Naturally as we age, one can’t help but think of death and other factors that surround it. When we were younger, we felt invincible as if nobody can ever touch us but now that we are nearing our final years, it is but normal to think—and even be aware—of what may cause our death just so we can prepare for it, if there’s such thing.

Death is natural and it should come. Like they say, everybody wants to be in heaven but it seems that nobody wants to die. As ironic as it may seem, everyone of us should undergo this phase in life just because it’s the way it has to be. According to the natural cycle of life, one must perish to give way to a new life, just imagine if there will be no more deaths and we will just go on living, would that be fun? I don’t think so. It doesn’t matter if we die tomorrow or the next day, what matters most is how we lived our lives right? Below are the top 10 causes of death in seniors. As you can see, the two most apparent causes are accidents and of course, health. While the former cannot be determined when or where it would strike, the latter can be prevented if we just take care of ourselves early on. Here are they, in alphabetical order:

·    Accidents— This includes fall, slips, fractures and others, acquired from both past and present accidents. Seniors are prone to accidents, partly because most of the time their senses are impaired and they can no longer help themselves. Don’t hesitate to seek assistance when you feel you need one. Practice safety precautions especially if there’s no one to assist you at the moment.
·    Alzheimer’s disease—Although death won’t come instantly in an Alzheimer’s disease, many have gone this route and sadly, most of them would have wanted to be dead than living a life that is empty. Most seniors die from complications brought about the disease and not from Alzheimer’s disease itself.
·    Cancer– Young or old, cancer kills and it seems that most cancer fatalities belong to a much younger group now than it was before. It certainly doesn’t recognize age but it kills almost half of the senior population too. Maybe because cancer still has no cure and its cause has yet to be determined.
·    Diabetes–  Some people are born with diabetes but a greater number of patients suffering from diabetes have the “adult onset” type which is clearly defined by one’s lifestyle.
·    Heart disease–  Again, a lifestyle disease. When you know you’re prone to heart problems, it pays to heed calls early on than suffer an irreversible consequence. Dying from heart disease is usually instantaneous and there’s no telling when.
·    Infection—As we age, our body is getting weaker by the minute comprising our immune system enormously. This makes way for various infections to come and breed inside of us.
·    Kidney Problems—Too much alcohol consumed in your lifetime will certainly kill you. Not only that, it will make your overall quality of life unbearable. Kidney problems have its own set of delaying procedures but it’s too painful to put up with. Renal failure will put your body’s own toxic waste management team on hold causing harmful toxins to accumulate and ultimately poison your system.
·    Lung disease– If too much alcohol can kill a person, so does smoking. Lung disease is an effect of sustained tobacco smoking that proves to be very dangerous not only for you but also for the people around you.
·    Pneumonia– It is a lung infection. Basically, an impaired immune system coupled with a lung that has been gradually giving up already then throw in a miniscule bacterium in there and voila! The ever deadly pneumonia.
·    Stroke– Stroke happens when a blood clot blocks a major artery therefore hindering the blood flow to important organs of the body. Usually, the ones that cause problems are the heart and the brain.