Peter Attia· MD
both in the United States and globally ascvd is the leading cause of death
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both in the United States and globally ascvd is the leading cause of death
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I believe it's about 18 and a half to 19 million deaths attributed to ascvd versus about 10 or 11 million to cancer it's almost 2x Delta
I mean the last time I looked 19 million people died in the world due to ascvd and the second place killer was cancer at something like 12 to 13 million so it's not even close that what we're talking about is the leading cause of death