During 2005 and 2006 age adjusted death rates in the U.S. fell quickly and a record high of 78.1 years life expectancy was noted there, The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‘s latest figures show.
According to preliminary results for 2006 the number of deaths in the U.S was 2,425,900 and there was a decrease of 22,117 from 2005.The reason behind this decrease, as the author suggest, was possibly the mild influenza activity during 2006 if compared to 2005.
The main result that was revealed by the report was that life expectancy for a child born in the United States during 2006 has hit a new record high of 78.1 years. Besides this key result the report also reveals that Alzheimer’s has now left behind diabetes and also has turned into sixth leading cause of death in the United States during 2006.
In Guam, Virgin Islands and Hawaii the lowest death rates were found while California, Utah, New York, Connecticut and Colorado followed them while the highest results were noticed in American Samoa, Northern Mariana and Mississippi.
As part of the National Vital Statistics System, the data for the report was accumulated from more than 95 per cent of the death certificates of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. To cross check the counts, the researchers also included the deaths registered for 2006 that were reported in every state vital statistics office.
To work out the death rates, the population numbers that were used came from the United States Census Bureau and they were based on the 2000 census. However, the death rates by race were produced using different procedures of estimations like bridging. Life expectancy rate in the U.S. may attain new highs in the coming years.
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