Longevity Rates Differ Greatly in 'Eight Americas'

medpagetoday.com — In matters of life and longevity, the United States is not one nation, indivisible, but eight nations divided by gender, race, income, and address, with huge differences in mortality.Depending on which of the eight Americas one inhabits can make the difference between the possibility of living until age 90 or dying at 55. Sep 13, 2006 View in Crawl 4