![]() ![]() There were 597.8 deaths per 100,000 lives births in 2012, a 1.5% reduction from the 606.7 deaths per 100,000 reported in 2011. There were 23,629 deaths among children under the age of 1 year – 356 fewer than in 2011. The authors also found a decline in infant mortality rates. Medical News Today’s Knowledge Center article on the top 10 causes of death in the US looks at each cause in more detail. The authors note that death rates for unintentional injuries were the same in 2012 as in 2011, while death rates from suicide increased by 2.4%. There was a 2.6% reduction in death rates for stroke, a 3.6% reduction for Alzheimer’s and a 1.9% decline for diabetes. Death rates for heart disease, cancer and chronic lower respiratory disease fell by 1.8%, 1.5% and 2.4%, respectively. Influenza and pneumonia saw an 8.3% decline in death rates, while kidney disease saw a 2.2% reduction. However, the authors found that for eight of these leading causes of death, age-adjusted death rates had seen significant decline in 2011-12. They are: heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, unintentional injuries, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, kidney disease and suicide. Image credit: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Share on Pinterest The report reveals significant declines in age-adjusted death rates for eight of the leading causes of death in the US. Non-Hispanic white females also had a 1.1% decline in age-adjusted death rate, while non-Hispanic black females saw the largest reduction, at 2.3%. The age-adjusted death rate declined by 1.2% in 2011-12 for non-Hispanic white males, while non-Hispanic black males saw a 1.1% reduction. On analyzing the age-adjusted death rate for the entire non-Hispanic US population, the authors found that it had fallen by 1.2%, from 759.2 per 100,000 people in 2011 to 749.8 per 100,000 in 2012. The authors say the life expectancy difference between men and women aged 65 increased by 0.1 years in 2011-12, from 2.5 years to 2.6 years. This difference of 4.8 years is the same as reported in 2011.Īt the age of 65 years, life expectancy for the total population also saw an increase, from 19.2 years in 2011 to 19.3 years in 2012.Īgain, women aged 65 had a longer life expectancy than men of the same age, at 20.5 years in 2011 and 17.9 years in 2012. The report reveals that in 2012, the life expectancy for females stood at 81.2 years, while the life expectancy for men was 76.4 years. Women’s life expectancy continues to be higher than men’sĪlthough life expectancy has increased over the total US population, women are still expected to live longer than men. ![]()
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