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Americans' life expectancy continues to fall behind other countries'

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The United States continues to lag behind other nations when it comes to gains in life expectancy, and commonly cited causes for our poor performance -- obesity, smoking, traffic fatalities, and homicide -- are not to blame, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study published today as a Health Affairs Web First.

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