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mispoon says: Compared to 1998, a 20-year old in 2006  has gained one year of life but has lost 2 years of healthy life

#mispoon says: Compared to 1998, a 20-year old in 2006  has gained one year of life but has lost 2 years of healthy life

For more interesting information on the differences on morbidity and mortality on such short periods of time, I recommend the article underneath. Changing this trend of growing older but sicker, is the new bet of the 21st century medicine.

Mortality and morbidity trends: is there compression of morbidity?

Crimmins EM, Beltrán-Sánchez H.

J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci2011 Jan;66(1):75-86.

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