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By Noam N. Levey / The Bulletin
June 16, 2011
WASHINGTON — Women in large swaths of the U.S. are dying younger than they were a generation ago, reversing nearly a century of progress in public health and underscoring the rising toll of smoking and record obesity.
Nationwide, life expectancy for American men and women has risen over the last....