Byas D

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There are many programs and research studies with-in the United States that are currently in place to try and both identify and possibly eliminate potential risk factors of various life-threatening illnesses. Life-style or unhealthy living is a factor which may have a direct influence on the possibility of one devel-oping heart disease and other negative health out-comes. It is therefore possible that certain types of unhealthy behaviors may be associated with identifiable and unidentifiable risk factors capable of in-creasing the probability of diagnoses with one or more of the top ten disease killers or preventable causes of death in America. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a sudden, unexpected death caused by loss of heart function (sudden cardiac arrest)1. SCD is the largest cause of natural death in the United States, causing about 325,000 adult deaths in the United States each year. SCD is responsible for half of allheart disease deaths1. SCD occurs most frequently in adults in their mid-30s to mid-40s, and affects men twice as often as it does women. This condition is rare in children, affecting only 1 to 2 per 100,000 children each year1. Sovari2 reported that more than 7 million lives are lost to SCD worldwide each year, which may include over 300,000 in the United States.