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A-4 The News Tribune Tacoma Thurs Jan 30 1986 living longer paying more for health care study says the study said Among aged 55 to 74 it already increase is slowing for men and smoking patterns in the last 30 accelerating for women the study year Lung cancer soon wfflsur-says reflecting the change in breast cancer as a killer of mediocre Finland's rate is 85 and the United States ranks only 14th in the world The rate of decline of infant mortality is slowing averaging about 10 percent a year in the last three years compared with about 45 percent during the 1970s The death rate among white infants was 97 per 1000 births among black infants it was 191 The ratio of about 19 black infant deaths for each white infant death extends back to at least 1960 A child born in 1983 could expect to live 748 years a record high The longest life expectancy is enjoyed by white females 787 years the shortest by black males 614 years On average a man who turned 45 in 1983 could expect to live to 747 more than three years longer than his 1950 counterpart A woman celebrating her 45th birthday in 1983 could expect to live to 804 more than 4 years longer than her counterpart- Smoking is declining in both sexes The decline is dramatic for men from 531 percent in 1965 to 354 percent in 1983 but small for women 343 percent to 399 percent Lung cancer death rates continue to increase a 35-year trend attributed to the aging of the population with the highest percentages of smokers The rate of 81 percent far exceeded the overall inflation rate of 43 percent Still the increases medical inflation and in overall spending were lower than previous years The 91 percent increase was the smallest in SO years and medical inflation was in double digits only five years ago Problems remain Black infants are at twice the risk of white infants of dying in their first year of life a gap that has remained virtually constant for at least 85 years And infant mortality a key indicator of a health is no longer falling at the rate it maintained through the 1970s But overall said Health and Human Services Secretary Otis Bowen health record is continue to make new gains against the major causes of death and at the same time we are seeing a (Renounced slowing in health cost he said report paints a clear picture of medical achievement and progress against the health cost Among his figures: Infant mortality fell to 108 deaths per 1000 births in 1984 based on tentative data That is better than the 118 deaths per thousand rate id 1980 or the 1970 rate of 300 or the 1980 rate of 360 But on the world stage it is I mm The Asiociated Prni WASHINGTON America paid an average of $1580 per per-son for health care in 1984 more than 10 percent of the Cross national product but the investment is paying off in lower death rates from killer diseases a new study says The annual report on the health released Wednesday by the Health and Human Services Department says life expectancy once again has hit a record high while infant mortality once again has set a record low Death rates from heart disease have fallen by 88 percent since 1970 while death rates from stroke have fallen 49 percent Changes in personal health habits fewer people are smoking and more are watching their blood pressure and cholesterol levels are credited for part of the gala But the country also has paid for the changes in dollars The United States spent $3874 billion in 1984 to support a medical industry that employs 79 million people Exotic technology has flourished The number of sophisticated CAT-ecan diagnostic procedures more than quadrupled from 1979 to 1983 ultrasound diagnostic scannings tripled Altogether health spending increased by 91 percent in 1984 And the medical inflation rate of Missing Continued said Hoover who is helping his friend Riemer look for his son a lot of speculation Drugs Revenge But nothing to lead us to their he aid you come up with some type of lead to confirm and pursue This has been real Hoover said the truck should have turned up by now a 1983 red Plymouth Arrow with a cream-colored canopy and a 7-foot blue pram on top The license number is HR9318 the truck is out of state or else somebody's found a good hiding place for Hoover aid The truck had two propane tanks in the back along with an outboard motor and several animal traps One possible scenario haunts Riemer that either his son or Robertson killed the other dropped Crystal off at the Kmart and fled The younger Riemer carried a 23-caliber handgun in a holster when he trapped his father said He used the gun in case coyote mink fox beaver and bobcat caught in his traps were still alive when he got there And the couple had recorded cases of domestic violence authorities said Puyallup police sent information to Pierce County detectives on an unpublicized number of calls the department made to Michael apartment for reported domestic violence Lloyd Riemer said Robertson had won a court restraining or Debris Continued search fleet today from 8 to 13 hips and from 9 to 13 aircraft ships have begun picking up a great deal more debris larger and more varied pieces" LL Cmdr James Simpson of the Coast Guard said today ship alone is bringing in 1000 pounds of debris They're finding tubing they're finding electronic-looking pieces I know whether they're control panels or what they are got wiring and gauges and so forth" he said sixes range from 15 by 10 feet to 30 by 5 NASA confirmed that one of the pieces was a control panel from the shuttle but did not know immediately which of many it might be Simpson said the Coast Guard cutter Dallas today picked up one of two heavy cone-like objects and expected to retrieve the other They are believed to be parts of the two solid-fuel rockets He also said searchers began using sonar from Page One der forcing Michael to keep away from her But next day she was back over here begging him to come back to Riemer said Mike would leave her be writing letters and calling I never liked that Riemer said that whatever happened it surely have been for money The last words from Michael on the morning he disappeared were that he wanted to hurry through the trap checks so he could work Friday Saturday and Sunday for Queen City Roofing Co in Seattle wanted that pay time-and-a-half and double Riemer said have any money with him I had to give him money (that morning) for gas" Already more than 1000 posters that picture the couple and offer a reward have been handed to businesses in Pierce and Thurston counties More than $3500 has been collected for a reward fund for information leading to the recovery of the couple or their truck Informants may remain anonymous and still collect the reward Information may be telephoned to Hoover at 373-5090 or the police Crimestoppers at 591-5959 Meanwhile Riemer continues to search scheduled to meet with Fort Lewis officials this week to obtain a permit to search the backwoods and roads of the military base from Page One for the first time today in an effort to locate pieces of the shuttle on the ocean floor more than 50 feet down The retrieved material did not Include any clothing or personal effects of any of the five men and two women aboard However a foot bone with a blue sock on it was discovered on Melbourne Beach and NASA medical specialists examined it to see if it belonged to one of the astronauts according to sources who spoke on condition they not be identified The sources cautioned the bone could be that of a fisherman or boater NASA would not confirm the report Among those killed were Christa McAuliffe a 37-yeir-old Concord NH teacher selected as first common citizen to take a space trip Her crewmates were commander Francis Seo-bee 46 pilot Michael Smith 40 Judith A Resnik 36 Ronald McNair 35 Ellison Onizuka 39 and Gregory Jarvis 41 WHAT IS A T1MESHARE YACHT? 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