Unit 7D Assessing Risk Ms. Young

Risk and Travel Is driving getting safer? 1970: 2008: Point out that this conclusion means that over 38 years the death rate per 100 million miles dropped from 4.8 to 1.3. 1970: 2008: Ms. Young

Vital Statistics What is the risk per person for stroke? Ms. Young

Life Expectancy Life expectancy is the number of years a person with a given age today can expect to live on average. There have been many interesting studies in this area. Although it is true that we are living longer in the United States, one of the major reasons for the huge jump in life expectancy last century was the cure of childhood diseases such as polio and the improvement of obstetric health care around the country. Ms. Young