U.S. Health Statistics: Health In America, By The Numbers

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U.S. Health Statistics: Health In America, By The Numbers

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Last week, the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) released its 34th annual "Health, United States Report." The document is 550 pages of charts, tables and numbers about the state of healthiness across the nation.

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