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The Economist (January 12)

2013/ 01/ 13 by jd in Global News

“In the rich world, men are closing the longevity gap with women.” The major factor has been the reduction in smoking among males. The results have been staggering. “In England and Wales, the biggest peacetime difference between the life expectancies at birth of the two sexes was 6.3 years. That was in 1967. It is now 4.1 years, and falling.”

“In the rich world, men are closing the longevity gap with women.” The major factor has been the reduction in smoking among males. The results have been staggering. “In England and Wales, the biggest peacetime difference between the life expectancies at birth of the two sexes was 6.3 years. That was in 1967. It is now 4.1 years, and falling.”

 

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