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Study: Montgomery County Residents Among Longest Living in Pennsylvania
As of 2007, Montco women lived to an average of 82 years; men to 78.
Montgomery County residents are living two to three years longer than they did two decades ago and are among the longest-living Pennsylvania residents, according to a University of Washington study cited and mapped in the Washington Post today.
The average life expectancy of a Montco woman in 2007 was 82, up 2.7 percent from 79.8 in 1987, according to the study. For a man, it rose 4.4 percent, from 74.4 years in 1987 to 77.7 in 2007.
The new life expectancy for women placed the county third in Pennsylvania, behind Pike County in the northeast (82.3) and Chester County (82.2).
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The figure for men also put Montgomery County in third place statewide, behind Chester (77.9) and Centre County (77.8), home to Penn State University.
Neighboring Delaware County's life expectancies, as of 2007, were 80 years for women and 74.8 years for men. In Philadelphia, they were shorter still: 77.6 years for woman, 69.2 for men.
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The national averages are 80.8 years for women and 75.6 for men, the Post reported, ranking the United States 37th in the world.
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