Americans Live Nearly As Long As New Zealanders
NEW YORK. Oct 5 (Recd 7 pm).— The average New Zealanders and Australian lived longer than anybody else in the world but the American was catching up, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Compan / stated today. The average longevity in the United States between 1901 and 1910 was about nine years less than In New Zealand, and six years less than in Australia. However, the expectation of life for Americans by 1947 was within 1? years of New Zealand’s and 3 of a year of Australia’s.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 7 October 1950, Page 5
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