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Life Expectancy Still Heading Higher
U.S. Life Expectancy Rose By More Than a Year From 1997 to 2007
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Aug. 19, 2009 -- Life expectancy continues its upward trend in the U.S., notching up by about two-and-a-half months in 2007 over 2006.
That may not sound like a lot, but step back and look at the gain over a decade: Babies born in 2007 have a life expectancy that's 1.4 years greater than babies born in 1997.
Here are the latest life expectancy figures, as published by the CDC today, based on preliminary data from 2007:
A total of 2,423,995 people of all ages died in 2007, down from 2,426,264 in 2006, and the nation's age-adjusted death rate dropped.
The CDC will publish final life expectancy and death data for 2007 later this year. Cause of death data may change, as the cause for some 2007 deaths may not have been determined in time for the CDC's preliminary report.
Curious about how U.S. life expectancy stacks up against the rest of the world? In May, a World Health Organization report showed that Japan has the world's highest life expectancy -- 83 years -- while the African nations of Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, and Nigeria have a life expectancy of 49.
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Life Expectancy Still Heading Higher
U.S. Life Expectancy Rose By More Than a Year From 1997 to 2007
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Aug. 19, 2009 -- Life expectancy continues its upward trend in the U.S., notching up by about two-and-a-half months in 2007 over 2006.
That may not sound like a lot, but step back and look at the gain over a decade: Babies born in 2007 have a life expectancy that's 1.4 years greater than babies born in 1997.
Here are the latest life expectancy figures, as published by the CDC today, based on preliminary data from 2007:
- Overall life expectancy for babies born in 2007: 77.9 years (up from 77.7 years in 2006)
- Life expectancy for white females born in 2007: 80.7 years (up from 80.6 years in 2006)
- Life expectancy for white males born in 2007: 75.8 years (up from 75.7 years in 2006)
- Life expectancy for black females born in 2007: 77 years (up from 76.5 years in 2006)
- Life expectancy for black males born in 2007: 70.2 years (up from 69.7 years in 2006)
- Heart disease: down 4.7%
- Cancer: down 1.8%
- Stroke: down 4.6%
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases ( lung diseases): up 1.7%
- Accidents: down 5%
- Alzheimer's disease: no significant change
- Diabetes: down 3.9%
- Influenza and pneumonia: down 8.4%
- Kidney disease: no significant change
- Septicemia (an infection that affects the blood and other parts of the body): unchanged
- Suicide: no significant change
- Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: no significant change
- High blood pressure (hypertension): down 2.7%
- Parkinson's disease: no significant change
- Homicide: down 6.5%
A total of 2,423,995 people of all ages died in 2007, down from 2,426,264 in 2006, and the nation's age-adjusted death rate dropped.
The CDC will publish final life expectancy and death data for 2007 later this year. Cause of death data may change, as the cause for some 2007 deaths may not have been determined in time for the CDC's preliminary report.
Curious about how U.S. life expectancy stacks up against the rest of the world? In May, a World Health Organization report showed that Japan has the world's highest life expectancy -- 83 years -- while the African nations of Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, and Nigeria have a life expectancy of 49.
TERRIBLE HEALTH CARE>>>JUST TERRIBLE!!!!