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Yeah, 40 seems to be the age where all the systems start breaking down. Cancer & heart disease are the big ones & most obvious, but the trend seems similar for most of the non-injury causes. It looks like it makes for waves, like if drugs & guns don't kill you by 40, then cancer; if cancer doesn't kill you by 70, then heart disease; if heart disease doesn't kill you, then Alzheimers & cerebrovascular...