There's good news and bad news when it comes to American mortality — and the bad is threatening to overwhelm the good.
On the positive side, there are fewer deaths, per 100,000 people, from car accidents. There are fewer deaths from cancer. And there has been significant progress in recent years in driving down the death rate from heart disease.
Add to that the aggressive interventions in medical care in old age, and the picture is one of Americans living significantly longer — gaining exactly two years in life expectancy from 2000 to 2014, according to a report published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. READ MORE AT THE WASHINGTON POST
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