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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Life expectancy in 2000 National center for Health Stats. indicated a new record for avg. life expectancy 76.9 years for he total US population. Avg for men is 74.1 and women 79.5, which average is being used, and explain. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If you find the average of the 74.1 and the 79.5 you get 76.8.  They<BR>\n" );
document.write( "may have weighted the women's life expectancy because there are more<BR>\n" );
document.write( "senior women than senior men.  That may account for their using 76.9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "instead of 76.8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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