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The number one cause of unnecessary death in the United States, called Iatrogenic deaths (783,986) is shown in the table below, re-printed bypermission of the authors:
Condition | Deaths | Cost | Author |
Hospital ADR | 106,000 | $12 billion | Lazarou1 Suh49 |
Medical error | 98,000 | $2 billion | IOM6 |
Bedsores | 115,000 | $55 billion | Xakellis7 Barczak8 |
Infection | 88,000 | $5 billion | Weinstein9 MMWR10 |
Malnutrition | 108,800 | ——– | Nurses Coalition11 |
Outpatient ADR | 199,000 | $77 billion | Starfield12 Weingart112 |
Unnecessary Procedures | 37,136 | $122 billion | HCUP3,13 |
Surgery-Related | 32,000 | $9 billion | AHRQ85 |
TOTAL | 783,936 | $282 billion |
The number two cause of unnecessary death in the United States is Heart Disease. Statistics show «The 2001 heart disease annual death rate is699,697.»
The number three cause of unnecessary death in the United States is Cancer. Statistics show «the annual cancer death rate, 553,251.»
The total number of known unnecessary deaths, per year, directly due to the American Medical System is 2,036,884.