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Engaging and Empowering Consumers

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Engaging and Empowering Consumers: Chronic Disease

Leading Causes of Death, 1980 and 2003

The top two causes of death – heart disease and cancer – accounted for roughly one-half of all deaths in 2003.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005) Health, United States, 2006


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