Yay! Homicide Is No Longer A Top Cause Of Death In The U.S!

We are starting to love each again, America!
Not since 1965 has homicide ranked so low on the top causes of death in the U.S.
Murder was ousted out of the top 15 by pneumonitis, a disease in the elderly caused by choking on vomit.
On second thought, that’s not much better.
The infant mortality rate dropped to a record low in 2011 with 6.14 deaths per 1,000 newborns. Life expectancy is at a whopping 78 years and 8 months.
Unfortunately, as homicide declines, other self-inflicting deaths are increasing.
Heart disease is still number one followed by cancer. These two killers accounted for more than half of the 2.4 million deaths of 2010.
While cancer may be unavoidable, chances of heart disease can be lowered with a healthy lifestyle.
So what is the reasoning behind the lower violence rates.
The reasons are debated but researchers believe that the population is older, meaning less youngsters are being murdering and slaying others.
Murder has been in decline since 2006. We hope this continues well beyond this year too!
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