The New York times article on life expectancy in the United States discusses in official report recently released by the national center for health statistics (NCHS). This report says:
A) people in the US are living longer now than they ever have.
B) Data for recent years indicate that life expectancy in the US continues to get longer and longer.
C) there has been a steady decline in life expectancy in the US over the last 30 years.
D) in recent years there has been a decline in US life expectancy following several decades of increasing life expectancy.
Ans: D) in recent years there has been a decline in US life expectancy following several decades of increasing life expectancy.
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