NY Times reports "A sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and infectious diseases like measles and tuberculosis"

Life Expectancy Rises Around World, Study Finds - NYTimes.com

A sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and infectious diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a report published on Thursday, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and dying from diseases mostly associated with rich countries, like cancer and heart disease.