U.S. death rate statistics for the year 2004 have (finally) arrived. It seems that the U.S. death rate went down to the lowest level ever recorded. It fell by 3.8% to 801 deaths per 100,000 citizens.
As a result life expectancy at birth rose from 77.5 years to a record 77.9 years !!
Experts say that this is due to improvements in the medical field. People get better treatments and it’s getting easier to prevent a set of different deseases to happen in the first place.
For example the mortality rate for heart deseases (the most important cause of death) fell 6.4% to 218 deaths per 100,000 citizens.
And still, life expectancy and risk of heart deseases could be improved far beyond these statistics if the American population improved its weight and lifestyle. Experts say that life expectancy of 85 years or more could be possible in the near future, if the people learned to be more health conscious and physically active.
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These statistics run completely against the belief that obesity is killing us…? Statistics could be improved with more exercise etc – but still – seems amazing that heart disease fell…
There are only three possible explanations:
a. The medicine progresses faster than US people are wasting their health.
b. More people are beginning to live healthy.
c. This is just a fluctuation: We have to consider the long-term statistics.