<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ee72d00d-bd99-4a7d-a73a-1c6e06e25c12/0B4CF614-4911-4DFB-B41B-598C050BCFCA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/08/us-life-expectancy-hits-record-779-years.html" href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/08/us-life-expectancy-hits-record-779-years.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.usatoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/08/us-life-expectancy-hits-record-779-years.html"><DIV class="inside-copy"> <P>Americans are living about two months longer, with the U.S. life expectancy reaching a record 77.9 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <A href="http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090819.htm">reports</A>. During the past decade, life expectancy has increased 1½ years. </p> <P>Death rates are down for major killers, including heart disease, cancer and HIV. </P><P>The bad news: American still die sooner than counterparts in 30 other countries. Japan tops the longevity list — 83 years for children born in 2007, according to the World Health Organization.</p> <P>Read the <A href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs">full report</A>. The <A href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/us-life-expectancy-at-all-time-high/"><EM>New York Times</EM></A> has more. </p> </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0B4CF614-4911-4DFB-B41B-598C050BCFCA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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