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Life expectancy climbs as mortality rates fall for major diseases.(in 2000)(Brief Article)
Healthcare Financial Management
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December 1, 2001
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The life expectancy for the U.S. population reached a record high of 77 years in 2000, as the mortality rate declined for several leading causes of death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported. The CDC asserts that age-adjusted death rates continued to decline for heart disease and cancer, the nation's two leading killers. Mortality from heart disease has declined steadily since 1950, and mortality from cancer has fallen steadily since 1990. Age-adjusted death rates also fell for homicide, suicide, accidents, stroke, diabetes, chronic lower respiratory ...
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