Great: Washington DC has the lowest life expectancy in the country. Thanks to FlowingData for depressing me on a Friday. Interestingly, today’s Guardian says that babies born today are likely to live to be 100 years old.
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Understanding Gender Differences in Life Expectancy » Sociological Images
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:20 am
[...] Data presented a number of figures revealing data about life expectancy (via). It is well known that women live longer than men in Western countries (to age 81 versus age [...]