Here are three insights:
1. Researchers conducted a joinpoint analysis of U.S. national vital statistics data from 1969 through 2013.
2. The analysis also revealed that from 1969 and 2013, there was a 77 percent reduction in the death rate for stroke; a 67.5 percent reduction for heart disease and a 17.9 percent reduction for cancer.
3. On the other hand, the death rate for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease increased by 100.6 percent in the analysis period.
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