Preliminary CDC Numbers Indicate Long Decline In US Death Rates Has Reversed Course.

reports preliminary numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that “the long decline in Americans’ death rates has reversed course.” Factors contributing to the “turnaround” include “a rise in deaths from firearms, drug overdoses, accidental injuries, suicides, Alzheimer’s disease, hypertension and stroke.” Still, “‘there’s no smoking gun here,’ said Farida Ahmad, mortality surveillance lead for the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.” Ahmad called “the increase in mortality ‘unusual,’ noting that it’s the first time since 2004-2005 that the rate went up rather than down.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/06/01/reversing-long-term-trend-death-rate-for-americans-ticks-upward/