How We Die Has Changed Over 200 Years

The New England Journal of Medicine published a chart that depicted the different ways we have died over the past 200 years.  To see the chart, please click here. 

Notably, our mortality rate has dropped in the last century because infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and influenza are no longer prevalent.  The way that we have talked about medical conditions has also changed significantly. 

See Sarah Kliff, How We Die (in One Chart), The Washington Post, June 22, 2012.