Is it just me...

Or is this a slightly odd news story. (BBC News - headline 'Death rates at lowest ever levels in England and Wales')
Death rates going down?! I'm pretty sure it's something everyone does in the end. Is it just an awkwardly worded headline, or are we trying to hide from the inevitable. I mean, it's not like it's going to go out of fashion is it.
"Yeah, people used to die, but it's just not really the done thing any more - it's so passé"
Surely we need to know the truth and know the hope... One without the other is just empty. So death will come, but when Jesus came, He conquered it, and it's Him I'm trying to live my life for.