The American death rate is increasing, according to the preliminary numbers that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrived with for 2015.
The Washington Post reports that the American death rate increased after spending the last decade on the decline. It’s believed that the death rate has taken a reverse course for a variety of reasons. More deaths were attributed to firearms, drug overdoses, suicides, accidental injuries, Alzheimer’s disease, hypertension, and stroke.
Death rates per 100,000 people between 2014 and 2015 were analyzed by the CDC. Findings also reflected country’s aging population and baby boomers making it into retirement. White people are also heavily impacted, according to the report.
It was discovered in the American death rate report that cancer is killing people at a lower rate. Despite advances in medicine, the death rate has risen in part due to lethal drug overdoses. The number of people who died went from 14.0 per 100,000 in early 2014 to 15.2 by the mid part of 2015. Heart disease also went up slightly after being on the decline years past.
for first time in a decade, US death rate rises, preliminary CDC data shows https://t.co/84jvlWiy8D
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) June 1, 2016
These statistics aren’t hard numbers. The CDC will have final numbers in December. As the report mentions, a one-year increase in American deaths doesn’t indicate a trend. Researchers say the report in the latest findings suggests that the American way of life is culminating in an early death.
Farida Ahmad, mortality surveillance lead for the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, says the numbers aren’t signifying a “smoking gun here.” She calls the increase in mortality “unusual,” taking into account that this is the first time since 2004 and 2005 that the American death rate went up instead of down.
“It’s something that we’re going to be looking into and watching to see if it holds for 2016. It could be that it’s just a blip as it was 10 years ago,” Farida said.
Death rate reports taken by the CDC typically indicate medical success and individuals living longer lives. In 1950 the death rate per 100,000 Americans was 1,446. By 2014 that rate was cut in half with 723 per 100,000 Americans. Preliminary 2015 numbers show a spike of 729.5.
The report doesn’t break the death rates down by sex, race, demography, or geography.
An unprecedented rise in mortality has been among white people in the midlife years — mostly white women. The Washington Post noted in its own analysis of the nation’s death rates that the increase is mainly seen in small cities, small towns, and the most rural areas.
CDC Data: U.S. Death Rate Risinghttps://t.co/gF1oKxHeg1 via @MelMcIntire
— Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) June 1, 2016
Andrew Fenelon, a researcher at the CDC, didn’t work on the paper, but was stunned at the American death rate showing an increase for one population.
“We are not accustomed to seeing death rates increase on a national scale,” Fenelon said, The New York Times reports. “We’ve seen increases in mortality for some groups, but it is quite rare to see it for the whole population.”
Fenelon adds that the United States behind its European peers in terms of mortality. Many nations over there are experiencing a decline in deaths, meaning the “gap between the U.S. and other countries is growing.”
Other see a wider rise in the mortality among working-class whites. A similar report last year saw an increase in death rates among middle-age white Americans, particularly those who didn’t have more than a high school education. Additional research has found rising rates among younger whites who also didn’t have more than a high school education.
Alzheimer’s disease was also up in the latest numbers that show an increase in American death rates — rising to 29.2 in 2015, versus with 25.4 in 2014.
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American Death Rate Spikes First Time In A Decade With White People Most Affected is an article from: The Inquisitr News
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