poor health

Women’s Life Expectancy Is Shrinking Due to Smoking, Obesity

Rochelle Sharpe

One of the most disturbing trends in American public health is that women's life expectancy is shrinking in many parts of the U.S. Women's longevity took an unprecedented nosedive during the past decade, researchers recently discovered, with their life expectancy tumbling or stagnating in one of every five counties in the country. The last time life expectancy fell for a large number of American women was 1918, due to Spanish influenza.

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