Suicides and drug overdoses were two reasons for an increase in the number of deaths in the United States last year. They also were partly to blame for a continuing decrease in how long Americans are expected to live. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there were more than 2.8 million deaths nationwide in 2017. That is nearly 70,000 more than in 2016. It was the most deaths in a single year since the U.S. government began counting more than a century ago. The Associated Press says the increase is partly a result of the nation’s growing, aging population. But it is deaths in younger age groups, especially middle-aged people, that have had the biggest effect on life expectancy, experts said. The “statistics are a wake-up call that we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable,” said CDC Director Robert Redfield.
Title: Suicides and Drug Overdose Deaths Push Down US Life Expectancy
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/969620b9-8b83-4e71-b430-ec936eec1b53_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Suicides and Drug Overdose Deaths Push Down US Life Expectancy' data-article-id='3538'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9750'>Suicides and drug overdoses were two reasons for an increase in the number of deaths in the United States last year.</span> <span data-start-time='9750' data-end-time='20479'>They also were partly to blame for a continuing decrease in how long Americans are expected to live.</span> <span data-start-time='20479' data-end-time='33292'>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there were more than 2.8 million deaths nationwide in 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='33292' data-end-time='38896'>That is nearly 70,000 more than in 2016.</span> <span data-start-time='38896' data-end-time='48938'>It was the most deaths in a single year since the U.S. government began counting more than a century ago.</span> <span data-start-time='48938' data-end-time='59104'>The Associated Press says the increase is partly a result of the nation’s growing, aging population.</span> <span data-start-time='59104' data-end-time='72500'>But it is deaths in younger age groups, especially middle-aged people, that have had the biggest effect on life expectancy, experts said.</span> <span data-start-time='72500' data-end-time='89250'>The “statistics are a wake-up call that we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable,” said CDC Director Robert Redfield.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/D51F986E-40A6-426B-9642-3AFD115A56E9_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12025 data-hint-location='72500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/what_is_a_statistic.wav'>What is a statistic?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a number that represents a piece of information'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/a_number_that_represents_a_piece_of_information.wav'><span>a number that represents a piece of information</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/a_brand_of_luxury_car.wav'><span>a brand of luxury car</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/a_quick_meal.wav'><span>a quick meal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/a_traditional_holiday_meal.wav'><span>a traditional holiday meal</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=12026 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/suicides_and_what_were_two_reasons_for_an_increase_in_the_number_of_deaths_in_the_united_states_last_year.wav'>Suicides and what were two reasons for an increase in the number of deaths in the United States last year?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='drug overdoses'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/sports_injuries.wav'><span>sports injuries</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/drug_overdoses.wav'><span>drug overdoses</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/car_crashes.wav'><span>car crashes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/plane_crashes.wav'><span>plane crashes</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=12027 data-hint-location='48938' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/the_associated_press_says_the_increase_is_partly_a_result_of_the_nations_growing_aging__blank_.wav'>The Associated Press says the increase is partly a result of the nations growing, aging <span class='blank'>population</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='population'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/cars.wav'><span>cars</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/houses.wav'><span>houses</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/cats.wav'><span>cats</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/population.wav'><span>population</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
Sound Name: https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2995/969620b9-8b83-4e71-b430-ec936eec1b53_hq.wav
Preview
