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Researchers have found a disturbing trend while examining life expectancy in the United States, as the least educated white Americans have actually seen a massive drop in number of years that they live.
The Washington Post's Sarah Kliff noted Tuesday that New Yorkers can expect to live longer than the rest of America, and a look at the data she used from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reveals just how much longer: about three years.
Rats and roaches and other assorted vermin aren't knocking New Yorkers like they used to, as the average life expectancy of a newborn today in New York is 2.4 years higher than the national average.
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