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A photograph widely circulated in the month of June 2016 on Facebook, supposedly showing the major death reasons in the United States during the first six months of 2016. The image showed some unbelievable features such as abortion displayed at the top of the entry list and the murder by firearm was ranked lowest. Point to be noted that published list was showing doubtful issues in various ways. The displayed figures were showing death causes occurred in the first six months of 2016, but the list was originally projection base generated. The major reason was that latest information was not yet available.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated in its recent report about the causes of death scores from 2014. It is important that this list was collected from a website Romans322.com. It mainly relies on death data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control, but this organization doesn’t mention “abortion” as the major cause of death. The CDC mentioned that major causes of death in the United States were cancer, heart disease and respiratory disease. The list indicated the following causes of death in the United States:
Heart disease (614,348), Cancer (591,699), Chronic lower respiratory diseases (147,101), Accidents (unintentional injuries 136,053), Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases 133,103), Alzheimer’s disease (93,541), Diabetes (76,488), Influenza and pneumonia (55,227), Nephritis (nephrotic syndrome & nephrosis 48,146), Intentional self-harm (suicide 42,773), Murdered by firearms (8,124).