Death Graph: Here’s What’s Killing Americans at Every Age
. One-third of Americans die from respiratory diseases, like the flu, while older Americans are much more likely to die from cancer. There are many ways that people die and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) breaks those ways down into 113 causes, and then groups them into 20 categories of diseases and external causes. This CDC […]
Why Middle-Aged White People Are Dying Faster Than Other Americans
Middle-aged white people without a college degree are dying faster than other Americans, according to researchers from Princeton University. Thanks to medical advances and preventative measures, overall death rates in the United States have fallen in the last century. However, death rates for white people between the ages of 45 and 54 have increased by […]