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The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans

KFF Health News

“Some groups in the United States are facing a health crisis,” Bollyky said, “and we need to respond to that because it’s worsening.” ” Heart disease, car fatalities, diabetes, covid-19, and other common causes of death are directly to blame. On average, Black people in the U.S.