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During the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been rising, but at a slower pace than in many other high-income countries, such as
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In 1950 men and women in the United States had a combined life expectancy of 68.9 years, the 12th highest life expectancy at birth in the world. Today, life exp
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U.S. Health in International Perspective
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The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United Sta
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Authors: Jean-Marie Robine
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The International Network for Research in the Interpretation of Healthy life Expectancy Data held its first meeting in Quebec in September 1989. This book gathe