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Longevity: Life Expectancy Surpasses 78 For the First Time
Submitted by Wesley on June 18, 2008 - 9:19pm.
Federal health officials say falling mortality rates in nearly all the leading causes of death has led to the United States’ highest life expectancy rate in history surpassing 78. Remarkably the average life expectancy for babies born in 2006 was about four months greater than for children born in 2005. U.S. life expectancy continues to trail 30 other nations, including life expectancy leader Japan whose citizens live to an average to 83 years. The four month jump in life expectancy is significant and officials attributed a number of factors, in particular a mild flu season, for the increase (link):
Alzheimer’s disease passed diabetes to become the sixth leading cause of death in the United States in 2006. An estimated 72,914 Americans died of Alzheimer’s disease in 2006. Link: CDC Release Read Similar LifeTwo Stories:
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