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¶ … people grow older, they become increasingly likely to die. Statistics show that death is more common in older people than it is in younger ones. This is an important subject that should be researched further because controlling aging may be the single most important contributing factor in saving lives.
Introduction great deal of research has been conducted on why people die because it is one of the most potent weaknesses of the human race.
When faced with death, humans are as helpless as any other creature on the planet. The question must be asked: why do people die? Certainly, when a soldier is killed in battle, or when a gas station attendant is shot during a robbery, the cause of death is obvious. However, many people die from what are considered to be natural causes every day. It seems from every day observations that more elderly people are dying than...
Upon looking into the statistics, it can be found that in fact there is a correlation between age and death.
Problems statement and significance
The problem in question here is that there is a correlation between age and death rates. As a person grows older, he or she becomes increasingly likely to die. This is a significant issue because everyone is aging. Heart Disease and cancer are both considered to be very serious problems because they affect such a large number of people. However, it seems possible that the deaths caused by these diseases do not compare to the deaths caused by aging! Every person is aging, and therefore everyone is at risk of death. Therefore this is a significant problem that affects everyone.
Goals and objectives
The goal of this project is to show that everyone is getting older and therefore…
References
There are a great number of sources that reveal people are more likely to die as they get older. Birth and death records, and also medical records, would be primary sources.
Badget and Justification
This is important because not enough scientific research is being put into stopping aging. Much research is being done towards fighting cancer and AIDS, but aging seems to be a major contributing factor to death, which if independently controlled might be able to cause less deaths.
Human Subjects
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