world

  3. List of human disease case fatality rates - Wikipedia

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    Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.

  4. Category:Causes of death - Wikipedia

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    Vital statistics generally distinguish specific injuries and diseases as cause of death, from general categories like homicide, accident, and death by natural causes as manner of death. Both are listed in this category, as are both proximal and root causes of death. An injury that could be fatal is called major trauma; see also Category:Injuries.

  5. Thanatology - Wikipedia

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    Thanatology is the scientific study of death and the losses brought about as a result. It investigates the mechanisms and forensic aspects of death, such as bodily changes that accompany death and the postmortem period, as well as wider psychological and social aspects related to death. It is primarily an interdisciplinary study offered as a ...

  6. List of deaths from legal euthanasia and assisted suicide

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    Assisted suicide is often confused with euthanasia. In cases of euthanasia the physician administers the means of death, usually a lethal drug. In assisted suicide, it is required that the person voluntarily expresses their wish to die, and also makes a request for medication for the purpose of ending their life.

  7. Obituary: Fashion icon Iris Apfel dies at home in Palm Beach ...

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    A post shared by Iris Apfel (@iris.apfel) Born Aug. 29, 1921, in Queens, N.Y., she was the only child of Samuel Barrel, who owned a glass and mirror business and Sadye (nee Asofsky) Barrel, known ...

  8. Tommy Hilfiger and Hannah Waddingham lead tributes to ... - AOL

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    Tommy Hilfiger and Hannah Waddingham are among the stars leading tributes to the late American style icon Iris Apfel, who has died aged 102.. The self-proclaimed “geriatric starlet” worked for ...

  9. Mortality rate - Wikipedia

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    The crude death rate is defined as "the mortality rate from all causes of death for a population," calculated as the "total number of deaths during a given time interval" divided by the "mid-interval population", per 1,000 or 100,000; for instance, the population of the United States was around 290,810,000 in 2003, and in that year, approximately 2,419,900 deaths occurred in total, giving a ...