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Show I LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN U.S. I I i.o4aooo SOURCE: LATEST AVAILABLE STATISTICS BASED 0 DATA (1968) FROM NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS i 31&500 114.800 L - 1 i I 1 1 I i VESSEL DISEASES CAHCER ACCIDENTS HEART AND BLOOD VESSEL DISEASES tower over the next leading causes of death in the United States to make them the number one killer of men, women and children. They account for 54 percent of the annual deaths in this country, and afflict 27-million living Americans. The Heart Fund Campaign is being conducted Feb. 1 through 29 to fight this foremost health menace. |