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US life expectancy stalls due to cardiovascular disease, not drug deaths

After decades of robust growth, the rise in US life expectancy stalled after 2010. Explanations for the stall have focused on rising drug-related deaths. Here we show that a stagnating decline in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality was the main culprit, outpacing and overshadowing the effects of...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Neil K., Abrams, Leah R., Myrskylä, Mikko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32179670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920391117