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U.S. Death Rate Hit Record Low in 2006
The age-adjusted U.S. death rate dropped roughly 3% from 2005 to 2006 — reaching an all-time low of 776 deaths per 100,000 individuals — according to a CDC review of national mortality data.
Among the other findings:
- Deaths due to either influenza or pneumonia saw the biggest decline, a 13% drop.
- Mortality from other leading causes — for example, chronic lower respiratory diseases, heart disease, diabetes, and essential hypertension or hypertensive renal disease — also fell significantly.
- Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, and homicide saw drops in mortality, but these did not reach significance.
- Life expectancy at birth reached a record high of 78.1 years, up 0.3 years from 2005.
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Published in Physician's First Watch June 12, 2008
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