Medical Briefs / Life Expectancy Grows -- Rate has Grown Nearly 1 1/ 2 Years in Decade

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U.S. life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years, the government reported Wednesday.

The increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all the leading causes of death. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 is nearly three months greater than for children born in 2006.

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Medical Briefs / Life Expectancy Grows -- Rate has Grown Nearly 1 1/ 2 Years in Decade

The new U.S. data is a preliminary report based on about 90 percent of the death certificates collected in 2007...

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