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realitista@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

US men are dying much earlier than women, as death 'gender gap' widens: Study

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US men are dying much earlier than women, as death 'gender gap' widens: Study

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realitista@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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The gap in life expectancy between American men and women is now the biggest it has been since the mid-1990s—almost six years.
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    Americans also just generally live shorter lives than people in other developed countries:

    https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/25/1164819944/live-free-and-die-the-sad-state-of-u-s-life-expectancy

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