If we are getting so good at staying alive, what is killing us?
If we are getting so good at staying alive, what is killing us?
- In New Zealand, the leading causes of death include ischaemic heart disease, lung cancer, cerebrovascular disease (or strokes). If you are Māori, add diabetes and (for women) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Non-Māori women are more likely than their Māori sisters to die from breast cancer.
- In New Zealand, the leading causes of death include ischaemic heart disease, lung cancer, cerebrovascular disease (or strokes). If you are Māori, add diabetes and (for women) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Non-Māori women are more likely than their Māori sisters to die from breast cancer.