mortality

Death may be inevitable, but a new report shows the risk of death isn’t what it used to be. In fact researchers found the risk of dying in the USA has dropped by 60% over the last 75 years. Similar figures exist for the rest of the developed world. The risk of death has decreased for all age groups, but the biggest improvement has been among young people. The death rate among children aged 1-4 declined 94% from 1935 to 2010, compared with a 38% decline among adults aged 85 or more. That’s done a great deal to raise the average life expectancy, which childhood deaths drag down. In 1935, the top five causes of death were heart disease, cancer, stroke, kidney disease, and flu/pneumonia. By 2010, the pattern was slightly different. Heart disease, cancer, and stroke were among the top five causes of death every year between 1935 and 2010. By 2010, chronic respiratory diseases and accidents replaced kidney disease and flu/pneumonia in the top five.

Death may be inevitable, but a new report shows the risk of death isn’t what it used to be. In fact researchers found the risk of dying in the USA has dropped by 60% over the last 75 years. Similar figures exist for the rest of the developed world. The risk of death has decreased for all age groups, but the biggest improvement has been among young people. The death rate among children aged 1-4 declined 94% from 1935 to 2010, compared with a 38% decline among adults aged 85 or more. That’s done a great deal to raise the average life expectancy, which childhood deaths drag down. In 1935, the top five causes of death were heart disease, cancer, stroke, kidney disease, and flu/pneumonia. By 2010, the pattern was slightly different. Heart disease, cancer, and stroke were among the top five causes of death every year between 1935 and 2010. By 2010, chronic respiratory diseases and accidents replaced kidney disease and flu/pneumonia in the top five.