Rural Counties With Lower Life Expectancy for Men, 1983-1999
04/28/2008
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These rural counties showed a significant decline in life expectancy for men from 1983 to 1999, based on a report by researchers at Harvard University: 


State

 County

 County
Seat

 Population in 2000

 Life Expectancy in 1983

 Life Expectancy in 1999
AR

 Greene

 Paragould

 37,331

 78.49

 76.88
FL

 Union

 Lake Butler

 13,442

 77.06

 74.90
LA

 Caldwell

 Columbia

 10,560

 77.68

 76.36
LA

 Richland

 Rayville

 20,981

 77.68

 76.36
TN

 Mcnairy

 Selmer

 24,653

 79.38

 76.12
TX

 Anderson

 Palestine

 55,109

 77.82

 76.20
TX

 Walker

 Huntsville

 61,758

 80.17

 78.62


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