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That statement, however, doesn't seem to correspond with the CDC's graph, which shows a much larger rise in death rates occurring in 1993. (Source article for
by nkoren 14y ago
That statement, however, doesn't seem to correspond with the CDC's graph, which shows a much larger rise in death rates occurring in 1993.
(Source article for that graph: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db88.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db88.htm -- would that they distributed the actual datasets behind the graphs!)
- ajross 14y ago1993 was 19 years ago. Though I'd be curious what that effect was too.
- DanBC 14y agoFlu outbreak? EDIT: URL removed. The link I included appear to be written by an idiot. Sorry. > A CDC review of mortality patterns in 1993 states: “the decline in life expectancy likely reflects increases in death rates for chronic diseases during the two influenza outbreaks in 1993.” [Morbidity Mortality Weekly 45 (08), 161-64, March 1, 1996] Some increases in chronic disease (diabetes, heart disease, COPD) were “the result of the two influenza epidemics of 1993,” said the report. [Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Volume 44, No. 7(S), page 9, Feb. 29, 1996]
- nkoren 14y agoCrikey, that was 19 years ago already? No wonder I've got a stiff neck! Apologies -- I'd misread the OP to say that it had been the largest jump in 15 years -- meaning the 15 years prior to 1999.