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Topic: U.S. Records Drastic Decline in Death Rate  (Read 659 times)
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« on: April 19, 2006, 06:48:10 PM »
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In what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminary government figures released Wednesday showed that the annual number of deaths in the U.S. dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004 — the biggest decline in nearly 70 years.

The 2 percent decrease, reported by the National Center for Health Statistics, came as a shock to many, because the U.S. is aging, growing in population and getting fatter. In fact, some experts said they suspect the numbers may not hold up when a final report is released later this year.

Nevertheless, center officials said the statistics, based on a review of about 90 percent of death records reported in all 50 states in 2004, were consistent across the country and were deemed solid enough to report.

The center said drops in the death rates for heart disease, cancer and stroke accounted for most of the decline.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060419/ap_on_...e/staying_alive
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The 2 percent decrease, reported by the National Center for Health Statistics, came as a shock to many, because the U.S. is aging, growing in population and getting fatter.
It's all those preservatives people are eating.   :lol:  
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I certainly do hope people are living longer as I've read too many Robert Heinlein books and don't plan on dying.  (if you don't know Lazarus Long, its never too late to find out)  

However, another thought did come to mind.  Maybe the decline in death records from the states is indicative of Americans leaving the country to retire.  There's a significant number of folks in the Caribbean, defintely enough to account for most of that 2% decline.

A better measure may be folks who no longer collect social security.

 
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