Essays Tagged: "leading cause of death"

Death

Natural and un-natural occurrences, and suicide. The focus of this essay is to tell my views on the leading cause of death. What is the leading cause of death? I believe it is AIDS.AIDS, Acquired Immu ... with ways to slow things down, but not cure AIDS.There are many ways to prevent AIDS. I believe the leading way is abstinence. No sex until your sure of your sexual partners past sexual history should ...

(1 pages) 41 0 2.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Heart Attacks

Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in the United States. Everyday approximately 1,500 people die from heart atta ...

(2 pages) 86 0 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

All about Pneumonia

cause of death in the US! Since then with the help of antibiotics, Pneumonia is now only the sixth leading cause of death. But still this is VERRY high!Causes of PneumoniaPneumonia has over thirty di ...

(3 pages) 98 0 3.0 Jun/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

AIDS + HIV

drug that can cure infection with the virus or to a vaccinethat can prevent it. With AIDS being the leading cause of death among adults,individuals are now taking more precautions with sexual intercou ... f free-floating viral envelope proteins in the bloodstream. These could bind to uninfectedT4 cells, leading to their elimination by the immune system. Other autoimmunemechanisms also may play a roll i ...

(9 pages) 108 0 3.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

This is a short essay / speech on the causes of violence among youth ages 15-24 in the U.S.

Fellow classmates as you already know homicide is the leading cause of death among people ages 15- 24. We have been asked to write a speech on the possibl ...

(1 pages) 100 1 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

This essay is about the different forms of child abuse.

home. More children, age four and younger, die from child abuse and neglect than any other single, leading cause of death for infants and young children (1).The abusers can be family members, parents ... and other bone fractures are often seen in young abused children, and in fact head injuries are the leading cause of death in abused children.A few physical indicators of physical abuse are:1)Unexplai ...

(8 pages) 447 5 4.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters > Child Abuse

Every thing you need to know about breast cancer

r. Twelve percent of all women will get the disease and 3.5% of them will die. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women who are 40 to 55 years old.Cancer occurs when cells divide uncont ...

(8 pages) 161 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

aids and the effects on africa

hannesburg, it has one of the fastest growing infection rates for around. AIDSIs now South Africa's leading cause of death. By the year 2010, HIV prevalence in adults is projected to reach 25% of the ...

(6 pages) 71 0 3.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Teen driving regulations.

ugh accidents and teen passengers in these cars only cause more problems. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for the 15-20 year-old age group. John Greening is a major supporter of this ...

(1 pages) 96 4 3.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Return to Sport after Repeated Concussions.

pressure were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced brain dead four days later.Head injuries are the leading cause of death in sports. An average of eight football players a year dies from head injurie ...

(8 pages) 93 2 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Youth suicide, a growing issue on Australian shores.

ns that over 2000 people are committing this act each year. After traffic accidents, suicide is the leading cause of death in this age group in Australia - the land we proudly call "young and free".So ...

(3 pages) 67 0 4.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Native Americans and their high suicide rate.

Suicide Among Native Americans: A Growing Epidemic"Suicide is the third leading cause of death... in the United States." [Borowsky et al., 574] However, "[s]uicide rates f ... dal thoughts, tendencies and suicide attempts, substance abuse on American Indian reservations is a leading factor in the rate of suicide.Alcohol and drug abuse seems to be rather obvious as indica ...

(9 pages) 122 2 4.2 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The affects of Bipolar Disorder and teenage suicide.

Among fifteen to nineteen year olds, suicide is the third leading cause of death. Since the nineteen sixties teenage suicide has doubled in the United States. ...

(3 pages) 53 0 4.3 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Tobacco product advertising.

years of life from a man or over 14 years from a woman. Nevermind the fact that lung cancer is the leading cause of death among smokers (Heart Disease Weekly 2002). It just doesn't matter. Millions o ...

(6 pages) 138 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Teen suicides some grammer mistakes but preety good...

mber is always rising -- especially with the future generations. College student suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for their age group. Also, from ages 10-14 it is the 4th leading cause.The fi ...

(2 pages) 50 0 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Signs for people who may commit suicide, and if it is normal. Also included is how it can be prevented.

des among young people nationwide have increased dramatically in recent years. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds, and the sixth leading cause of death for 5-to-14-year ...

(5 pages) 52 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Teenage Suicide.

suicide.Teenage Suicide nationwide has drastically increased in recent years. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds and the sixth leading cause of death for 5-14 year olds.M ...

(2 pages) 80 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

HIV in Africa

ent.Of all the regions in the world, Sub-Saharan Africa seems to be hardest hit by HIV. AIDS is the leading cause of death in this region, and has reduced the average life expectancy by 10 years. In 2 ...

(1 pages) 69 2 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

This is a report on the importance of using a saftey belt. I handed this in for my health class and rceived a 100.

r seat belts.Seat belts save an estimated 9,500 lives in America each year. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death to children in America. And each year in the U.S., approximately 1,800 childr ...

(2 pages) 100 2 4.6 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Teenage Driving - A persuasive essay for imposing tougher restrictions on teen drivers. WITH bibliography.

and soon-to-be drivers argue that things are fine just the way they are. However, when the nation's leading cause of death for teens age 15 to 20 is traffic accidents, things can hardly be considered ...

(4 pages) 312 1 3.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues