What is the deadliest month for people living in the United States?
People die daily from causes ranging from common ailments, such as heart disease, to rare occurrences, such as getting hit by lightning. But during which month do the most deaths happen in the United States?
Why is January so dangerous? According to the World Health Organization , the culprit could be the world's most prolific killer: heart disease, a 1999 study in the journal Circulation found, noting that heart conditions were more fatal during the winter months, especially January and February. More body heat is lost during the cold months, so the heart has to work harder, which creates extra stress for people with existing heart conditions, the British Heart Foundation reported.
The pathogens that cause respiratory infections lurk everywhere during the winter. Closed spaces are germ vectors, breeding bacteria and viruses from too many people being too close together for long stretches of time. Even worse, the flu virus grows a tougher lipid coating during the winter months, according to the University of Southern California’s Verdugo Hills Hospital , and that combined with a more sluggish immune system raises the chances of getting sick.
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