Which disease will kill more Americans this winter?

[hedgehog]

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[FSogol]

1. Other: Not wearing seat belts, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

Of course, I always get a flu shot, so I'm safe from influenza, for the most part.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Depression. 18 US Veterans kills themselves each day, on average.

Roll in all the other suicides and deaths due to depression-induced behaviors, and you have an epidemic.

The veterans alone is an epidemic, IMO.

[hedgehog]

3. NYC_Skip is correct -

Influenza may beat out depression in any given year, but year after year, depression takes the ribbon.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/disease.htm

http://theovernight.donordrive.com/?fuseaction=cms.page&id=1034

and trust me - I worry more about family members and depression than I do about them and flu.

However - for this poll I wanted to focus people's attention on the relative risk of two infectious diseases.

[valerief]

4. Heart disease

[hobbit709]

5. Stupidity.