Nursing Blog: Nurses Of America - Healthcare Report / Nursing And Medical Knowledge
Nurses Of America is the source for nurses and the medical professionals ======= Premature Death And Preventable Measure ... Study of premature deaths from six leading causes due to modifiable risk. Each year nearly 1,000000 Americans die prematurely from the six leading causes of death. The six leading causes of death in USA and in other parts of the world are: Heart Disease - Cancer - Chronic respiratory Disease - Stroke - High Blood Pressure and Unintentional injuries together they accounted for about 60 to 70 of all US deaths in the recent years. ---------- As a health care professional, to lose just one patient to a preventable disease or injury is hard to accept, but it is what it is.. ------ The medical professional around the globe are working hard to prevent many of these premature deaths. ---- The numbers of preventable deaths from each cause cannot be added to get an overall total that,s because prevention of some pr...