US_life_expectancyDuring 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.


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