| Drop in U.S. death rate surprises many officials
ATLANTA -- In what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminary government figures released yesterday showed that the annual number of deaths in the U.S. dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004 -- the biggest decline in nearly
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| U.S. death decline largest in 66 years
The number of U.S. deaths appears to have dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004, the steepest decline since 1938. Life expectancy inched up again to 77.9 years, a record high, but the U.S. still trails about two dozen other countries. 3.0 million
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