America is plagued by a couple notable gaps in life expectancy. The rich live much longer than the poor, and European Americans live roughly 3.6 years longer than African Americans. These wealth- and race-based disparities have persisted for decades.
But there is a recent and rapidly growing divide in life expectancy: Americans dwelling in urban areas live longer than those dwelling in rural areas.
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