The Sky Isn't Falling: Healthcare Triage #9

Pundits, media types, and curmudgeons like to claim that things were so much better in the "good old days". They bemoan how kids are all sexed up and ruining everything now. They especially like to make these kinds of claims around the new year. They're wrong. Things are pretty much better than they've ever been, and we've got data to prove it. The sky isn't falling.

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Here are some sources:
Teen "sex" rates: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databrie...
Crime stats: http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Cri...
Divorce: http://content.time.com/time/magazine...
Mortality: http://205.207.175.93/hdi/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx

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Stan Muller -- Director, Producer
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