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Life Expectancy for U.S. Blacks Is Shorter Than for Whites

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A new study is just published today in the April issue (see the link below)

http://www.iienet2.org/IEMagazine/Details.aspx?id=30160

that an American child born in 2011 can expect to live 85 years. This would rank the United States second in the world for overall estimated life expectancy. More can be obtained from the link below

http://www.iienet2.org/IEMagazine/Details.aspx?id=30160

These findings show encouraging!

Hoang Pham of NJ 10:20PM April 09, 2012

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