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The ACCC has cleared, provisionally, the proposed deal between Optus and NBN Co under which Optus is to be paid around $800m to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN. read moreGot a longer life? CDC says Yes!
William Atkins
Saturday, 22 August 2009 18:45
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Some of the major findings of the report are contained below.
• All People: Life expectancy in 2007 was 77.9 year, as compared to 77.7 years in 2006, and 76.5 years in 1997—an increase of 1.4 years over a ten-year period.
• All Males: Life expectancy for males in 2007 was 75.3 years
• All Females: Life expectancy for females in 2007 was 80.4 years
• Male/Female comparison: Narrowed gap of 5.1 years in 2007, as compared to its maximum gap of 7.8 years in 1979.
• Black Male: Life expectancy for black males in 2007 was 70 years—first time to reach 70 years.
• All People: Mortality rate at 760.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2007, eight straight years for decreasing mortality rate and half the rate sixty years ago (2006: 776.5 per 100,000; 1,532 per 100,000)
• All People: Mortality rate decreased for 8 of 15 leading causes of death:
o influenza/pneumonia (-8.4%)
o homicide (-6.5%)
o accidents (-5%)
o heart disease (-4.7%)
o stroke (-4.7%)
o diabetes (-3.9%)
o hypertension (-2.7%)
o cancer (-1.8%)
o homicide (-6.5%)
o accidents (-5%)
o heart disease (-4.7%)
o stroke (-4.7%)
o diabetes (-3.9%)
o hypertension (-2.7%)
o cancer (-1.8%)
• All People: Two leading causes of death is heart disease and cancer, account for 48.5% of all deaths in United States in 2007
• All People: Mortality rate increased for chronic lower respiratory diseases (increased by 1.7%)
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