The most common causes of fires remained cigarettes and other smoking-related materials, followed by cooking.

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Coronary Artery Disease (Cad) is one of the most common causes of death in the world.

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In 2004, the two most common causes of death were cancer, (27%) and ischemic heart disease (19%).

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Cataracts are one of the most common causes of blindness in the world.

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Colon cancer is one of the top three most common causes of cancer death in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

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Among children aged between one and 14, by far the most common causes of death were cancer, congenital illness and road accidents.

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Hanging and poisoning with pesticides were the most common causes of death.

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The new tests will reduce the contaminants from 19 to two - e. coli and enterococci - which are the most common causes of infections.

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Click on the image above to see the most common causes of death for women and the breakdown of our health habits in the U.S. Thanks to GOOD.is for sharing the graphic.

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Britain's National Health Service says that the two most common causes of gastroenteritis in adults are food poisoning and the norovirus, a common winter vomiting bug which typically afflicts between 600, 000 and 1 million Britons each year.

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The most common theory is that reform causes consolidation.

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