The anonymous author of The Book of First and Second Causes (Liber de causis primis et secundis), which dates from the turn of the thirteenth century, does not adopt the distinction between necessary and possible beings, but describes the process of emanation in strongly Avicennian terms: From the first cause issues a first created being, an intellect.
According to the current epidemiological data, it is expected that, till 2020, coronary artery disease and cerebral hemorrhage are still the first and second causes of death of human beings, even though the order of the death causes due to human diseases would be changed significantly.
In Mexico, in the last decade, myocardial infarction has been the first and second cause of death among people older than 60 years and the general population, respectively [ 48].
Norovirus (NoV), a separate genus of the enteric virus family Caliciviridae, is actually recognized as the overall leading cause of acute gastro-enteritis (GE), being the first and second cause in adult and children, respectively, and accounts for more than 90% of GE outbreaks [ 1].
Next came the second and third causes of action, which dealt with what was owed to a landlord: unpaid rent, court fees, and other damages.
In fact, women's groups point out that haemorrhaging and infection/sepsis, identified by the World Health Organisation as the second and third causes of maternal mortality in Argentina, are also likely to be related to illegal abortions after women are admitted with post-termination complications.
Colorectal and pancreatic cancers are, respectively, the fourth and fifth causes of cancer deaths [ 53].
Diarrhea and respiratory infections are respectively the second and third causes of under-five mortality.
However, P. aeruginosa was the uropathogen more responsible for the differences between female and male patients, emerging as the fourth and ninth causes of infection, respectively.
Any residual margin of likelihood not accounted for by the likelihood of the first and, where applicable, second and third causes can then be considered as a partial indeterminate component in analysing overall cause of death and CSMF patterns.
Of the 504 respondents, 449 (89.3%) mentioned malaria as the first cause of death while another 226 (50.6%) and 48 (18.1%) mentioned HIV/AIDS and diarrhoeal diseases as second and third causes of death, respectively.
