Many factors determine how we arrive at our final resting place.
Many factors determine how we arrive at our final resting place.
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It's said that only two things in life are certain - death and taxes.
While not much can be done to avoid either, a little knowledge sometimes helps.
Research has detailed the most likely ways in which kiwis will 'shuffle off this mortal coil', as William Shakespeare putit.
Unsurprisingly, three killer diseases account for around 60 per cent of all deaths:
Males Females Cancer 30 per cent 26 per cent
Coronary 23 per cent 21 per cent
Stroke 7 per cent 12 per cent
Other 40 per cent 41 per cent
'Other' includes those who die as the result of an accident, or at the hands of another person.
As Ed Saul of Pinnacle Life points out, "obviously there are significant differences in mortality statistics across age, race and gender populations. And there are many forms of cancers that make up the total for cancer."
