3rd leading cause of death: WESTERN MEDICINE

graphic of hospital that reads first do no harm 3rd leading cause of death

Update: this statistic remains true in 2016 as again featured in this MedScape article from May 3, 2016 Medical Error Is Third Leading Cause of Death in US and NPR covers it here. This is the original source: BMJ 2025 - National Library of Medicine is still saying this is true as of 2024: Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

January 27, 2014

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