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The top 10 diseases killing Americans

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Jeff Bendix, Senior Editor,Logan Lutton

Recent data shows 75% of American deaths were from these diseases.

According to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3.46 million Americans died in 2021. The organization USAFacts analyzed the CDC data and found that about 75% of those were the result of 10 diseases.

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