This means 4 percent of American men and 19 percent of American women can expect their lives to be s
This means 4 percent of American men and 19 percent of American women can expect their lives to be shorter than or, at best, the same length as those of people in their home counties two decades ago.
Elizabeth Gudrais, Unequal America: Causes and consequences of the wide—and growing—gap between rich and poor," Harvard Magazine,July-August, 2008, http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/07/unequal-america.html