That's right, an actual drop:
THURSDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Life expectancy dipped slightly in the United States from 2007 to 2008, according to a new federal report -- the first decline of its type in 25 years.
Life expectancy for Americans in general declined by a little more than one month, from 77.9 to 77.8 years.
Whoever heard in life expectancy dropping anywhere, anytime in the last 100 years? It seems to be too early yet to suss out the reasons. But this bears watching. You have to wonder if the failing U.S. health care isn't partly behind it.
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Can't find it now, but recently a study in the US found the reason was the rich are living longer, but the lower three quintiles were not. Not everyone in Murrica is living shorter lives.
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word verif agrees: tanlis
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