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CHART: Births,
Infant Mortality,
and Life Expectancy |
Vital
Statistics
Trends
Life expectancy
in the United
States was
the highest
ever in 2002,
but infant
mortality
increased
from a rate
of 6.8 infant
deaths per
1,000 live
births in
2001 to a
rate of 7.0
per 1,000
births in
2002, the
first year
since 1958
that the
rate has
not declined
or remained
unchanged.
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| Provided
by National
Center for Health
Statistics as
of April 2002. |
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CHART: Emergency
Room Visits |
Health
Care Coverage
and Utilization
In 2003,
Americans
made 113.9
million visits
to hospital
emergency
rooms, a
26 percent
increase
over the
90.3 million
visits made
in 1993.
During the
same period
of time hospital
emergency
departments
have decreased
about 12.3
percent.
|
| Provided
by National
Center for Health
Statistics as
of May 2002. |
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CHART: Overweight |
Health
Behaviors
Alcohol
use, smoking,
leisure-time
physical
activity,
and body
weight of
adults in
the U.S.,
1999-2002.
|
| Provided
by National
Center for Health
Statistics as
of October 2002. |
