Band 4+: The graph shows the most common causes of death in middle-aged Caucasian males in the United States from 2000 to 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The given graph illustrates most common reasons for the death among middle aged Caucasian males in United States over a period of 2000 -2015.The given data presents data on five major causes.

Overall it can be noticed that poisonings and lung cancer were the most prevalent cause. It can also be observed that deaths caused by diabetes were stable throughout the time whereas the deaths caused by lung cancer was eventually lesser than poisoning

Deaths caused by poisoning gradually increased during the timeframe reaching to 30,00,000 deaths. While lung cancer was basically the primary cause with over 30,00,000 deaths. Although, diabetes was stable during the time with approximately 13,00,000.

However, suicide increased steadily and chronic liver diseases rose moderately. Although they were both similar but they showed an increase during 2000-2010 with sucides over 25,00,000 and over 20,00,000 for chronic liver. Despite that they had low death rates than lung cancer and poisoning.