Dying Before Their Time III
“Dying Before Their Time is a call to action for our region,” said Ronald S. Taylor, president and CEO of the Detroit Area Agency on Aging, “and the research confirms that something startling is happening to our older neighbors.” The agency’s signature research report, it finds that in metro Detroit the death rate for adults ages 60-74 is 48% higher than the rest of Michigan and that adults ages 50-59 are dying at a rate 122% higher than the rest of the state. Commissioned by