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Senior Citizen Longevity & Statistics
New Record Reached in U.S. Life Expectancy but Heart
Disease Remains Biggest Killer
Child born in 2005 should live to about 78 years of
age, says CDC
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Americans celebrating their 100th
birthday is becoming more common. The Sussex Post (Del.) reports
on two this week. Edna Englehart shares a moment with her
grandson Brian during her 100th birthday last Saturday. She had
never eaten lobster tail, so her grandson whipped her up a
seafood platter to sample. (Sussex Post photo by Michael Short)
Click to story.
Perneltha Wise Yates hit the century
mark on Aug. 17, and friends and family five generations in
all celebrated with a surprise birthday bash the following day
at the Church of the Nazarene in Laurel.
Click to story
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Sept. 13, 2007 The latest government statistics
show longevity in the U.S. has reached a new high a child born in 2005
can expect to live to almost age 78 (77.9). The study also finds that
heart disease is still the main reason we are dying, although, the death
rate from heart disease dropped significantly from 2004 to 2005 3.1%.
But the biggest drop in death risk was from cerebrovascular diseases
(stroke), where the rate dropped 6.8%.
The new report, Deaths: Preliminary Data for
2005,. was released yesterday by the National Center for Health
Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It is based on approximately 99% 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:
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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.
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The age-adjusted U. S. death rate fell to below 800 deaths per
100,000 population in 2005 an all-time low.
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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.
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The age-adjusted death rate from heart disease fell from 217
deaths per 100,000 in 2004 to 210.3 in 2005.
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The age-adjusted death rate from cancer dropped from 185.8 per
100,000 in 2004 to 183.8 in 2005.
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The age-adjusted death rate from stroke declined from 50 per
100,000 in 2004 to 46.6 in 2005.
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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.
Deaths and death rates for 2005 and age-adjusted
death rates and percent changes in age-adjusted rates from 2004 to 2005
for the 15 leading causes of death: United States, final 2004 and
preliminary 2005
[Data are based on a continuous file
of records received from the states. Rates are per 100,000 population;
age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population based on the
year 2000 standard; see "Technical Notes." Figures for 2005 are based on
weighted data rounded to the nearest individual, so categories may not
add to totals]
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Age-adjusted death rate
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Rank |
Cause of
death (based on the International Classification of
Diseases, Tenth Revision , 1992) |
Number |
Death rate |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate |
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2005 |
2004 |
% Ch. |
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... |
All
causes |
2,447,910 |
825.9 |
798.8 |
800.8 |
(0.2) |
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1 |
Diseases
of heart |
649,399 |
219.1 |
210.3 |
217.0 |
(3.1) |
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2 |
Malignant
neoplasms (cancer) |
559,300 |
188.7 |
183.8 |
185.8 |
(1.1) |
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3 |
Cerebrovascular diseases |
143,497 |
48.4 |
46.6 |
50.0 |
(6.8) |
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4 |
Chronic
lower respiratory diseases |
130,957 |
44.2 |
43.2 |
41.1 |
5.1 |
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5 |
Accidents
(unintentional injuries) |
114,876 |
38.8 |
38.1 |
37.7 |
1.1 |
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6 |
Diabetes
mellitus |
74,817 |
25.2 |
24.5 |
24.5 |
0.0 |
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7 |
Alzheimer's disease |
71,696 |
24.2 |
22.9 |
21.8 |
5.0 |
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8 |
Influenza
and pneumonia |
62,804 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
19.8 |
2.5 |
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9 |
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis |
43,679 |
14.7 |
14.3 |
14.2 |
0.7 |
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10 |
Septicemia |
34,142 |
11.5 |
11.2 |
11.2 |
0.0 |
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11 |
Intentional self-harm (suicide) |
31,769 |
10.7 |
10.6 |
10.9 |
(2.8) |
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12 |
Chronic
liver disease and cirrhosis |
27,393 |
9.2 |
8.9 |
9.0 |
(1.1) |
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13 |
Essential
(primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease |
24,865 |
8.4 |
8.0 |
7.7 |
3.9 |
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14 |
Parkinson's disease |
19,547 |
6.6 |
6.4 |
6.1 |
4.9 |
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15 |
Assault
(homicide) |
17,694 |
6.0 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
0.0 |
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... |
All other
causes (residual) |
441,475 |
148.9 |
... |
... |
... |
Rank based
on number of deaths
NOTES: For certain
causes of death such as unintentional injuries, homicides, suicides, and
respiratory diseases, preliminary and final data may differ
significantly because of the truncated nature of the preliminary file.
Data are subject to sampling or random variation.
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.
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