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U.S. Life Expectancy Rose to Record High in 2009. Infant mortality rate also hits record low.
Carpe Diem ^
| 03/16/2011
| Mark J. Perry
Posted on 03/18/2011 7:23:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
ATLANTA (AP) -- "U.S. life expectancy has hit another all-time high, rising to 78.2 years (see chart above). The estimate of 78 years and 2 months is for a baby born in 2009, and comes from a preliminary report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About 2.4 million people died in the United States in 2009 - roughly 36,000 fewer deaths than the year before. Deaths were down for a range of causes, from heart disease to homicide, so experts don't believe there's one simple explanation for the increase in life expectancy. Better medical treatment, vaccination campaigns and public health measures against smoking are believed to be having an impact.
U.S. life expectancy has been generally increasing since at least the 1940s, though some years it held steady and a few times it temporarily dipped.
More good news from the report: The infant mortality rate hit a record low of 6.42 deaths per 1,000 live births, a drop of nearly 3 percent from 2008."
TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: lifeexpectancy
To: SeekAndFind
So, if obamacare goes ahead, we’ve reached ‘Peak Meds’?
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posted on
03/18/2011 7:26:18 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: SeekAndFind
“Infant mortality rate also hits record low.”
Really? Does that include the 3,300 babies murdered each day in abortuaries? Huh????
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posted on
03/18/2011 7:29:44 AM PDT
by
laweeks
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/18/2011 7:34:22 AM PDT
by
Leo Farnsworth
(I'm not really Leo Farnsworth.)
To: SeekAndFind
More good news from the report:people can be taxex longer Government grins.
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posted on
03/18/2011 9:51:09 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
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