Top 15 Killers of Americans: Homicides are off the list, even though more people are carrying guns than ever before
7:00am Thursday, January 19, 2012
by Chad D. Baus CNN.com is reporting that while the leading killers of Americans continue to be non-infectious diseases like heart disease, strokes and lung diseases, one of the perpetual causes of death fell off the top 15 list this year: Homicides. From the article : "Most of the changes were positive," said Sherry Murphy, a statistician at the National Center of Health Statistics and one of...