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Where did the U.S. rank in life expectancy
50 years ago? Click on your answer below. |
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In the 1950s U.S. life expectancy was 68.2 years and was longer than in most other countries. Interestingly, we had less economic disparity back then compared with other countries, even Sweden.
But especially starting in the 1980s, the gap in the U.S. between the rich and the rest of us began to grow as other industrialized countries began to prosper and rapidly passed us on many health indicators. Just a coincidence? Source: Oeppen, Jim & James W. Vaupel. (May 10, 2002). “Enhanced: Broken Limits to Life Expectancy,” Science, 296(5570), 1029 – 1031. |  |
