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Life Expectancy in America

A study recently found that life expectancy in America was increasing… and decreasing. Despite a general trend towards longer life from the 60s to the 80s, from the 80s onward there is a strong diversion of those areas with continuing growth of life expectance and those that are diminishing. Areas in green are increasing and areas in red are shrinking. I find it interesting that the turn around is the Reagan period and mostly in Republican dominated portions of America. I’m just sayin’.

Life Expectancy in America

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Posted by dugh daren in History, Interesting, Politics

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One Response to “Life Expectancy in America”

  1. Nob Hill Ken wrote:
    April 29th, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    Yeah, NYT had a story about this last week, indicating that socio-economically disadvantaged women (particularly those from the Appalachian region) were the most grievously affected.

    And also yeah, right around when the Reagan era really picked up steam…hmmm….”just sayin’” indeed.

 

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