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These preventable factors included tobacco, diet and activity patterns, alcohol, microbial agents, firearms, sexual behaviors, motor vehicles, and illicit drug use. McGinnis and Foege gathered these data from the literature and other sources using conservative rounded estimates or actual counts of factors when they existed.
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. The 2011 NRC report International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources presented a descriptive analysis of causes of death but also moved from "description to identifying the underlying determinants of the observed differences, a necessary first step toward ultimately developing an integrated model of causal processes" (National Research Council, 2011, p.
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newborns have a shorter life expectancy than those in other high-income countries and that premature death is not just associated with the diseases of aging. In attempting to account for this pervasive pattern, the NRC/IOM Panel on Understanding Cross-National Differences Among High-Income Countries found clues in almost every class of health determinants it considered, beginning with the obvious difference between health care in the United States and other countries -- the lack of universal health insurance coverage.
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At the workshop, Richard Suzman of the National Institute on Aging argued that despite the mounting research findings and the high-profile reports summarized above, public health and particularly the substantial contributions of social and behavioral factors to premature mortality have not received the attention they deserve. THE WORKSHOPS AND THIS REPORT The Committee on Population of the National Research Council at the National Academies conducted two workshops to address the data sources, science, and future research needs to understand the causes of premature mortality in the United States on behalf of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.
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Because a workshop is not a consensus activity, no recommendations or other consensus findings are BOX 1-1 Statement of Task An ad hoc steering committee will organize a public workshop on updating the classification of the determinants of the real causes of premature death in the United States. The purpose of the workshop, which will be organized in cooperation with the Institute of Medi cine, will be to review previous work in the field in light of new data generated as part of the work of the NRC Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries (National Research Council, 2011)
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Chapter 3 summarizes presenters' current data from large international studies of pre mature mortality or sources of variation in mortality and risk within the United States. Finally, Chapter 4 offers a look toward the future with a summary of suggested improvements offered by some participants for data sources and methodology and for next steps for research.
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