In fact, cancer will replace heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States within two years [2020], according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projections referenced in the study, published Monday in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine.*
The figure is taken from a CDC Fact Sheet on heart attack deaths.**
The greatest concentration of heart disease is in the South.
* https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/12/health/cancer-surpasses-heart-disease-study/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/Pcd/issues/2016/16_0211.htm
** https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_heart_disease.htm
Also, see:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/282929.php
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