Earlier this week, the CDC published a report assessing the leading five causes of deaths in the United States in 2014, according to The Washington Post.
Here are five findings:
1. The number of preventable cancer fatalities fell 25 percent, which is in large part due to the 12 percent fall in the lung cancer age-adjusted death rate.
2. Americans' risk of stroke-related preventable deaths decreased by 11 percent.
3. For preventable heart disease-related deaths, the risk dropped 4 percent.
4. Researchers did not find a significant change in the number of potentially preventable deaths for chronic lower respiratory disease.
5. Deaths from unintentional injuries increased 23 percent, which was largely due to prescription and illicit drug overdoses.