I Blame the Eeevil Rx Drug and Medical Device Cos.

By Jayson ~ April 19th, 2006 @ 12:37 pm

for this:

“U.S. Records Big Decline in Death Rate”

In a powerful testament to U.S. health improvements, the annual number of deaths in the country dropped by about 50,000 in 2004 — the largest such decline in more than 60 years.

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Overall, age-adjusted death rates fell to a record low of 801 deaths per 100,000 population in 2004, down from almost 833 deaths per 100,000 in 2003.

You plan to discuss those stats in your upcoming mock-u-mentary on the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, don’t you, Michael Moore?

Oh, right, never mind.