Life Expectancy in the U.S.

Week of July 1, 1946
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. releases its life expectancy statistics. Average life expectancy in the U.S. (45 at the turn of the century) now exceeds 65 years, while white women average 68.95 years.

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