Wilma Rudolph 1940 - 1994. Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born on June 23, 1940 in Clarksville, Tennessee. Wilma was born into a large family -- she was the 20th of 22 children! Her parents, Ed and Blanche Rudolph, were honest, hardworking people, but were very poor. Mr. Rudolph worked as a railroad porter and handyman. Mrs. Rudolph did cooking, laundry and housecleaning for wealthy white families.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the US and also the leading cause of death worldwide. More than half of the deaths that occur as a result of heart disease are in men. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US with around 611,105 deaths each year. Heart disease is a term used to describe several conditions, many of which are related to plaque buildup in the walls of the arteries. Other types of heart problems include angina, arrhythmias and heart failure.
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.