WebMD has the new numbers. A four month increase in just one year is pretty amazing.
U.S. life expectancy has hit a new record: 78.1 years for babies born in 2006, says the CDC.
What's more, the death rate for 11 of the top 15 causes of death -- including heart disease, cancer, and stroke -- slowed in 2006.
That's what the CDC's preliminary data show, based on some 2.4 million deaths in 2006. Here are the highlights from the CDC's report. . . .
Life expectancy in 2006 is about four months longer than it was in 2005, according to the CDC.
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