Life Expectancy Falls

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Life Expectancy Falls

July 11, 2008 | ISSUE 44•28

A study at the Harvard Global Health Initiative shows that, for a segment of the population, life expectancy is lower now that in was in the early '80s. What do you think?

Wow, I'm glad my grandma died in the '80s!

Marvin Prieboy
Makeup Salesperson
Let's keep working to get it even lower. People over 30 make me sad.

Kelly Ridgeway
Systems Analyst
Oh yeah? Well then how do you explain my mother, who was alive during both decades?

Richard Moreland
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