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Aug292007
US Life Expectancy Ranking Drops
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 9:46PM
After moving from the US back to a country with universal health care again it is interesting to read about this type of thing. Running a small IT consultancy here in the UK at least I'm not burdened with huge medical insurance bills... just large tax bills :)
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A combination of expensive health insurance and an ever-increasing rate of obesity appear to be behind a startling fall by the US in the world rankings of life expectancy.
Despite being one of the richest countries in the world, America has dropped from 11th to 42nd place in 20 years, according to official US figures.
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