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Editorial
. 2023 Sep;113(9):967-969.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307332. Epub 2023 Jun 1.

The Gap Between US and Best Practice Life Expectancy Is Increasing

José Manuel Aburto  1 , Serena Vigezzi  1
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Editorial

The Gap Between US and Best Practice Life Expectancy Is Increasing

José Manuel Aburto et al. Am J Public Health. 2023 Sep.
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Decomposition Into 3 Age Groups of the Life Expectancy Gap Between the United States and the Best Practice Country at the Midpoint Year of Every Phase Identified by Woolf, by (a) Females and (b) Males: 1952, 1965, 1978, 1996, 2015, and 2020 Note. Positive values indicate that the mortality difference in that age group advantaged the best practice country, and negative values indicate age groups for which the United States had lower mortality rates than the best practice country. Source. See Woolf, in this issue of AJPH, p. 970.
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