Background. Three major diseases in Japan, cancer, heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) are the leading causes of death in Japan. This study aimed to clarify the social burden of these diseases, including long-term care (LTC), and to predict future trends.
The three major diseases in Japan that have been the leading causes of death since the 1950s are cancer (ICD-10 codes C00–C97, D00–D09), heart disease (I01–I02. 0, I05–I09, I20–I25, I27, I30–I52), and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) (I60–I69).
Three major factors affecting mortality are identified: disease patterns possibly associated with urbanization, disease patterns possibly associated with temperature, and characteristics peculiar to rural areas in northern Japan.
Background. Three major diseases in Japan, cancer, heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) are the leading causes of death in Japan. This study aimed to clarify the social burden of these diseases, including long-term care (LTC), and to predict future trends.
This exceptional longevity is explained by a low rate of obesity and a unique diet, characterized by a low consumption of red meat and a high consumption of fish and plant foods such as soybeans and tea.
While larger animals like sharks or hippos may seem a likely culprit, the animal that kills the most humans per year is actually the mosquito.
Smoking, physical inactivity and low SES account for almost two thirds of all avoidable deaths.
Japanese beliefs about death can vary depending on several factors, including age and religion. That said, the Japanese traditionally believe that a human consists of two parts, a soul and a body. Thus, death isn't necessarily the end of one's existence. It instead marks the moment when the soul departs.
Kodokushi (孤独死) or lonely death is a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time. First described in the 1980s, kodokushi has become an increasing problem in Japan, attributed to economic troubles and Japan's increasingly elderly population.
In Japan, symbolic rituals may include placing a knife on the body or sprinkling salt to ward off bad spirits. Other traditional rituals include washing of the body and dressing the individual in white kimono-style clothing. However, these traditions by and large have not been carried on in North America.
On 11 March 2011, a nuclear accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan. The proximate cause of the disaster was the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which remains the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan.
The most typical place for accidents to occur in Japan are at intersections, especially those occurring when a car is making a right turn. The primary cause of intersection accidents is failure to check your surroundings.
The world's biggest killer is ischaemic heart disease, responsible for 16% of the world's total deaths.
Mosquitoes. Close-up of Mosquito (Aedes aegypti) sucking blood on human skin. The mosquito is the single deadliest, most dangerous animal in the world and also one of the smallest. Mosquitoes are estimated to cause between 750,000 and one million human deaths per year.
Four species of sharks account for the vast majority of fatal attacks on humans: the bull shark, tiger shark, oceanic whitetip shark and the great white shark.
But both Hitler and Stalin were outdone by Mao Zedong. From 1958 to 1962, his Great Leap Forward policy led to the deaths of up to 45 million people—easily making it the biggest episode of mass murder ever recorded.
In the United States, pain, depression, and anxiety are among the most common causes of years lived with disability (YLD). disorders, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, conduct disorder, and other mental and substance abuse.
Japan's success in avoiding the obesity problem faced by most of the western world is down to three main factors: an appreciation of good food from cradle to grave, a lifestyle that encourages incidental exercise, and a large dollop of paternalism.
U.S. life expectancy at birth
On average, a person living in the U.S. can expect to live to 76.1 years. Asian people have the longest average life expectancy (83.5 years) and American Indian/Alaska Natives the shortest (65.2 years).
Vegetable intake: The Japanese, unlike the countries in the West, consume a lot of fresh vegetables, seaweed means, fermented soy, rice, and fish. It ensures adequate phytochemicals, vitamins and minerals. The eating habit surely adds the extra mileage as far as mortality is concerned.