Death Rates Up for 5 of the 12 Leading Causes of Death

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics released an annual report on the health of the nation,Health, United States, 2017. Included in this report is an in-depth special feature on mortality in America, closely examining drug overdoses, suicides, and chronic liver disease because they have contributed to life expectancy drops in recent years.
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