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(UFU - 2018 - 2ª FASE)

Life Expectancy Can Vary by 20 Years Based on Where in the U.S. You Live
By Jeffrey Kluger and Chris Wilson

Long life is a gift that has never been democratically distributed. You may die young or old, and it’s impossible to know in your first years just when your last ones will come. A new study from JAMA Internal Medicine shows, however, that one of the biggest X-factors may be simple geography. Where you live may play a powerful role in when you’ll die. While it’s never been much of a secret that people living in countries in the developed world live longer, on average, than people in the developing world, the new study focused on the U.S. alone. Here, the investigators found striking differences within the country.
Over the course of the 24 years spanned by the study, life expectancy increased by 5.3 years nationwide, from 73.8 to 79.1. Women (whose lifespan increased from 77.5 to 81.5) lived longer than men (with a boost from 70 to 76.7), but both sexes saw improvements. Locally, however, there were enormous gaps. The longest-lived regions were the wealthier ones. Counties in central Colorado had the highest life expectancies, and Summit County, Colorado, had the highest in the country, at 86.8 years. Several counties in central Alaska and various spots along the two coasts had the largest gains in life expectancy.

Disponível em:https://time.com/ . Acesso em: 25 Mar. 2018.

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Based on the text, answer the following questions.

A) What is the main conclusion brought by this study?

B) Is the statement “The life expectancy for men improved more than the life span for women in the last twenty-four years covered in this study", right or wrong? Justify your answer.