Fitness News #57 - How to avoid dying

Easter has come and gone and like as individual as we are, we all did different things, however the 4 days back in the office and the gym is done and dusted, bringing us back to normality.

The majority of people in Australia will die earlier than they need to, but what are they dying of, well here's the deadly serious list. The ABS 2010 stats shows the most common reasons for death are;


Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99 31.7%
Neoplasms (C00-D48) 30.2%
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99) 8.3%
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98) 6.2%
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99) 4.9%
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99) 4.3%
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90) 4.0%
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93) 3.6%
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99) 2.4%
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) 1.5%
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99) 0.8%
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) 0.7%
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) 0.4%
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 0.4%
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89) 0.3%
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99) 0.3%

So looking at the major ones, what can we do to avoid being done in by them

Diseases of the circulatory system

 The #1 killer in Australia, its predominately about heart disease and takes out almost a 1/3 of us.  So how to we avoid this sucker, well according to Mayo there are 5 things you can do;

1. Don't smoke
2. Exercise
3. Eat healthy
4. Maintain healthy weight levels
5. Preventative screenings 

Neoplasms

 What the frig is Neoplasms?  Its a fancy word for cancer and takes out almost a 1/3 of us too.  Yeh, sometimes your number comes up, but the general risk of number can be reduced.  Having a look at the prevention advice, such as Cancer Council Victoria and other places and what do we see;

1. Don't smoke
2. Exercise
3. Eat healthy
4. Maintain healthy weight levels
5. Preventative screenings 

 mmm... a pattern seems to be appearing... seems you don't need to be a rocket scientist to be smart with your bod.  Ask yourself about the final 1/3 of death reasons, how much of that can be prevented by applying the same intelligent decisions to your lifestyle

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