I recently came across an article from 2002 titled “Leading Causes of Mortality Throughout the World, 2002”
First off I noticed the #1 cause of mortality was missing… Death!
That however, is not the reason for the post… It seems that 3.1% of the people that passed away in 2002 died of “Diarrheal Diseases” Seriously! You can’t just make this kind of stuff up! (look here for the page) This got me to thinking… Our culture has much too grim a view of death…And so in order to help counter this I am instituting the ‘name-your-fictional disease’ contest.
If you ‘had to go’ what would be the method you’d prefer?
I’m thinking I’d choose something along the lines of ‘Hilairia’ … it’s a bit like malaria… but you die laughing…
Buffet o' Blog 
Mango-Man
After looking at the stats for 2002 I think its’ interesting to note that more people died that year from “Diarrheal Diseases” than from Drowning, Fire, Falls, and WAR combined! Man! What a ‘crappy’ way to go…
Oh… & if I had to ‘go’, I’d choose a REST-oratory disease… that way I could go in my sleep.
Bubba
It said there was 100% deaths… I’m sure glad I didn’t participate in that study!!!
Important Scientist
Many die of “pizzeria”. This disease is characterized by severe loose bowel movements following the consumption of large quantities of botulism infested pizza. It is closely related to “café-teria” which is characterized by the same symptoms, but results from the consumption of cheap coffee.
Thomas Wayne
I think some people reading this may get a “groan pull” from all these dumb puns…
Important Scientist
T.W.,
You used “groan pull” and you call my puns dumb. P-lease! M.M. and I resent such assertions.
I.S.