Death rates are at a record low and life expectancy is at a record high in the United States, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Preliminary data for 2007, released on Aug. 19, show that death rates have decreased to 760.3 per 100,000 from 776.5 in 2006, and a baby born in 2007 can expect to live 77.9 years, compared with 77.7 for one born in 2006.
Age-adjusted death rates decreased significantly for 8 of the 15 leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, accidents, diabetes, influenza, high blood pressure and assaults.
The decreases in death rate held across all races and ethnicities, with black males showing the largest decrease — more than 4 percent. The drop occurred in all age groups except infants under 1 year old, where rates were unchanged.
Kenneth D. Kochanek, a co-author of the report and a statistician with the National Center for Health Statistics, said the findings were welcome.
“We want all leading causes of death to go down and life expectancy to go up,” Mr. Kochanek said. “That’s good news, but it doesn’t make the front page of the paper because it’s nothing spectacular.”
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