CDC Statistics Show Improved Life Expectancy and Drop in Age-related Deaths

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s National Center for Health Statistics has shown that age-adjusted death rates for 10 of the 15 leading causes of death in 2009 dropped significantly.

Statistics show that Americans are living longer - life expectancy at birth went up to 78.2 years in 2009.

Higher Cancer Death Rate Continues To Haunt African Americans
Higher cancer death rate continues to haunt African Americans, new study shows. The death rate is higher than what is prevalent among all other racial and ethnic groups.

Age-adjusted death rate for the U.S. population dropped to its lowest ever, 741 deaths per 100,000 people in 2009.

Source-Medindia

Dengue Vaccine Tested In Malaysia as Death Rate Jumps
As death rate jumped more than 60 percent this year Malaysian health authorities announced on Wednesday that they were testing a dengue vaccine in a bid to combat the disease.

Smoking - Reason for Gender Gap in Death Rates
In a recent research it has been found that in Europe smoking accounts for up to 60 percent of the gender gap in death rates.

Chronic Conditions: Link Between Diagnosis and Death Rates
Hospital regions that have a higher rate of diagnoses have a lower fatality rate for chronic conditions , revealed in a study in the March 16 issue of JAMA.