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For example, tobacco smoking often causes lung disease or cancer, and alcohol use disorder can cause liver failure or a motor vehicle accident. For statistics on preventable ultimate causes, see preventable causes of death .
Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) is a sudden unexpected death of adolescents and adults caused by a cardiac arrest. However, the exact cause of the cardiac arrest, and thus the exact cause of death, is unknown. These deaths occur mainly during sleep or at rest. [7] One type of conduction defect known as Brugada syndrome can be ...
Sudden cardiac death occurs in approximately one per 200,000 young athletes per year, usually triggered during competition or practice. [6] The victim is usually male and associated with association football , basketball , ice hockey , or American football , reflecting the large number of athletes participating in these sustained and strenuous ...
The death of an Arizona Wells Fargo employee who was found dead at her desk has been ruled a natural, sudden cardiac death, according to the local medical examiner. The woman, 60-year-old Denise ...
A natural cause of death occurs due to illness and its complications, or internal body malfunctions, and is not directly caused by external forces other than infectious diseases. Examples include pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, cancer, a stroke, heart disease, and sudden organ failure. As organisms age, various health-related consequences arise.
Twins Christine and Nicole Bloom, now 29, and their sister, Ava Bloom, now 23, shared some of his last words to them as they marked the 20th anniversary of Bloom’s death in April 2023.
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.
Secret crisis: Rue McClanahan suffered ‘debilitating illness’ before sudden death. okstaff. Updated February 15, 2019 at 2:07 PM.