61.   Infection was the most common cause of adverse events and death among the infants whose mothers took the two drugs.

62.   It develops when the immune system fails and is one of the most common causes of death among people with AIDS.

63.   It points out that stroke and heart disease are leading causes of death among African-American men and women.

64.   Last fall, the difference between life or death among people who contracted the inhaled form of anthrax was an early diagnosis, she said.

65.   Lung cancer causes many more deaths among women, yet it does not come close to breast cancer when women are asked about their health concerns.

66.   Motor vehicle accidents are the single most frequent cause of death among children and young adults.

67.   Nationwide, suicide is the third leading cause of death among high-school-age students, behind accidents and murders.

68.   Officials note that although childhood cancer cases have not reached anywhere near epidemic levels, only accidents and congenital birth defects cause more deaths among children.

69.   Only diabetes, liver disease, pneumonia, influenza and homicide were consistently greater causes of death among Hispanics than non-Hispanics.