Eurielle's Poems And Stories: Article | Do You Know Which Is The No. 1 Cause of Death In The United States?

By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang

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The population might say that accidents, shootings, bombs, or meteorites fall cause most of the deaths in the United States of America, but according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number one cause of death in the U.S. is heart disease.

Heart diseases are chronic conditions. There are several types of heart diseases, but the most common one is coronary artery disease (CAD). The coronary artery is the artery of the heart that supplies the heart with its own blood. The heart, like most muscles, needs oxygen-riched blood to function. For those who have CAD, their coronary arteries are partially or totally blocked with plaques made from low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol; the bad cholesterol. This is called atherosclerosis.

The three key risk factors of heart disease are high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and smoking. Other risk factors include diabetes, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and excessive alcohol use.

Here are some of the PSAs I've made for my Health Science class.