Some of the increases were relatively small, but some were dramatic. The heart disease death rate which has been falling over the long term rose to 167 deaths per 100,000 population from 161.5 the year before. It was only the second time in 20 years that the rate had ticked up. This jump, of more than 3%, surpassed the less than 1% increase seen in 2015.
In raw numbers, there were about 32,000 more heart disease deaths than the year before.
Diabetes deaths rose to 24.6 per 100,000 last year, from 21.6 in 2019. That translated to 13,000 more diabetes deaths than in 2019. The 14% increase was the largest rise in the diabetes death rate in decades.
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U.S. Assistant Secretary For Health Dr. Rachel Levine To Visit COVID-19 Vaccine Site At Philadelphia Convention Center
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) United States Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Rachel Levine, will visit the vaccine site at the Philadelphia Convention Center Thursday afternoon. This morning, the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health met with members of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium.
The meeting took place at the consortium’s vaccine site at Temple University’s Liacouras Center.
Dr. Levine went on to praise what she called the successes of the Biden Administration in tackling the pandemic.
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