Lawler: US Death Rate Up, Life Expectancy Down in 2017

CR Note: The summary paragraph is key. Demographics are worse than they appeared a few years ago. From housing economist Tom Lawler: US Death Rate Up, Life Expectancy Down in 2017 The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reported that there were 2,813,503 US deaths in 2017, 69,255 higher than in 2016. The "age-adjusted" death rate (per 100,000) increased to 731,9 in 2017 from 728.8 in 2016, while the estimated life expectancy at birth declined to 78.6 in 2017 from 78.7 in 2016. Below is a table showing some historical death rates for selected age groups. What is especially striking......(read more)

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