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LIFE LAG FOR U.S. WOMEN

Like men, U.S. women (shown in red) have fallen behind many nations in life expectancy gains. Shown above is the average number of additional years of life expected for a woman who has reached age 50 in 10 nations (Japan, France, Australia, Italy, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, England/Wales, United States and Denmark). Credit: Human Mortality Database/University of California, Berkeley and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

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