Why American Women Aren't Living as Long as They Should

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http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/why-american-women-arent-living-as-long-as-they-should/282984/

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Their findings throw cold water on the good news that Americans' lives have been getting longer. Life expectancy at birth, they found, "is rising in absolute terms but falling relative to other countries."*

Here's the chart for men, with the U.S. shown as red dots that are gradually slipping in rank among their peers:




It's an even more dramatic story for women:



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You can see American women (the red dots) trailing further and further from the pack each year:

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