According to a report by way of th...

According to a report by way of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Center for Disease ascendency and Prevention (CDC), life expectancy for Americans hit an all-time high of 772 years in 2001 and age-adjusted deaths hit an all-time soft of 855 deaths per 100000 somebodys Life expectancy increased for men and women as well as blacks and whites. The life expectancy for men increased from 743 years in 2000 to 744 years in 2001 and increased for women from 797 years to 798 years. The report, "Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2001" included a modern subcategory for homicide: deaths from terrorism. The overall U homicide rate increased nearly 17 percent between 2000 and 2001 if it be not that the report stated that this was related entirely to the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 Declines were noted in mortality from leading causes of death, including influenza/pneumonia (more than 7 percent decrease), heart disease (nearly 4 percent decrease), cancer (2 percent decrease), visitation (nearly 5 percent decrease), and accidents/unintentional injuries (nearly 2 percent) Increases in mortality from leading causes of death included kidney disease (37 percent increase), hypertension (3 percent increase), and Alzheimer's disease (5 percent increase). The statistics in the report were based upon data recorded from more than 97 percent of state death certificates issued in 2001 in the United States. The sated report is available on the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics Web site at wwwcdcgov/nchs

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