US life expectancy declines for first time in 20 years

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38247385

US life expectancy declines for first time in 20 years

24 minutes ago
From the section US & Canada

Life expectancy in the United States has declined for the first time in more than two decades. Data from the National Center for Health Statistics showed a drop for men from 76.5 years in 2014 to 76.3 in 2015, and from 81.3 to 81.2 for women. The figures show rises in several causes of death, especially heart disease, dementia and accidental infant deaths.
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The report is based mainly on 2015 death certificates. It showed death rising death rates for heart disease - the leading cause of death, as well as chronic lower lung disease, accidental injuries, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, kidney disease and suicide.

But while all of those rose by 3% or less, deaths from Alzheimer's disease rose 15.7% in a single year, and there was an 11.3% increase in the rate of death for babies under one due to unintentional injuries.
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[CanSocDem]

1. So who is surprised?

The quality of life in the USA has been visibly declining almost my entire life. There was a brief time in the late 60's and early 70's when I thought we were on the verge of a 'new world' of love and peace and prosperity.

The people were saying No to war, No to corporate brainwashing and No to social injustice. In a plastic, cookie-cutter world, people were discovering themselves and the power of progressive social policy. I seriously thought "We have arrived."

Nixon was a gift to 'liberalism'. He was so over-the-top characteristic of everything wrong with the established order that its' demise seemed imminent...

But they pushed back and effectively killed the spirit of change. They upped the stakes. They began to outlaw acts of defiance, put restrictions on choice and invest billions in 'propaganda' to convince you that the only merit in American society is Profitability. Given this, the average American doesn't question- just accepts bad jobs, bad food and nothing to look forward to except a quick way out.

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