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Why do you think that any cause of death had to go up? Overall US death rate went down from 8.5 to 8.0 between 1991 and 2011 (ie 6%). So every cause of death m
by omonra 12y ago
Why do you think that any cause of death had to go up?
Overall US death rate went down from 8.5 to 8.0 between 1991 and 2011 (ie 6%). So every cause of death might have gone down (although I couldn't find the stats).
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005131.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005131.html
- danieltillett 12y agoNot when Cancer is responsible for 1/3 of all deaths - the maths just don't work.
- omonra 12y ago23% (576k out of total 2515). http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/282929.php#top_10_leading_causes_of_death http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/282929.php#top_10_l... The rate of 169 per 100k is confirmed in this story as well.
- danieltillett 12y agoThe real answer is they are comparing age adjusted death rates per 100,000. This has fallen across the range of all causes of death by around 20%.