What is the number one cause of death in the United States each year?

1 Answer
Jul 31, 2017

Heart disease has been the number one cause of death in the United States each year, but deaths to due cancer are becoming closer in number.

Explanation:

Deaths due to heart disease, heart failure, heart attacks and related strokes are leveling out in numbers as the decline in smoking continues.

Deaths due to cancer are still on the rise in spite of improved diagnosis and treatment, because of the delay in the appearance of the disease which takes longer to manifest itself in smokers.

Detailed information is here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-leading-causes-of-death-in-the-us/