life expectancy
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Life Expectancy for Black Americans Drops as House Considers $1.9 Trillion Rescue Package
The life expectancy for African Americans declined the most from 2019 — by 2.7 years, to 72 years — its…
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EDITORIAL: Black Solidarity Needed Now More Than Ever
Black solidarity remains among the key strategies and beliefs for our successfully weathering this latest storm.
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U.S. Life Expectancy Lowers a Year Amid Pandemic
Life expectancy in the U.S. dropped a year in the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the…
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Women, Blacks Lose More Years of Life After Heart Attack
(Reuters Health) – Heart attacks seem to have a bigger effect on life expectancy for women and African Americans than…
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Income Inequality: It’s Also Bad for Your Health
Margot Sanger-Katz, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—We know that living in a poor community makes you less…
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Americans Living Longer as Most Death Rates Fall
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are living longer than ever before, according to a new…
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Life expectancy gap growing between rich/poor world women: WHO
[NBC NEWS HEALTH] Life expectancy for women at 50 has improved but the gap between poor and rich countries is…
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Gains Made, but U.S. Still Lags in Life Expectancy
[Med Page Today] Americans are living longer, but that longevity includes more aches, pains, and disability compared with comparably wealthy…
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