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Show U.S. Heart and Blood Vessel Deaths Top l-Million Toll First Time Ever 254,940 j disuses OF HEART 4 BLOOD VESSELS 303,300 3 -r3 "2'30D ACCIDENTS E3 DEATHS AT j 83,710 ACtNls ALL AGES I P 64,230 PNEUMONIA- ED DEATHS BELOW 22,490 INFLUENZA 65 YEARS 3 35'!!S 'DIABETES 11,380 Blo6S,Cirr)iosisofLiraDfiiihs SOURCE: LATEST AVAILABLE FIGURES (1966) were 19,770; suicides, 16,110. FROM NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS NEWEST STATISTICS on leading causes of death in the ! United States show that the toll from diseases of the : heart and blood vessels approximated 1,017,550 in 1966 i last year for which figures are available. Previous high was 990,192 in 1965. To fight these diseases, give gener- ously to the Heart Fund Campaign, conducted here and ! throughout the nation during February. |