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Where you live can decide how long you live
Differences are so extreme it's as if there are ‘eight Americas,’ report says
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14786805/wid...3&GT1=8506
Most of the Upper Midwest is in fact at the top of the longevity scale mentioned in the article, with Lyon and Sioux counties in Iowa being in the top 10. As a state, SD ranked 18th.
Where you live can decide how long you live
Differences are so extreme it's as if there are ‘eight Americas,’ report says
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14786805/wid...3&GT1=8506
WASHINGTON - Asian-American women living in Bergen County, N.J., lead the nation in longevity, typically reaching their 91st birthdays. Worst off are American Indian men in swaths of South Dakota, who die around age 58 — three decades sooner.