Cancer Now the Number One Cause of Death in Many States

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Lila Abassi

Since the 1940s, it has been a statistical reality that cardiovascular disease (CVD) was the leading cause of death in the United States with cancer coming in second.  It’s a race, we are hoping, where both will lose, but that will likely not be the case for many more years to come.  Data on cancer, and not CVD as the number one cause of death, in many states, was recently presented at a session of the American Heart Association (AHA) Epidemiology and Prevention and Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health (EPI/Lifestyle) 2016 Scientific Sessions.......Read more