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Older Americans Less Healthy Than English Counterparts, But They Live as Long or Longer — Nov 4, 2010

While Americans aged 55 to 64 have higher rates of chronic diseases than their peers in England, they die at about the same rate. And Americans age 65 and older—while still sicker than their English peers—have a lower death rate than similar people in England.