Passage: In 2012, 1,043,292, or 55% of all deaths in Russia were caused by cardiovascular disease. The second leading cause of death was cancer which claimed 287,840 lives (15.2%). External causes of death such as suicide (1.5%), road accidents (1.5%), murders (0.8%), accidental alcohol poisoning (0.4%), and accidental drowning (0.5%), claimed 202,175 lives in total (10.6%). Other major causes of death were diseases of the digestive system (4.6%), respiratory disease (3.6%), infectious and parasitic diseases (1.6%), and tuberculosis (0.9%). The infant mortality rate in 2012 was 7.6 deaths per 1,000 (down from 8.2 in 2009 and 16.9 in 1999).
Did fewer people die from accidental drowning or road accidents? Did fewer people die from infectious and parasitc disease or digestive system diseases? Did more people die from respiratory diseaase or tuberculosis? Did more people die from suicide or murders? How many deaths were caused by cancer and cardiovascular disease combined? How many deaths, in terms of percentage of all deaths, were not caused by cardiovascular disease? How many more deaths were caused by cardiovascular disease compared to cancer? How many more people died from cardiovascular disease than cancer? How many more percent of people died from suicide than fro accidental alcohol poisoning? How many percent of deaths in Russia in 2012 were not caused by cardiovascular disease? How many percent of deaths in Russia were not a result of suicide in 2012? How many percent of deaths in Russia were not caused by cancer in 2012? Of the external causes of death listed, which caused less than 1% of all deaths? Of the external causes of death listed, which caused more than 1% of all deaths? Was the infant mortality rate higher in 2012 or 2009? Were more deaths caused by cancer or by all the external causes of death combined? Were more deaths caused by cardiovascular disease or cancer? Which year saw a higher rate of infant mortality, 2012 or 1999?