title: The facts of death.
abstract: This tour of the average American's death says a lot about modern life. When and where we die is largely up to medicine.  But trends in how we die and honor our dead depend more on social change, aging, and demographic diversity.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Edmondson
mesh_terms: D003643:Death; D003644:Death Certificates; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States