Americans are living longer than ever. People born in 2000 are expected to
live for 76.9 years, about 10 weeks longer than those born in 1999. Heart
disease remains the biggest killer, but was responsible for 4 per cent fewer
deaths than in the previous year, says the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in its annual survey of deaths for 2000. Cancer deaths fell by 1.1
per cent, and strokes—the third biggest killer—claimed 2.6 per cent
fewer victims.
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