The National Center for Health Statistics (described in the October 24, 1997 Scout Report) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently published "Deaths: Final Data for 1996." The 99-page report presents the latest data available on mortality in the US "according to a number of key demographic and medical characteristics such as age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, education, state of residence, and cause of death." The report contains 32 highly detailed data tables and five overview graphs on death and death rates. Major findings of the report show that, in 1996, the US set a record high for life expectancy at 76.1 years and a record low for infant mortality, with 7.3 deaths per 1,000 live births.