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U.S. Life Expectancy Hits New High of Nearly 78 Years
9/13/07 A child born in the United States in 2005 can
expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) - a new high - according to a report
released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Deaths:
Preliminary Data for 2005."
The report from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics is based on
approximately 99 percent of death records reported in all 50 states and
the District of Columbia for 2005 and documents the latest trends in the
leading causes of death and infant mortality.
The increase in life expectancy represents a continuation of a
long-running trend. Over the past decade, life expectancy has increased
from 75.8 years in 1995, and from 69.6 years in 1955.
"This report highlights the continued reduction in deaths from the three
leading killers in the United States, heart disease, cancer and stroke,
which is most likely due to better prevention efforts and medical advances
in the treatments of these diseases," said Hsiang-Ching Kung, a survey
statistician with CDC's National Center for Health Statistics and one of
the report's authors. "If death rates from certain leading causes of death
continue to decline, we should continue to see improvements in life
expectancy."
Highlights of the report include:
* Life expectancy for whites was 78.3 in 2005, unchanged from the record
high of 2004. Life expectancy for blacks increased slightly from 73.1
years in 2004 to 73.2 years in 2005.
* The age-adjusted U. S. death rate fell to below 800 deaths per 100,000
population in 2005 - an all-time low.
* The death rate from the three leading killers in the United States -
heart disease, cancer and stroke - declined in 2005 compared to the
previous year. The age-adjusted death rate from heart disease fell from
217 deaths per 100,000 in 2004 to 210.3 in 2005, while the age-adjusted
death rate from cancer dropped from 185.8 per 100,000 in 2004 to 183.8 in
2005. The age-adjusted death rate from stroke declined from 50 per
100,000 in 2004 to 46.6 in 2005.
* The age-adjusted death rates for the seventh leading cause of death,
Alzheimer's disease, and the 14th leading cause of death, Parkinson's
disease, both increased approximately 5 percent between 2004 and 2005.
Preliminary figures also indicate an increase in the U.S. infant mortality
rate from 6.79 per 1,000 live births in 2004 to 6.89 in 2005. However,
this increase is not considered statistically significant. Congenital
malformations, or birth defects, were the leading cause of infant
mortality in 2005, followed by disorders related to preterm birth and low
birthweight. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was the third leading
cause of infant death in the United States.
The full report is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/. Final U.S. mortality data for 2005 will
not be available until next year.
