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| Overall life expectancy for both males and females in the world. |
"Women in large swaths of the U.S. are dying younger than they were a generation ago, reversing nearly a century of progress in public health and underscoring the rising toll of smoking and record obesity." I was looking up women life expectancy online and found this article about the life expectancy of women in the U.S. which I found very interesting. It relates to smoking and obesity and how there has been a major decline in life expectancy due to these factors. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/15/nation/la-na-womens-health-20110615
It's sad that there are countries where the life expectancy is like 40 because of disease, water shortages, starvation, etc. And here in the U.S., most people have all the resources to live a full, long life. However, we are creating problems for ourselves. Obesity and smoking can be prevented, but many people in this country take their health for granted and that's why life expectancy isn't as high as it could be in this country.
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