Bemidji Pioneer: Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations

American lives are shorter on average than those in other wealthy nations and the gap is growing ever wider, according to the latest data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As recently as 1979, the typical American could expect to live roughly 1.5 years longer than the average resident of one of the other countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - a group of 35 wealthy, predominately Western nations.

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