Medicine: This Way Out

Although the death rate of every age group in the U.S. has been declining steadily since 1940, U.S. men are still dying off faster than women, said the National Office of Vital Statistics last week. In the last decade, the death rate for the female population decreased 13%, while the rate for males decreased only 7%.

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