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June 11, 2008

The National Center for Health Statistics released its life expectancy report, and good news! If you can read the report, you're still alive. Also, life expectancy for babies born in 2006 is an all-time US high of 78.1 years, and the age-adjusted death rate reached a record low. Other findings from the latest mortality report: The leading cause of death is still heart disease, followed by cancer, cerebrovascular disease, chronic lower respiratory diseases, accidents, Alzheimer's......

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