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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Lifestyle Med. 2009 Jul 1;3(1 Suppl):19S–26S. doi: 10.1177/1559827609335350

Figure 2. US Population Survival Curves, 1900–02, 1949–51, 2004.

Figure 2

Note: Median line represents half of the population has died and half remain alive, so point at which median line crosses each survival curve is the median survival time for that cohort. Data for 1900–02 from death registration states only. Data from National Center for Health Statistics.