The age-adjusted risk of mortality has fallen 60 percent from 1935 to 2010, according to the latest statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Although improvements in mortality were small from year to year, CDC experts say the reductions in death and death rates are often used as an indicator of the success of public health initiatives to improve the health and well-being of Americans.
Over this 75-year period, heart disease, cancer and stroke were among the five leading causes every year. The risk of dying, however, decreased for all age groups and all race subgroups. In addition, age-adjusted death rates were consistently greater for males than females, even though each group's individual mortality rates decreased from 1935 to 2010.
Although improvements in mortality were small from year to year, CDC experts say the reductions in death and death rates are often used as an indicator of the success of public health initiatives to improve the health and well-being of Americans.
Over this 75-year period, heart disease, cancer and stroke were among the five leading causes every year. The risk of dying, however, decreased for all age groups and all race subgroups. In addition, age-adjusted death rates were consistently greater for males than females, even though each group's individual mortality rates decreased from 1935 to 2010.
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