Counting Birthdays- "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
The Short End of the Longer Life
By KEVIN SACK
Published: April 27, 2008
Ever rising longevity is not a given for all Americans anymore, especially women.
excerpt:
The most startling evidence came last week in a government-sponsored study by Harvard researchers who found that life expectancy actually declined in a substantial number of counties from 1983 to 1999, particularly for women. Most of the counties with declines are in the Deep South, along the Mississippi River, and in Appalachia, as well as in the southern Plains and Texas.
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