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Personal Author:
Kochanek, Kenneth D. ; Miniño, Arialdi M. ; Tejada-Vera, Betzaida ; Xu, Jiaquan
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Corporate Authors:
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), Division of Vital Statistics.
Description:
"KEY FINDINGS: Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality In 2007, the age-adjusted death rate for the United States reached a record low of 760.3 per 100,000 population. Life expectancy at birth reached a record high of 77.9 years. States in the southeast region have higher death rates than those in other regions of the country. In 2007, the five leading causes of death were heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, and accidents. These accounted for over 64 percent of all deaths in the United States. White females have the longest life expectancy (80.7 years), followed by black females (77.0 years). The gap in life expectancy between white persons and black persons declined by 35 percent between 1989 and 2007. The race differential was 4.6 years in 2007. All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated."
Content Notes:
Arialdi M. Minino, Jiaquan Xu, Kenneth D. Kochanek, and Betzaida Tejada-Vera.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 7-[8]).


Subject:
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Ethnology
Life Expectancy
Mortality
Trends

Series:
NCHS data brief ; no. 26 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2009-1209
NCHS data brief ; no. 26 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2009-1209 Less -
Pubmed ID:
20018136
Document Type:
Journal Issue
Genre:
Statistics
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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