In the United States, smoking rates are down from the past, but cigarettes still cause about one-fifth of all deaths.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

But in cases with a known cause the experts say salmonella is responsible for more than one-third of hospitalizations.

VOA: special.2011.01.11

Cardiovascular diseases of the heart and blood vessels are the number one cause of death around the world.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

It can also cause flooding. Wind speeds in a category two hurricane can reach close to one hundred eighty kilometers an hour.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

One of the last decisions of its term will likely cause employers to take greater care in how they choose workers to promote.

VOA: special.2009.07.03

Twelve thousand parts per million of the gas will cause death in one to three minutes.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

Migraine headaches cause Americans to miss at least one hundred fifty million workdays each year.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

They said no one wanted to hear that industrial companies could cause great ecological damage.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

Any one of these could cause damage to a spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The cause was colon cancer. She was eighty-one.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

According to Jim Jennings, a spokesperson for Allstate Insurance Company, says the number one cause of distracted-driving accidents is cell phones.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

He said any one-sided step will unravel the framework of agreements that exist and cause unilateral steps from the Israeli side.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

You know why we'rea good partnership, Forrest? 'Cause we be watching outfor one another, like brothers and stuff.

VOA: standard.other

For years researchers have tried to locate one single cause for stomach cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Of course,the biggest difference between the two bills, and one likely to cause the most friction in House-Senate negotiations, involves the so-called "public option" or competing insurance the government would offer.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"That was not part of the briefing that we received. It was just noted as one of the problems associated with these events, not that it was the cause of the civilian casualties."

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

A national survey finds that one in four parents in the U.S.believe that vaccines containing thimerosal cause autism in healthy children and one in eight have refused at least one ecommended dose of vaccine.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

"Because cardiovascular death is the number one cause of death in the world, not just in developed countries, but throughout the world, the role that air pollutants play on this has a tremendous effect on overall world mortality."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04