{"id":6007,"date":"2024-01-17T15:27:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grabhelfer.de\/ratgeber\/causes-of-death\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:30:38","slug":"causes-of-death","status":"publish","type":"ratgeber","link":"https:\/\/www.grabhelfer.de\/en\/ratgeber\/causes-of-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes of death"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6007\" class=\"elementor elementor-6007 elementor-4497\" data-elementor-post-type=\"ratgeber\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-581980c0 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"581980c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4383df56\" data-id=\"4383df56\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76118759 h1-styling elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76118759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">Causes of death<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-40e1805f inner-section-left elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40e1805f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7abae53d\" data-id=\"7abae53d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c61ceab elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5c61ceab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-shrink\" href=\"#mehr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ee6e745 elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ee6e745\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"mehr\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:87,&quot;sticky_offset_tablet&quot;:70,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;],&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1570da07\" data-id=\"1570da07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b63aed elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-left elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"24b63aed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#natuerlich\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-down\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Natural causes of death<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#infektionen\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-down\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Infections<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#nichtnatuerlich\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-circle-down\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Non-natural causes of death<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d018865 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d018865\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"natuerlich\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-442ae376\" data-id=\"442ae376\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33515157 h3-styling elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33515157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Natural causes of death<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd9c127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd9c127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>1 Cardiovascular diseases <\/strong>cause around half of all deaths. These include all diseases of the blood circulation and heart. Congenital heart and vascular diseases in particular often lead to death. Particularly well-known causes include various forms of stroke and heart attack.   <\/p><p><strong>2. cancer <\/strong>as a neoplasm of degenerated tissue includes malignant tumors in the broadest sense and, for example, leukemia (&#8220;blood cancer&#8221;). Here, diseases of the lung, bowel, prostate and female breast lead in the frequency of death. Inhaled smoking is the dominant cause of lung cancer. In colorectal cancer, almost all tumors are found in the colon. Prostate cancer leads to death in three percent of those affected. As the most common cancer in men, these tumors cause one in ten cancer-related deaths. Finally, mammary carcinoma, commonly known as breast cancer, affects almost exclusively women. This tumor of the human mammary gland is the most common cancer in women in the West.       <\/p><p><strong>3 In liver diseases, <\/strong>cirrhosis is the final stage of almost all chronic diseases of this organ. As a practically irreversible condition, cirrhosis marks the end of a development that has often lasted several decades. Cirrhosis in Europe very often results from abusive alcohol consumption.  <\/p><p><strong>4. bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis and COPD <\/strong>are among the most common causes of death in the lungs. Asthma as chronic shortness of breath means inflammation of the airways. Almost every tenth child suffers from this treatable disease. Chronic bronchitis manifests itself over years as a frequent cough with sputum. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a number of diseases with coughing sputum and shortness of breath during physical exertion.    <\/p><p><strong>5 Infections <\/strong>begin with the entry of harmful life forms or molecules into the body. Hepatitis B, for example, is one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide. The pathogen very often causes liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Safe vaccinations protect against this virus and its secondary diseases.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57d7288 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57d7288\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"infektionen\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54a81bda\" data-id=\"54a81bda\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27295e85 h3-styling elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27295e85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Cause: Infections<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ad7da8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52ad7da8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are several infections worldwide that kill people in the six to seven-figure range every year. Of these, tuberculosis (TB) mostly affects the lungs. Other respiratory diseases with fatal outcomes primarily affect children. Cholera and typhoid as diarrheal diseases also usually cost the lives of children. Measles, a viral infectious disease, also mostly affects children with fatal consequences. The same applies to malaria, a tropical disease caused by parasites. Sleeping sickness, on the other hand, which is also a parasitic tropical disease, does not differentiate between age groups when it comes to fatal outcomes. HIV infections with AIDS as a manifestation remain a threat, particularly in Africa, despite significant medical progress. Tetanus (lockjaw) is usually fatal because the bacterium that causes it also affects the respiratory muscles &#8211; resulting in death by suffocation.        <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-334f15a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"334f15a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"nichtnatuerlich\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24ab97ef\" data-id=\"24ab97ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eddd5b2 h3-styling elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2eddd5b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Non-natural causes of death in Germany<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbd7649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbd7649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>1. suicide <\/strong>leads to the death of over 11,000 people every year, with one woman for every three men. Suicide as the intentional ending of life occurs through injury or poisoning. Alternatively, the intake of critical medication or adequate nutrition can be neglected.  <\/p><p>2. around 4,000 fatal road accidents every year are mostly caused by <strong>speeding and alcohol consumption <\/strong>. Insufficient distance from the vehicle in front and errors in the choice of direction and side of the road follow. Other causes include unsuccessful overtaking and simply failing to give way, followed by careless changes of direction. Wildlife accidents also contribute significantly to fatal accidents.   <\/p><p><strong>3. other accidents in the sense of sudden events <\/strong>are the third most common cause of non-natural deaths. An external force injures the body, ultimately ending life-sustaining processes. The most common causes of these forces include collisions during sporting events. Burns and penetration of the skin also dominate, usually in the form of cuts and puncture wounds.   <\/p><p><strong>4. general damage to living tissue <\/strong>caused by external phenomena follows in frequency. Such trauma is caused by sudden exposure to energy or rapid deprivation of oxygen or heat. Energy may be mechanical (e.g. crushing) or thermal (e.g. skin burns). Electrical or chemical effects and radiation damage may also lead to death.   <\/p><p><strong>5 <\/strong>Finally, <strong>poisoning <\/strong>results from ingesting substances that break down cells, for example. Nerve paralysis and disturbed cell metabolism also result from some ingestions of toxins <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of natural and unnatural causes of death. 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