Last I looked at this (in a different context, a few years ago,) I read that most heart disease deaths are essentially natural deaths. Someone has to die from s

Last I looked at this (in a different context, a few years ago,) I read that most heart disease deaths are essentially natural deaths. Someone has to die from something and heart disease is one of those things. (Eating worse could perhaps be making people die earlier by one or two years on average.) Some data (not exactly the same I found last time, but seems to still be accurate as I recalled it): >About 82% of people who die of coronary heart disease are 65 or older[0] See also the CDC's list of deaths by cause by age group: For 65 years and over, Diseases of heart is ranked 1st (531,583 deaths in 2019). For 45–64 years, it is 1st in 1980 and second in 2019 (111,975). For 25–44 years it is 4th (13,994) and 15–24 years it is 5th (1,223 and 872 total deaths for 1980 and 2019 respectively).[1] I'm also pretty sure many (most?) drug overdoses manifest as cardiac arrest and are probably included in "Diseases of the heart:" >Drug overdose is a leading cause of cardiac arrest and is currently the second leading cause of overall injury-related fatality in the United States.[2] [0] https://memorialhermann.org/services/specialties/heart-and-vascular/healthy-living/education/heart-disease-and-age https://memorialhermann.org/services/specialties/heart-and-v... [1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2020-2021/LCODAge.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2020-2021/LCODAge.pdf [2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3399948/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3399948/