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CHART: Births, Infant Mortality, and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy in the United States was the highest ever in 2002, but infant mortality increased from a rate of 6.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2001 to a rate of 7.0 per 1,000 births in 2002, the first year since 1958 that the rate has not declined or remained unchanged.
Provided by National Center for Health Statistics as of April 2002.
CHART: Emergency Room Visits

In 2003, Americans made 113.9 million visits to hospital emergency rooms, a 26 percent increase over the 90.3 million visits made in 1993. During the same period of time hospital emergency departments have decreased about 12.3 percent.
Provided by National Center for Health Statistics as of May 2002.
CHART: Overweight

Alcohol use, smoking, leisure-time physical activity, and body weight of adults in the U.S., 1999-2002.
Provided by National Center for Health Statistics as of October 2002.

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