"Of course my father was still a relatively young man back then, 62, and we had no idea he would die at the relatively young age of 65, " she says.

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The vast majority die at a young age, and most are never rescued from the specter of degenerative disease.

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If the wheels of justice turn at their current rate, most will die of old age before coming to trial.

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Children under the age of 5 die from asphyxia at birth, sepsis, pneumonia, malaria and other causes.

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McAlary would win the Pulitzer Prize the next year but would die of cancer a few months later at age 41.

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Health Minister Shona Robison told members that a person who started smoking at the age of 15 was three-times more likely to die from its effects than someone taking up the habit in their 20s.

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Mortality rates are calculated by looking at the number of people that would be expected to die when taking into account the age and disease profile of the local population.

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Death rates are calculated by looking at the number of people that would be expected to die when taking into account the age and disease profile of the local population.

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