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Selected U.S. National Research Findings
Below are selected national women's health research findings and facts related to mortality
and life expectancy. This
information is selected text from articles or documents. Please view the source documents below each bulleted section to determine the exact
context.
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In 2003, the overall expectation of life at birth was 77.5 years,
representing an increase of 0.2 years from life expectancy in 2002.
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Between 2002 and 2003, life expectancy increased for males and females
and for both the white and black populations.
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Life expectancy increased by 0.3 years (from 77.7 to 78.0) for the white
population and by 0.4 years (from 72.3 to 72.7) for the black
population.
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Both males and females in each race group experienced increases in life
expectancy between 2002 and 2003.
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The greatest increase was experienced by black females with an increase
of 0.5 years (from 75.6 to 76.1).
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Life expectancy increased by 0.2 years for black males (from 68.8 to
69.0), white males (from 75.1 to 75.3), and for white females (from 80.3
to 80.5).
Source:
United States Life Tables, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_14.pdf
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Between 1990 and 2003 mortality from lung cancer declined for men and
increased for women. Although these trends reduced the sex differential
for this cause of death, the age-adjusted death rate for lung cancer was
still 74 percent higher for men than for women in 2003 (preliminary
data). •
Since 1990 mortality from chronic lower respiratory diseases remained
relatively stable for men while it increased for women. These trends
reduced the gap between the sexes for this cause of death. In 1990 the
age-adjusted death rate for males
was more than 100 percent higher than for females. In 2003 (preliminary
data) the difference between the rates had been reduced to 38 percent.
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In 2003 life expectancy at birth for the total population reached a
record high of 77.6 years (preliminary data), up from 75.4 years in
1990.
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Between 1990 and 2003 life expectancy at birth increased 3.0 years for
males and 1.3 years for females (preliminary data). The gap in life
expectancy between males and females narrowed from 7.0 years in 1990 to
5.3 years in 2003.
Source: Health, United States, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
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In 2003, life expectancy was 77.5 years, a record high that surpassed
the previous highest value recorded in 2002 by 0.2 years. •
For the most part, the 15 leading causes of death in 2003 remained the
same as in 2002. Heart disease and cancer continued to be the leading
and second leading causes of death, together accounting for over half of
all deaths.
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Differences in mortality between men and women continued to narrow.
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The number of maternal deaths increased by 138 deaths between 2002 and
2003, resulting in a maternal mortality rate of 12.1 deaths per 100,000
live births.
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/finaldeaths03/finaldeaths03.htm
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Congenital malformations, although ranked first for infant mortality
overall, ranks second for both neonates and postneonates. •
Disorders related to short gestation and low birthweight not elsewhere
classified were the leading cause of neonatal death.
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In contrast, SIDS was the leading cause of death during the postneonatal
period.
Source: QuickStats: Leading Causes of Neonatal and
Postneonatal Deaths- United States, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5438a8.htm
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• A total of
225,534 infant deaths were reported in the United States during
1995-2002.
• During 1995-2002, infant mortality rates declined for all
racial/ethnic populations; however, the decrease for infants of American
Indian/Alaska Native mothers was not statistically significant.
• Little fluctuation was noted in the relative differences in infant
mortality rates between different racial/ethnic populations.
• By race/ethnicity of the mother, reported death totals were as
follows: non-Hispanic white, 110,982; non-Hispanic black, 65,339;
Hispanic, 35,447; Asian/Pacific Islander, 7,315; American Indian/Alaska
Native, 2,915.
Source:
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality– United States,
1995-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5422a1.htm
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• The top two
leading causes of death, diseases of heart (heart disease) and malignant
neoplasms (cancer), accounted for a little more than one-half (51.3
percent) of all deaths in 2002.
• Unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide combined accounted for
76 percent of deaths for those aged 15–19 years, 73 percent of deaths
for those aged 20–24 years, and 53 percent of deaths for those aged
25–34 years.
• In 2002, the top two leading causes of death for males and females
were heart disease and cancer.
• Unintentional injuries was third for males and seventh for females.
• Stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, diabetes mellitus, and
influenza/pneumonia, which ranked fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh,
respectively, for males, ranked third, fourth, sixth, and eighth for
females.
• Suicide and chronic liver disease and cirrhosis were ranked eighth and
tenth, respectively, for males, but were not ranked among the 10 leading
causes for females.
• Kidney disease ranked ninth for both males and females.
• Alzheimer’s disease and septicemia, ranked fifth and tenth,
respectively, for females, were not ranked among the top 10 for males.
Source: Deaths:
Leading Causes for 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_17.pdf
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• Preliminary data
indicate that life expectancy at birth in the United States reached a
record high in 2003.
• Disparities in life expectancy at birth between non-Hispanic black and
non-Hispanic white persons and males and females have narrowed in recent
years.
Source: QuickStats:
Life Expectancy at Birth, by Year- United States, 1970-2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5414a6.htm
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• Hawaii has the lowest overall death rate for women in the United States.
Source: Deaths: The Women’s Health and Mortality Chartbook
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/chartbook.htm
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| • Premature heart disease death was higher for Hispanics (23.5%) than non-Hispanics
(16.5%), and for males (24.0%) than females (10.0%). • The proportions of premature
heart disease deaths ranged from 12.4% in Rhode Island to 35.7% in Alaska.
• The 10 areas with the highest proportions [of premature heart disease deaths] were
Alaska (35.7%), Nevada (25.4%), Georgia (23.9%), South Carolina (23.8%), Louisiana (22.9%), DC (21.5%), Alabama (21.4%), Tennessee (21.3%),
Mississippi (20.7%), and Texas (20.5%).
• Among males, proportions of premature heart disease deaths were highest in Alaska
(41.8%) and lowest in North Dakota (18.6%); among females, proportions were highest in Alaska (26.0%) and lowest in South Dakota (6.3%).
Source: Disparities in Premature Deaths from Heart Disease- 50 States and the District of
Columbia, 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5306a2.htm
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