Life Expectancy In U.S. Drops For First Time In Decades, Report Finds

[smilesammich 10,727]

thanks obama.

So the news out of the federal government Thursday is disturbing: The overall U.S. death rate has increased for the first time in a decade, according to an analysis of the latest data. And that led to a drop in overall life expectancy for the first time since 1993, particularly among people younger than 65.

"This is a big deal," says Philip Morgan, a demographer at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who was not involved in the new analysis.

"There's not a better indicator of well-being than life expectancy," he says. "The fact that it's leveling off in the U.S. is a striking finding."

Now, there's a chance that the latest data, from 2015, could be just a one-time blip. In fact, a preliminary analysis from the first two quarters of 2016 suggests that may be the case, says Robert Anderson, chief of the mortality statistics branch at the National Center for Health Statistics, which released the new report.

Anderson says government analysts are awaiting more data before reaching any definitive conclusions.

"We'll have to see what happens in the second half of 2016," he says.

Still, he believes the data from 2015 are worth paying attention to. Over that year, the overall death rate increased from 724.6 per 100,000 people to 733.1 per 100,000.

While that's not a lot, it was enough to cause the overall life expectancy to fall slightly. That's only happened a few times in the past 50 years. The dip in 1993, for example, was due to high death rates from AIDS, flu, homicide and accidental deaths that year.

On average, the overall life expectancy, for someone born in 2015, fell from 78.9 years to 78.8 years. The life expectancy for the average American man fell two-tenths of a year — from 76.5 to 76.3. For women, it dropped one-tenth — from 81.3 to 81.2 years.

"It's remarkable," Morgan says. "There are lots of things about this that are unexpected."

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/08/504667607/life-expectancy-in-u-s-drops-for-first-time-in-decades-report-finds

[Teddy B 17,252]

This was pure genius on Obama's part. Distracting everyone with the guise of making the US a Muslim stronghold, all the while killing 8.5 people per 100,000 under the cover of darkness!

Obama's legacy!

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

This was pure genius on Obama's part. Distracting everyone with the guise of making the US a Muslim stronghold, all the while killing 8.5 people per 100,000 under the cover of darkness!

Obama's legacy!

Maybe death panels?

[smilesammich 10,727]

i was promised death panels.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

another crowning achievement of Obama's legacy.

[smilesammich 10,727]

another crowning achievement of Obama's legacy.

not satisfied until death panels.

[Teddy B 17,252]

i was promised death panels.

And a ban on guns!

[smilesammich 10,727]

And a ban on guns!

until i'm dead in an fda issued biodegradable coffin atop mt weather!

[Teddy B 17,252]

until i'm dead in an fda issued biodegradable coffin atop mt weather!

I'll be happy to be buried in a FEMA trailer left over from Katrina.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I'll be happy to be buried in a FEMA trailer left over from Katrina.

I know a guy here who bought hundreds of them for a small percent of value, hauled them to Georgia and made bank.

Something about after they bought many 1000s of them , the govt declared them uninhabitable due some toxic fumes and sold them for pennies on the dollar

[OriZ 3,165]

Not shocking, considering the eating and exercise habits of many Americans are vastly different than those in most other areas of the world...

[eieio 1,594]

I don't know why people are ripping on Obama. He is currently the greatest Black President we have ever had!

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I don't know why people are ripping on Obama. He is currently the greatest Black President we have ever had!

Clinton was better INMHO

Kinda like KIA is one of the top two Korean auto manufactures

Edited December 9, 2016 by Nature Boy Flair

[TBoneTX 47,711]

Why do most U.S. husbands die first?

They want to!