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improvements in diet that have resulted in greater life expectancy for many people
calculating the life expectancies of different social groups
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Americans still have the shortest life expectancy compared to residents of other wealthy nations.
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Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Yet our life expectancy and medical outcome markers place us about 18th.
—Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Well, no one ever said this job came with a long life expectancy.
—EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Researchers did find a genetic mutation in that Amish community that slowed down biological aging, pushing life expectancy to 85 for some people in that community.
—Nate Trela, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
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Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Yet our life expectancy and medical outcome markers place us about 18th.
—Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Well, no one ever said this job came with a long life expectancy.
—EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Researchers did find a genetic mutation in that Amish community that slowed down biological aging, pushing life expectancy to 85 for some people in that community.
—Nate Trela, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Life expectancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20expectancy. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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