What is the leading cause of death in China?

by **tzor** on Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:30 am

I subscribe to something called TRIVIA HIVE. This was the question of the day.

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Another trivia question I had the correct answer for.

by **mrswdk** on Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:38 am

Bit of a difference between death by road accident (immediate and primary cause of death) and death from air pollution (possible contributing cause).

Google says that lung cancer is the leading cause of death in China, which isn't surprising given how prevalent smoking is.

by **riskllama** on Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:43 pm

i would've said communism.

by / on Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:59 pm

Is "overworking" a code-word for a kung fu beatdown?

by **Metsfanmax** on Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:18 pm

No, this is not so simple. The leading causes of death in China are cancer and heart disease. Air pollution does cause lung cancer, which contributes pretty significantly to that death toll, but smoking is a larger cause of that lung cancer than air pollution. The Berkeley study that indicated 1.6 million deaths per year in China from air pollution denotes it as contributing to 17% of the mortality rate, meaning it is still not larger than the 21% of deaths due to heart disease.