Deaths: final data for 2006.

摘要: OBJECTIVES: This report presents final 2006 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant and maternal mortality, trends by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin, race, marital status, educational attainment, injury at work, state of residence, cause death. It also more detailed information than previously presented about the mortality experience American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Pacific Islander populations. METHODS: Information reported certificates, which are completed funeral directors, attending physicians, medical examiners, coroners, is in descriptive tabulations. The original records filed registration offices. Statistical compiled a national database through Vital Statistics Cooperative Program Centers for Disease Control Prevention's National Center Health Statistics. Causes processed accordance with International Classification Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). RESULTS: In 2006, total 2,426,264 deaths were United States. age-adjusted rate was 776.5 per 100,000 standard population, decrease 2.8 percent from 2005 record low historical figure. Life expectancy birth rose 0.3 years, revised value 77.4 years to 77.7 2006. Age-specific rates increased those aged 25-34 but decreased most other age groups: 5-14 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 over. 15 leading causes remained same 2005. Heart disease cancer continued be second-leading death, together accounting almost half all deaths. 6.69 1,000 live births. CONCLUSIONS: Mortality patterns decline low, generally consistent long-term trends. Language: en