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August 19, 2009
CDC: U.S. Life Expectancy Up to 77.9 Years
Doesn't this healthcare system know it's broken?
"The 2007 increase in life expectancy, up from 77.7 in 2006, represents a continuation of a trend," the CDC said in a statement. "Over a decade, life expectancy has increased 1.4 years from 76.5 years in 1997 to 77.9 in 2007."
Mortality rates lower for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, cancer and AIDS (declined 10% from 2006).
Doesn't affect me really. I still plan to die at 87, at four in the morning, on the golf course. Shot to death by a 38 year old jealous husband.
posted by Dave In Texas at
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