Vital Statistics: Threescore and 17.9: Longevity Rises

Monday, September 7, 2009 - 15:28 in Health & Medicine

Preliminary data for 2007 show a decrease in death rates to 760.3 per 100,000 and an increase in life expectancy to 77.9 years.

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