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To the Editor: In March 2004, we published an article¹ that showed that a large proportion of deaths each year in the United States result from modifiable lifestyle-related behaviors. We are writing to inform the JAMA readership that through an error in our computations, we overestimated the number of deaths caused by poor diet and physical inactivity. Our principal conclusions, however, remain unchanged: tobacco use and poor diet and physical inactivity contributed to the largest number of deaths, and the number of deaths related to poor diet and physical inactivity is increasing.

We and independent statisticians reviewed all of the calculations used to make estimates for the other causes of death. The review found some typographical and transcriptional errors in the published article, none of which affected the final estimates. These errors are listed in the accompanying correction. We will make available on request the corrected tables, a detailed list . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Ali H. Mokdad, PhD
amokdad@cdc.gov

James S. Marks, MD, MPH; Donna F. Stroup, PhD, MSc; Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Ga

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