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Monday, 21 March 2011 03:00
Atlanta, GA, USA. The age-adjusted death rate for the U.S. population fell to an all-time low of 741 deaths per 100,000 people in 2009 — 2.3 percent lower than the 2008 rate, according to preliminary 2009 death statistics released by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The death certificate data provided to the National Vital Statistics Reporting System from all 50 U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia marked the 10th year in a row that U.S. deaths rates have declined.


Life expectancy at birth increased to 78.2 years in 2009, up slightly from 78.0 years in 2008.
  • Life expectancy was up two-tenths of a year for males (75.7 years) and up one-tenth of a year for females (80.6 years).

  • Life expectancy for the U.S. white population increased by two-tenths of a year.

  • Life expectancy for black males (70.9 years) and females (77.4 years) was unchanged in 2009.

  • The gap in life expectancy between the white and black populations was 4.3 years in 2009, two-tenths of a year increase from the gap in 2008 of 4.1 years.

Other findings:
  • Age-adjusted death rates declined significantly for 10 of the 15 leading causes of death in 2009: heart disease (declined by 3.7 percent), cancer (1.1 percent), chronic lower respiratory diseases (4.1 percent), stroke (4.2 percent), accidents/unintentional injuries (4.1 percent), Alzheimer's disease (4.1 percent), diabetes (4.1 percent), influenza and pneumonia (4.7 percent), septicemia (1.8 percent), and homicide (6.8 percent).

  • In 2009, suicide passed septicemia (blood poisoning) to become the 10th leading cause of death. Although the U.S. suicide rate did not change significantly between 2008 and 2009, the number of suicides increased from 35,933 in 2008 to 36,547 in 2009 (1.7 percent increase). Deaths from septicemia declined 1 percent from 35,961 in 2008 to 35,587 in 2009. Otherwise, the rankings for the 15 leading causes of death did not change between 2008 and 2009.

  • Overall, there were 2,436,682 deaths in the United States in 2009 — 36,336 fewer than in 2008 (1.5 percent decrease).

CitationDeaths: Preliminary Data for 2009. Kenneth D. Kochanek, Jiaquan Xu, Sherry L. Murphy, Arialdi M. Miniño, and Hsiang-Ching Kung. NVSS 16 March 2011; National Vital Statistics Reports 59(4).
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Abstract

Objectives. This report presents preliminary U.S. data on deaths, death rates, life expectancy, leading causes of death, and infant mortality for 2009 by selected characteristics such as age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin.

Methods. Data in this report are based on death records comprising more than 96 percent of the demographic and medical files for all deaths in the United States in 2009. The records are weighted to independent control counts for 2009. Comparisons are made with 2008 preliminary data.

Results. The age-adjusted death rate decreased from 758.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2008 to 741.0 deaths per 100,000 population in 2009. From 2008 to 2009 age-adjusted death rates decreased significantly for 10 of the 15 leading causes of death: Diseases of heart, Malignant neoplasms, Chronic lower respiratory diseases, Cerebrovascular diseases, Accidents (unintentional injuries), Alzheimer’s disease, Diabetes mellitus, Influenza and pneumonia, Septicemia, and Assault (homicide). Life expectancy increased by 0.2 year from 78.0 years in 2008 to 78.2 in 2009.

Keywords: death rates, life expectancy, vital statistics, preliminary.

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Mortality gap, The healthy get healthier and less health
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