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Causes of death
- StrokeA stroke is really two opposite things, and the difference decides the treatment.
- Myocardial infarctionA heart attack is tissue death, and the dead heart muscle cells do not come back. A scar forms in their place.
- Domestic violenceBefore 1973, domestic violence meant civil unrest inside a country. MP Jack Ashley used it for violence in the home.
- Respiratory failureOf every three hospitalized cases of acute respiratory failure, one ends in death. Doctors sort the failure into types.
- SuicideSuicide deaths rose to 828,000 in 2015 from 712,000 in 1990, yet the rate adjusted for age fell 23.3%.
- HIVHIV can hide inside a person's own DNA for up to ten years. During that time it can cause no symptoms at all.
- Blunt traumaBlunt trauma can kill faster than a knife or a bullet without leaving a visible wound.
- Brain injuryA tamping iron tore through Phineas Gage's frontal lobe in 1848, and he survived. He became rude and indecisive.
- Black DeathNobody called the Black Death black when it struck Europe in 1347. The first known use of the term came in 1755.
- HomicideHomicide covers far more than murder, including accidents. Any act that causes a death counts, even without intent.