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What Caused U.S. Life Expectancy to Increase?

What Caused U.S. Life Expectancy to Increase? (0:12)

The average life expectancy has increased greatly in recent decades. HealthMaker Brad Perkins, MD, a Vanguard executive, talks in this video about the programs that are helping people live longer.

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Most of the gain in life expectancy, over the last 100 years in the United States, has been as a result of disease prevention through public health interventions.

Brad Perkins, MD

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