Death Rate Decline In USA Flattens

In the last few years the long term decline in death rates has flattened out. The speculation is that this is a delayed effect of the rise in obesity. What's interesting: the death rates from stroke and heart disease have declined faster than the death rate from cancer. Well, cancer is a much harder problem to solve. So as cancer becomes a larger fraction of total deaths it becomes harder to increase life expectancy. Obesity is probably an easier problem to solve than cancer. Eventually drugs that suppress appetite will be found. When will we have cures for most of the currently fatal cancers?...
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