This is the real reason most Americans file for bankruptcy

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51. majority of health problems are self-inflicted

In USA, obesity is a huge problem.
And so is alcohol consumption.
Add smoking, drugs and lack of exercise.

If people stayed within their desirable weight range, did not drink or smoke,
and exercised regularly, majority of health problems will be diminished.
Then all we would have to contend with is health problems beyond our control,
such as juvenile cancers, inherited serious diseases such as MS.

I am only an anecdote, but I do not smoke, do not drink, weigh 155 lbs on 5'-8" frame,
and exercise every other day on treadmill & lift light weights. Guess what, my medical
expenses are close to zero at age nearing 80. I even recall reading somewhere that exercise
helps reduce chance of getting cancer. I hope to go same way as my grandpa who passed away
in his sleep in his late 90's. He never had a health problem I can recall.