Global Death Rates from Chronic Disease Decline While US Progress Stalls
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health
Briana Mercola
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🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
- Global death rates from chronic diseases dropped in four out of five countries between 2010 and 2019, but the U.S. experienced the weakest improvement among wealthy nations
- Heart disease and stroke accounted for the largest share of progress worldwide, showing how treating circulatory problems saves lives
- Rising deaths from pancreatic and liver cancers, along with neuropsychiatric conditions, are slowing overall progress and leaving millions more at risk
- Everyday exposures like seed oils, plastics, and hormone-disrupting chemicals overload your cells, raising inflammation and driving disease
- You can lower your risk by removing seed oils, improving gut health, limiting EMF exposure, clearing toxins from your food and home, and supporting energy with sunlight, movement, sleep, and niacinamide
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| 0:00.0 | What if the world is getting better at preventing early death from chronic disease while you are living in a country that's losing ground? |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. Stay informed with quick, easy-to-listen summaries of our latest articles, perfect for when you're on the go. |
| 0:15.0 | No reading required. Subscribe for free at Mercola.com for the latest health insights. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello and welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm Ethan Foster, and today we're examining why many nations cut deaths from chronic diseases |
| 0:29.6 | between 2010 and 2019. |
| 0:32.6 | Yet progress in the United States was the weakest among wealthy peers peers and what you can do about it right now. |
| 0:39.6 | I'm Alara Sky, and we'll keep this focused and practical. |
| 0:43.5 | Chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, cancers, and chronic lung conditions aren't contagious, |
| 0:50.0 | develop slowly and chip away at your quality of life for years. |
| 0:53.7 | The latest analysis shows most countries reduce the chance of dying before age 80 from these conditions, |
| 1:00.0 | but the U.S. barely moved the needle. |
| 1:03.0 | The global picture is clearer than many expect. |
| 1:06.0 | Roughly four out of five countries achieved declines and death rates from non-communicable diseases between |
| 1:11.6 | 2010 and 2019, representing over 70% of the world's population. |
| 1:18.6 | That means billions of people gain time, years that used to be cut short by predictable, |
| 1:23.6 | preventable conditions. |
| 1:25.6 | Yet the U.S. trailed its peers. High-income Western nations generally improved. The U.S. |
| 1:31.5 | posted the smallest gains. Countries like Denmark saw steep declines, demonstrating what coordinated |
| 1:38.3 | prevention and effective treatment can deliver. For you, this gap translates to more lost years despite record spending on health |
| 1:46.8 | care. What drove the improvements? Circulatory diseases, heart disease, and stroke accounted for |
| 1:53.9 | the largest share of global progress. Earlier detection, better acute care, and wider access to |
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