Today, the average life expectancy is
a. 70.2 years
b. 75 years
c. 79 years for women and 72.9 for men
d. longer for men than for women
C
The average life expectancy has increased dramatically in the last 75 years—from 59.7 years in 1930 to 79 years for women and 72.9 years for men, according to the 2002 U.S. Census Bureau.
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