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Six pages? Really? Okay, I didn't read it, but I'm wondering if they mention the obvious: That lots of people in NYC are migrants who arrived in their 20s or

• yummyfajitas 17y ago
  That would lower the mortality rate, not increase longevity. Longevity is age at death. I think the simplest explanation works well. NYC has become richer over the past 10-20 years, and rich people live longer.
  • jcl 17y ago
    If most of the population arrives at age 20, it would almost totally cut out infant mortality. As the article points out on the first page, infant mortality has the greatest effect on their longevity numbers: "By the same logic, one infant’s dying during childbirth -- 77.8 years too early -- is equal to ten people’s succumbing to lung cancer at age 70." However, the article is not only about how much healthier New York is relative to the rest of the country -- it's also about how much healthier it is relative to itself about ten years ago. One has to wonder if the immigration rate of 20-year-olds has increased that much in that time.
• maukdaddy 17y ago
  You couldn't be bothered to read six pages of a very well written and thought-out article? WTF is wrong with my generation? :(
  • abalashov 17y ago
    I had the same thought.