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2009, Number 4

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MEDICC Review 2009; 11 (4)

Counting to 100: A first look at Cuba’s national centenarian study

Giraldo G

Language: English
References: 14
Page: 17-19
PDF size: 142.08 Kb.


ABSTRACT

During the twentieth century, life expectancy rose significantly across the globe due to improvements in public health and overall living conditions. By 1950, life expectancy in most of today’s developed countries had increased by an average of 20 years. In 1900, Japan’s life expectancy was 43 years; today that country boasts the highest in the world at 83. The United States entered the last century with a life expectancy of 47 years, today reaching 78, the same as in Cuba, where life expectancy in the early 1900s was only 38 years.


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  14. A family medical record is kept by local doctor and nurse teams for each household in every neighborhood in Cuba.




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