The overall death rate from all causes in the U.S. was down slightly in 2000, while Americans' average life expectancy ticked up to an all-time high, according to preliminary government figures.
American males born in 2000 now enjoy an average life expectancy of 74.1 years, up 0.2 years from 1999. Females have an average life expectancy of 79.5 years, up 0.1 years. Both figures tied or exceeded all-time life expectancy records.
Heart disease killed 709,894 persons in 2000 and remains the number one killer of Americans, though it caused 4% fewer deaths last year than the year before. Cancer, stroke and chronic lower respiratory system diseases like emphysema followed as the leading causes of death, according to the annual mortality report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Meanwhile, nearly 42,000 people lost their lives in car accidents.
Reuters Washington, October 10, 2001
Although it is encouraging to see this number rise, the Japanese men beat the U.S. men by 3 years and the Japanese women live four years longer than U.S. women.
Following the eating plan is one of the most effective ways to increase your life expectancy, as it will lower your insulin levels. High insulin levels are one of the most potent accelerators of the aging process.
Unfortunately the way these statistics are compiled, they fail to segregate the data to show that physicians, not strokes, are the number three cause of death in the U.S..
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