Medical News: U.S. Mortality Rate Hits Record Low in 2005 - in Infectious Disease, Public Health from MedPage Today: "HYATTSVILLE, Md., Jan. 17 -- The age-adjusted death rate in the U.S. reached an all-time low in 2005, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
The rate dropped 0.2% to 798.8 per 100,000 population, the agency found. In 2004, the rate was 800.8 per 100,000, which had been the previous record low.
Life expectancy held steady at 77.8 years for the entire population, the report said. It increased by 0.1 year for the black population as a whole and by 0.2 years for black females."
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