Causes of Death Then and Now Causes of Death Then and Now Discussion Topic
1. Describe at least 2 reasons behind the changes in the causes of death in the last century.

2. In the graph above you can see how heart disease begins to rise quickly as a leading cause, hitting a high mark in the 1960's, and then begins a steady decline, especially after mid-1990. Why do you think this is?

3. What role does the public health community need to have in controlling the causes of death?