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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Mar 19, 2016 18:14:11 GMT -5
Not actually true. Certain socioeconomic demographics' life expectancy is decreasing ... Guns... Life expectancy of Americans fell for the first time in 15 years, as the nation’s oldest adults died from heart disease, cancer and respiratory ailments, according to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics. Based on data from 2008, the latest available, life expectancy in the U.S. fell 36.5 days from 2007 to 77.8 years, according to the report released today. . The drop in expectancy was largely the effect of increased mortality among the oldest adults -- those at least 85 -- and a rise in age-related ailments such as Alzheimer’s, high blood pressure, kidney disease, flu and pneumonia, according to the report. The drop in life expectancy was mostly in the white population, which fell 73 days, while the rate among black women was unchanged at 76.8 years, and rose among black men to an all-time high of 70.2 years. The infant mortality rate fell 2.4 percent to 6.59 deaths for every 1,000 births in 2008. |
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Post by iamthewalrus on Mar 19, 2016 19:49:06 GMT -5
Those numbers appear to be relatively statistically irrelevant, except for the birth rate increases, and I'd be hard pressed to link the shitty box of mac and former cheese-like substance to the 5 or so weeks decline in an American's average lifespan.
edit: Someone needs to look into the root cause of the disparity between white and black mortality rates. Harvard, perhaps?
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Post by 2foolish on Mar 19, 2016 22:07:11 GMT -5
An anomaly... we are living longer as a race than ever before...
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Post by Trades on Mar 20, 2016 8:11:48 GMT -5
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-12-09/life-expectancy-in-the-u-s-drops-for-first-time-since-1993-report-saysLife expectancy of Americans fell for the first time in 15 years, as the nation’s oldest adults died from heart disease, cancer and respiratory ailments, according to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics. Based on data from 2008, the latest available, life expectancy in the U.S. fell 36.5 days from 2007 to 77.8 years, according to the report released today. . The drop in expectancy was largely the effect of increased mortality among the oldest adults -- those at least 85 -- and a rise in age-related ailments such as Alzheimer’s, high blood pressure, kidney disease, flu and pneumonia, according to the report. The drop in life expectancy was mostly in the white population, which fell 73 days, while the rate among black women was unchanged at 76.8 years, and rose among black men to an all-time high of 70.2 years. The infant mortality rate fell 2.4 percent to 6.59 deaths for every 1,000 births in 2008. I thought this would be considered a good thing these days. |
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Post by 2foolish on Mar 20, 2016 9:58:40 GMT -5
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-12-09/life-expectancy-in-the-u-s-drops-for-first-time-since-1993-report-saysLife expectancy of Americans fell for the first time in 15 years, as the nation’s oldest adults died from heart disease, cancer and respiratory ailments, according to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics. Based on data from 2008, the latest available, life expectancy in the U.S. fell 36.5 days from 2007 to 77.8 years, according to the report released today. . The drop in expectancy was largely the effect of increased mortality among the oldest adults -- those at least 85 -- and a rise in age-related ailments such as Alzheimer’s, high blood pressure, kidney disease, flu and pneumonia, according to the report. The drop in life expectancy was mostly in the white population, which fell 73 days, while the rate among black women was unchanged at 76.8 years, and rose among black men to an all-time high of 70.2 years. The infant mortality rate fell 2.4 percent to 6.59 deaths for every 1,000 births in 2008. I thought this would be considered a good thing these days. the human race...although really theres only one race that counts.. |
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Post by quantum on Mar 21, 2016 14:37:39 GMT -5
The kids were all in school and the stoners were, well, stoned, so yeah, of course no one noticed. i bet just the opposite: millions of kids telling their parents its tastes funny, and the parents telling them to STFU and eat it. |
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Mar 21, 2016 16:57:30 GMT -5
Isn't there a Robert Kraft joke in here somewhere that's being overlooked?
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Post by quantum on Mar 23, 2016 9:40:14 GMT -5
Isn't there a Robert Kraft joke in here somewhere that's being overlooked? there's always a joke, not that its overlooked, but why verbalize what everyone knows? |
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