CDC Releases Annual Compilation of Health Statistics
"The latest compilation of government health statistics, Health United States, 2006, reports that life expectancy at birth reached a record high of almost 78 years in 2004, up from 75 in 1990. Among other statistics in the more than 500-page report: -- One-fifth of adults aged 65 and older reported pain lasting at least a day in the previous month. -- The homicide rate for black males aged 15-24 fell by 12% from 2003 to 2004, although homicide remains the leading cause of death in this group. -- The birth rate for teenage women, aged 15-19, fell for the 13th consecutive year in 2004 to 41 births per 1000 women. -- Infant mortality declined from 6.9 deaths per 1000 live births in 2003 to 6.8 per 1000 in 2004. -- The proportion of visits to office-based doctors that were made to general and family practice physicians fell from 34% in 1980 to 23% in 2004. -- 11% of adults in their 40s and 50s have diabetes, as do 23% in their 60s and older."
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