Leading causes of death in the US: What’s changed since 1969?

Here there are some good health advances. And decreasing the use of fossil fuels, like coal, helps too.

"Los Angeles currently gets roughly 40 percent of our electricity from dirty coal-fired power, which produces incredibly dangerous and expensive pollution like mercury, soot, smog and arsenic. According to a recent report by Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Coal pollutants affect all major body organ systems and contribute to four of the five leading causes of (death) in the U.S." A new report by the National Academy of Science found the national cost of treating the health effects from coal pollution to be $62 billion each year." Here Study Here

"Viewed in this way, the totality of coal's impact on health becomes clear. Coal pollutants affect all major body organ systems and contribute to four of the five leading causes of mortality in the U.S.:  heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases."