Mortality and Morbidity Trends and Poverty

The poverty rate in 2000 dropped to 11.3 percent, down half a percentage point from 1999. This rate was not statistically different from the record low of 11.1 percent set in 1973. ... Causes of death. Mortality from heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, continued to decline in 1999, to 267.8 deaths per 100,000 people ... ................
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