Epidemiology

AIDS Falls from Top Fifteen Causes of Death in U.S.

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 18th, 1999

Rates for AIDS deaths, homicide, and teen births all dropped again in 1998, but the U.S. infant mortality rate leveled off after years of decline, according to new preliminary vital statistics released on October 5, 1999.

The data were published in a new report, "Births and Deaths: Preliminary Data for 1998," prepared by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

"Today's report confirms the many positive trends in America today: longer life expectancy, fewer teen births, lower rates of violent crime and homicides, and a significant decline in deaths from HIV and AIDS,"...

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