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Article: LIFE EXPECTANCY OF NEW YORKERS INCREASES NEARLY FIVE MONTHS IN ONE YEAR

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December 20, 2006
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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued the following press release:

The life expectancy of New Yorkers increased nearly 5 months in one year, the Health Department announced today as it released its latest Annual Summary of Vital Statistics. Life expectancy reached 78.6 years for a New Yorker born in 2004. This is 9.6 months more than the City's life expectancy in 2001 and 8.4 months more than the 2004 national life expectancy (77.9). On average, women live more than 5 years longer than men.

There were 57,068 deaths in 2005 - the lowest number of deaths recorded in more than 100 years. Heart disease, cancer and influenza/pneumonia remained the leading causes of ...

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