During the first half of 2015, the pro-Israel lobbying giant AIPAC spent a record $1.67 million campaigning against the nuclear agreement. The group is also pumping money into a new 501(c)(4) group called Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran.
The major difference from the 2000 mortality data is that HIV-related deaths are estimated to have increased since 2000. It is estimated to be the second leading cause of mortality among adolescents.
and number of deaths. The estimates of cause of death were computed by multiply-ing estimates of the cause-attributable fraction of preventable deaths with the total mortality data. Main Outcome Measures Actual causes of death. Results The leading causes of death in 2000 were tobacco (435000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths), poor diet and physical inactivity (400000 deaths; 16.6%), and alcohol consumption (85000 deaths; 3.5%). Other actual causes of death were mi-crobial agents (75000), toxic agents (55000), motor vehicle crashes (43000), inci-dents involving firearms (29000), sexual behaviors (20000), and illicit use of drugs (17000). Conclusions These analyses show that smoking remains the leading cause of mor-tality.