Many of my family and
friends know I studied biochemistry and immunology, and worked in hospital
pathology laboratories for many years.
So, with my own fascination
and inspired by Helen Smith’s blog including her health history charts, here is
my own ancestral health history / cause of death chart.
It was hard to know what
colours to use as there are many different causes of death, and multiple causes
for some.
For most of these, it was
hard to tell which was the overriding cause of death, and which just symptoms
or other conditions that existed at the time of death.
I coloured the boxes or text
of those with heart disease as that seemed to dominate my family’s chart – a
fair warning to us all to take care of our heart now.
I’ve entered the age at
death too.
Many lived long lives (especially
for those early times) so no surprises that a number died of organ failure or
senility.
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