Death - Causes of death in the United States - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia - Death
Death is the cessation of physical life in a living organism, or the state of the organism after that event. Death - Interpretations of d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Criteria Of Human Death: Medical, Religious, And Legal
Human death can be defined by three intrinsically different but overlapping domains: medical, religious, and legal. These different domai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Causes Of Death In The United States
The causes of death vary by area and by age group. In 2002 in the U.S. the top 10 causes of death were: Heart disease: 696,947 Cancer: 5...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Interpretations Of Death
In almost all societies, death has one or several symbols associated with it. Common symbols of death in Western cultures include the gri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - What Happens To Humans After Death?
The second question is of what, apart from the cessation of metabolism and the onset of physiological processes of decay, happens, especi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Personification Of Death
Main article: Death (personification) Death is also a mythological figure who has existed in popular culture since the earliest days of s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Unwritten Customs And Superstitions
Since writing someone's name with a range of years, such as John Doe (1950 - 2000), implies that the subject has died, it would be a faux...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - When Is A Person Dead?
There is an asymmetry between life and death. While cells and organisms may die, they have never been observed to arise from non-living m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Criteria Of Human Death: Medical Religious And Legal
Human death can be defined by three intrinsically different but overlapping domains: medical, religious, and legal. These different domai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - The Process Of Dying
Death - Cell death. A. Normal cellular function 1. Production of free energy required for vital cellular metabolism 2. Production of e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Signs Of Approaching Death
Death - When death is imminent. Physical death is a progressive process, during which there are some signs that usually indicate that d...   » Read the article