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Life Expectancy Rises to 68 for U S Workers and Kin
The 1952 Metropolitan Life Insurance experience shows average life expectancy 63 for American wage earners and families, up from 1942 and far beyond four decades. Death rates declined across major chronic diseases, tuberculosis fell sharply, pneumonia and influenza kept pace with all-time lows, while heart and kidney disease rates edged down nearly ten percent. Polio, heat, and other risks influenced the year, yet overall mortality improved and optimism for further gains persisted.
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