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Golden years shorter, sicker in Southern states - The Washington Post
CDC press release (and related links):
State-Specific Healthy Life Expectancy at Age 65 Years — United States, 2007–2009
Hawaii tops the charts in the government's first state-by-state look at how long Americans age 65 can expect to live, on average, and how many of those remaining years will be healthy ones, free of the illnesses and disabilities suffered late in life. The figures were released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC press release (and related links):
State-Specific Healthy Life Expectancy at Age 65 Years — United States, 2007–2009