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Meningitis is an inflammation (swelling) of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. A bacterial or viral infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord usually causes the swelling. However, injuries, cancer, certain drugs, and other types of infections also can cause meningitis.
The murder must be premeditated. In the state of Arizona, if one is found guilty of first-degree murder, there is the possibility of receiving the death penalty. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2020, the state had a murder rate near the median for the entire country.
States do not spend much of the money they get from tobacco taxes and lawsuits to prevent smoking and help smokers quit. CDC recommends that states spend 12% of those funds on tobacco control. In 2021, 11.5% of U.S. adults (an estimated 28.3 million people) currently smoked cigarettes: 13.1% of men, 10.1% of women.
Provisional Leading Causes of Death for 2023 – CDC Wonder; Deaths: Final Data for 2021 [PDF – 3 MB] Deaths: Leading Causes for 2020 [PDF – 2 MB] Trends in Leading causes of death from Health, United States; Death Rates by Marital Status for Leading Causes of Death: United States, 2010-2019 [PDF – 332 KB] More data: query tools
Call USAGov. Chat with USAGov. Top. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborates to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.
The Healthy Native Babies Project helps promote safe infant sleep in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. In collaboration with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, CDC is working closely with partners to assess and update the tools and resources available through this project.
Global Health. CDC has worked with public health institutions in Egypt for over 20 years. CDC works in conjunction with the Egyptian government and other partners to reduce the impact of emerging diseases, build capacity in areas such as lab systems and epidemiology, strengthen immunization services, respond to public health emergencies, and ...
