A downward trend in U.S. women life expectancy since 1980 can be attributed to increases in deaths from diabetes, lung cancer, emphysema and kidney failure, especially in women from rural and low-income areas.
Women not limited to one race or ethnicity from places in the Deep South, Appalachia and the lower Midwest are the most evident sign that women's life expectancy is significantly falling.
"I think this is a harbinger," said Christopher J.L. Murray, a physician and epidemiologist at the University of Washington, who led the study.
This trend may be perpetuated by the long-term effects of smoking, a habit women picked up after men did, and the obesity epidemic sweeping our nation.
Women must assess the issue at hand and cut dirty habits such as smoking and mix good eating and exercise into their daily lives if they want the expectancy curve to move in their favor.
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