Good idea, do so and report back!
Here is the USA mortality rate by 10 yr age group for 2007
Rates are per 100,000 population
(NORMAL MORTALITY FROM ALL CAUSES)
1-4 years 28.6
5-14 years 15.3
15-24 years 79.9
25-34 years 104.9
35-44 years 184.4
45-54 years 420.9
55-64 years 877.7
65-74 years 2,011.3
75-84 years 5,011.6
85 years and over 12,946.5
Mortality experience in 2007
+ In 2007, a total of 2,423,712 resident deaths were registered in the United States.
2,423,712 deaths / 301,200,000 US Population = .00804
+ The age-adjusted death rate, which takes the aging of the population into account, was 760.2 deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population.
+ Life expectancy at birth was 77.9 years.
+ The 15 leading causes of death in 2007 were:
1. Diseases of heart (heart disease)
2. Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
3. Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke)
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
5. Accidents (unintentional injuries)
6. Alzheimer’s disease
7. Diabetes mellitus (diabetes)
8. Influenza and pneumonia
9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
(kidney disease)
10. Septicemia
11. Intentional self-harm (suicide)
12. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
13. Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease
(hypertension)
14. Parkinson’s disease
15. Assault (homicide)