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. 1983 Sep;73(9):1091–1093. doi: 10.2105/ajph.73.9.1091

Is the period of rapidly declining adult mortality in the United States coming to an end?

R Cooper, R Cohen, A Amiry
PMCID: PMC1651061  PMID: 6881408

Abstract

Age-standardized death rates from all causes for persons age 35-74 fell 23 per cent, 1968-1979. The monotonic decline was interrupted by only one period of excess influenza mortality. In the late 1970s, however, the decline in mortality decelerated and no further decrease was observed, 1979-1981. The recurrence of epidemic influenza contributed significantly to this trend although it would appear that the underlying mortality pattern has begun to change.

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