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Disease: Deaths
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Lung disease is the number three killer in America, responsible for one in seven deaths. Lung disease and other breathing problems are the number one killer of babies younger than one year old. Today, more than 35 million Americans are living with chronic lung disease such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. This section includes information on lung cancer, tuberculosis, emphysema and A1AD related emphysema, pneumonia, sarcoidosis, HIV/AIDS and lung disease, and influenza.
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Scrapie (wasting disease) has a two–five year incubation period. Suffolk and North Country Cheviot appear to be most susceptible. An infected sheep rubs its head and rump against buildings or fences, becomes nervous, and develops muscular tremors and convulsions that result in death. Only a small percentage of flocks are afflicted with this rare disease.
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The immediate causes of death indicated that neoplasms and circulatory system disease were the major causes of death at 30% and 28.2%, respectively. Respiratory, infectious and nervous system diseases, along with mental disorders, accounted for the rest.
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