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The Central Bureau of Statistics has published statistics on the most common causes of death in the country for the year 2015.

A quarter of the deaths in Israel for that year were caused by cancer, according to the CBS. The data reflect that 14.4 percent of the deaths were caused by cardiovascular diseases, 5.7 percent of those who died were killed by infectious disease and diabetes, and 5.5 percent of the deaths were caused by stroke.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.