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2008 LIFE EXPECTANCY TRENDS: WINNERS AND LOSERS There is good news or bad news in recent life-expectancy trends depending on your race, gender, and health habits. Despite gains in overall life-expectancy, diseases related to smoking, high blood pressure and obesity have resulted in setbacks for some segments of the population. Forty years (1959-2001) of tracking life-expectancy by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Washington reveals gains and loses for various groups. Four percent of the male population and 19% of the female population experienced either decline or stagnation in life-expectancy beginning in the 1980s. “There has always been a view in U.S. health policy that inequalities are more tolerable as long as everyone’s health is improving. There is now evidence that there are large parts of the population in the United States whose health has been getting worse for about two decades,” said Professor Majid Ezzati, HSPH. The majority of U.S. counties that had the worst downward swings in life expectancy were in the Deep South, along the Mississippi River, and in Appalachia, extending into the southern portion of the Midwest and into Texas. Between 1961 and 1999, average life expectancy in the U.S. increased from 67 to 74 years for men and from 73 to 79 for women in what the researchers refer to as the "best-off" counties. Other ("worst-off") counties did not fare so well. While men in the best-off counties lived 9.0 years longer than those in the worst-off counties in 1983, by 1999 that gap had increased to 11.0 years. For women the 1983 life expectancy gap of 6.7 years increased to 7.5 years by 1999. Ezzati said, “The finding that 4% of the male population and 19% of the female population experienced either decline or stagnation in mortality is a major public health concern,” said Professor Ezzati. The researchers also found that the stagnation and worsening life-expectancy was primarily a result of an increase in diabetes, cancers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, combined with cardiovascular disease. An increase in HIV/AIDS and homicides also played a role for men, but not for women. "The data produced by this study," according to AgeVenture's Dr. David Demko, "underscores the prominent role that lifestyle factors play in determining life-expectancy." As a result, "A better educated populace along with accountability for one's health behaviors can go a long way toward improving both health status and longevity. Content Source: Journal of Medicine - Public Library of Science, CDC, Lancet. Image Credit: CDC, Washington DC. Harvard School of Public Health (www.hsph.harvard.edu) is dedicated to advancing individual and public health worldwide. UW Medicine (www.uwmedicine.org) researches health and disease, and provides primary and specialty care to patients. Estimate Your Life-Expectancy ... Take the Death Calculator Longevity Quiz

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