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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mamm Genome. 2016 May 3;27(7-8):279–288. doi: 10.1007/s00335-016-9638-7

Figure 1. Age is the greatest risk factor for death from many diseases.

Figure 1

Fold change in risk of death between ages 40 and 90 is shown on a logarithmic scale for six major causes of mortality in the United States. Death rate data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010.