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In the future, humans will likely die of a very different suite of causes than we do now, thanks to advances in healthcare, an aging population, and changes in the environment.

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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Global Burden of Disease Study: A comprehensive look at morbidity and mortality that measures lost human potential due to ill health caused by disease.
- Aging-associated Diseases: Diseases that increase in frequency with senescence, including atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and Alzheimer's disease.
- Global Catastrophic Risk: A risk that could inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale.
- Doomsday Clock: A metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction.
- Antiretroviral Therapy: A combination of drugs that suppresses HIV replication in infected individuals.
- PrEP: Pre-exposure prophylactic medications that work to prevent at-risk individuals from contracting HIV.

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Ritchie, H., Spooner, F., and Roser, M. (2019). “Causes of Death.” Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death

Mecklin, J. (2023). “A time of unprecedented danger: It is 90 seconds to midnight.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. https://storage.pardot.com/878....782/1674512728rAkm0V

Fuller, R. et al. (2022). “Pollution and Health: A Progress Update.” The Lancet. 6:6 (535-537). https://www.thelancet.com/jour....nals/lanplh/article/

Atella V, Piano Mortari A, Kopinska J, Belotti F, Lapi F, Cricelli C, Fontana L. “Trends in age-related disease burden and healthcare utilization.” Aging Cell. 2019 Feb;18(1):e12861. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30488641/

Mathers CD, Loncar D. Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS Med. 2006 Nov;3(11):e442. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC16646