Americans have shorter life expectancies than their counterparts in other western countries largely because of health issues that disproportionately affect the poor.
As a result, not only do Americans have shorter lives than do residents of other industrialized nations, but there is a growing gap in the lifespan of the rich and the poor in the U.S.
A new report from the Brookings Institute found that a man born in 1920 lived an average of five years longer if he was in the top 10 percent of earners than if he was in the bottom 10 percent.
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