This document discusses issues related to aging, death, and dying. It references statistics from the National Vital Statistics Reports regarding mortality rates in the United States in 2010. Specifically, it cites data on pages 8 through 10 of Volume 58, Number 14 from March 2010 and data on page 5 of Volume 58, Number 21 from June 2010 that provide statistical information about hospice.

1. Issues in Aging Death and Dying Mark Novak, PhD San Jose State University

2. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 58, No. 14, March 31, 2010, p.9

3. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 58, No. 14, March 31, 2010, p.10

4. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 58, No. 14, March 31, 2010, p.8

5. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 58, No. 21, June 28, 2010 , p.5

11. Hospice