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University of Texas Medical Branch: Americans in Rural Areas Do Not Live as Long as Their Counterparts in Urban Areas
August 13, 2021
GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release:

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New research looks into the growing divide in rural-urban life expectancy

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Americans in urban areas are living longer, on average, than Americans in rural areas, and that divide is growing wider, new research from the University of Texas Medical Branch shows.

In 2005-2009 life expectancy was 78.8 in urban areas . . .

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