Marriage Adds Years to Lifespan Death Records Show Men, Women Benefit

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Getting married and staying married increases life expectancy by about eight or nine years, according to federal death records.

But the poets are wrong to suggest 'tis better to have loved and lost. Divorced people have the shortest lifespan of all.

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Marriage Adds Years to Lifespan Death Records Show Men, Women Benefit

Married men who died in 2003 had an average lifespan of 77.6 years, well above the 69.2-year average among men who have never married and 67.1-y...

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