What Causes the Top 100 Chronic Illnesses in America: Part 1

Secretary Kennedy’s MAHA mandate is to reduce chronic illness in America. Let’s get into chronic illness.

This is the first of in a series articles to help the public realize what chronic illnesses are plaguing America and their likely root causes, including iatrogenic causes (such as drug or vaccine side effects).

We’ll start by putting the superset list right here:

CARDIOVASCULAR / METABOLIC (20)

  1. I10 — Essential (primary) hypertension

  2. I11.0 — Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure

  3. I11.9 — Hypertensive heart disease without heart failure

  4. I21.3 — ST elevation (STEMI) of unspecified site

  5. I25.10 — Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery without angina

  6. I50.9 — Heart failure, unspecified

  7. I48.91 — Unspecified atrial fibrillation

  8. I63.9 — Cerebral infarction, unspecified

  9. I65.29 — Occlusion and stenosis of unspecified carotid artery

  10. I20.9 — Angina pectoris, unspecified

  11. E78.5 — Hyperlipidemia, unspecified

  12. E78.0 — Pure hypercholesterolemia, unspecified

  13. E78.1 — Pure hyperglyceridemia

  14. E66.9 — Obesity, unspecified

  15. E66.01 — Morbid (severe) obesity due to excess calories

  16. E66.1 — Drug‑induced obesity

  17. R73.9 — Elevated glucose, unspecified (prediabetes)

  18. R63.5 — Abnormal weight gain

  19. R63.6 — Abnormal weight loss

  20. I87.2 — Venous insufficiency (chronic)


DIABETES / ENDOCRINE (8)

  1. E11.9 — Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications

  2. E11.22 — Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic chronic kidney disease

  3. E11.65 — Type 2 diabetes mellitus with hyperglycemia

  4. E10.9 — Type 1 diabetes mellitus without complications

  5. E16.1 — Other hypoglycemia

  6. E03.9 — Hypothyroidism, unspecified

  7. E05.90 — Thyrotoxicosis without thyrotoxic crisis

  8. E89.1 — Postprocedural hypoinsulinemia


RESPIRATORY (10)

  1. J44.9 — COPD, unspecified

  2. J45.909 — Asthma, unspecified, uncomplicated

  3. J45.22 — Mild intermittent asthma with (acute) exacerbation

  4. J96.10 — Chronic respiratory failure

  5. J98.4 — Other disorders of lung

  6. E84.9 — Cystic fibrosis, unspecified (chronic component)

  7. R06.02 — Shortness of breath

  8. J47.9 — Bronchiectasis, uncomplicated

  9. J42 — Unspecified chronic bronchitis

  10. J60 — Coalworker’s pneumoconiosis


MUSCULOSKELETAL & PAIN (10)

  1. M17.9 — Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified

  2. M19.90 — Osteoarthritis, unspecified site

  3. M54.5 — Low back pain

  4. M25.50 — Pain in unspecified joint

  5. M48.02 — Spinal stenosis, unspecified region

  6. M13.9 — Polyarthritis, unspecified

  7. M79.1 — Myalgia

  8. M79.7 — Fibromyalgia

  9. M16.9 — Osteoarthritis of hip, unspecified

  10. M47.812 — Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbar region


MENTAL HEALTH / NEUROCOGNITIVE (12)

  1. F33.1 — Major depressive disorder, recurrent moderate

  2. F41.9 — Anxiety disorder, unspecified

  3. F32.A — Depression, unspecified

  4. F43.21 — Adjustment disorder with depressed mood

  5. F45.41 — Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors

  6. F02.80 — Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere without behavioral disturbance

  7. F03.90 — Unspecified dementia without behavioral disturbance

  8. G31.84 — Mild cognitive impairment

  9. R41.83 — Mild cognitive impairment, unspecified

  10. F11.20 — Opioid dependence, uncomplicated

  11. F63.9 — Impulse control disorder, unspecified

  12. Z91.19 — Patient’s noncompliance with medical treatment


CHRONIC KIDNEY / UROLOGIC (6)

  1. N18.9 — Chronic kidney disease, unspecified

  2. N18.30 — CKD, stage 3 unspecified

  3. N18.4 — CKD, stage 4

  4. N18.6 — End‑stage renal disease

  5. N19 — Unspecified kidney failure

  6. R35.0 — Frequency of micturition


GASTROINTESTINAL / HEPATIC (8)

  1. K21.9 — Gastroesophageal reflux disease without esophagitis

  2. K29.70 — Gastritis, unspecified, without bleeding

  3. K76.9 — Liver disease, unspecified

  4. K74.60 — Unspecified cirrhosis of liver

  5. K58.9 — Irritable bowel syndrome without diarrhea

  6. K59.00 — Constipation, unspecified

  7. R10.9 — Abdominal pain, unspecified

  8. R11.10 — Nausea with vomiting, unspecified


NEUROLOGIC / PAIN (6)

  1. G43.909 — Migraine, unspecified

  2. G44.1 — Vascular headache, not elsewhere classified

  3. G62.9 — Polyneuropathy, unspecified

  4. G89.29 — Other chronic pain

  5. R51 — Headache

  6. R52 — Pain, unspecified


IMMUNOLOGIC / AUTOIMMUNE / OTHER (10)

  1. M32.9 — Systemic lupus erythematosus, unspecified

  2. M05.79 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of multiple sites

  3. M06.9 — Rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified

  4. L40.9 — Psoriasis, unspecified

  5. D89.9 — Disorder involving immune mechanism, unspecified

  6. L93.0 — Discoid lupus erythematosus

  7. L20.9 — Atopic dermatitis, unspecified

  8. R53.1 — Weakness

  9. R53.2 — Functional quadriplegia

  10. Z79.899 — Other long term (current) drug therapy


COMMON CANCERS (8)

  1. C50.9 — Malignant neoplasm of breast, unspecified

  2. C61 — Malignant neoplasm of prostate

  3. C34.90 — Malignant neoplasm of unspecified part of unspecified bronchus or lung

  4. C18.9 — Malignant neoplasm of colon, unspecified

  5. C43.39 — Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified

  6. C25.9 — Malignant neoplasm of pancreas, unspecified

  7. C67.9 — Malignant neoplasm of bladder, unspecified

  8. C16.9 — Malignant neoplasm of stomach, unspecified

  9. C22.0 — Liver cell carcinoma

  10. C50.911 — Malignant neoplasm of right female breast

In the next article, we’ll look at known relationships between pharmaceutical drugs as known causes, effectors, mediators, and exacerbators of these conditions.

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