Question 9 of 24
Family history of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or stroke?
Pick one to continue — the dead don't get to skip homework.
Thanks for the genes, grandpa
💀 A grim little fact
Cardiovascular disease is the world's number-one killer, taking about 17.9 million lives a year — roughly 32% of all deaths. About 85% of those are heart attacks and strokes. If your family tree has a lot of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or stroke, you've inherited more than the good cheekbones.
CVD causes ~32% of all deaths worldwide — the single biggest slice.
🔮 Myth vs. Morty
Myth: "It's all in my genes, so there's nothing I can do — might as well enjoy the bacon." Not quite. The tidy way to think about it: family history loads the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger. A genetic predisposition raises your baseline risk; it doesn't hand-deliver a guaranteed outcome. Plenty of people with terrible family histories die of extreme old age and boredom.
Morty keeps meticulous family files. He finds them 'suggestive, not binding.'
Sources: WHO Cardiovascular Diseases fact sheet · Entertainment only — not medical advice.