These are presumably preventable deaths. They are deaths that occur before their time. Perhaps you are young enough that you've not thought about death. From the perspective of someone who is older, the years become precious. There is a lot of high-quality stuff that you want to do.
Years do count.
The largest cause of premature death is no surprise. The cause is smoking. The theme that runs through the two major categories of premature death is cancer. That includes a lot of you in this room. Some of this may be preventable.