An estimated 2900-3100 people die a month from either legally or illegally consuming different types of psychotropic drugs. That is over 34800 deaths a year.
70,000 deaths were caused
I don't know the exact number, but many teenagers, and even children and adults, stock up on their drugs right from the medicine cabinet. They can use these prescription drugs, and non-prescription drugs for suicide, etc.
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It is not known how many deaths are caused by artichokes every year. It is possible that artichokes do not cause any deaths.
None. Like abortion, deaths involving firearms are caused by people.
430,000 deaths are caused by smoking each year.
Tornadoes caused 40 deaths in the United States in 2001.
Deaths caused because they thought someone was a vampire: a few hundreds, possibly. Deaths caused by people who thought they were vampires: Several tens. Deaths caused by vampires themselves: none.
623,123 deaths
Hurricane Fran caused 37 deaths. 24 deaths were in north carolina.
Too many.