However Australia remained ahead of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
under 50 are seeing a decline in life expectancy, while older age groups are living longer, according to a new study.
Lead author Dr Sergey Timonin said it was "surprising" that life expectancy for younger cohorts in Australia was lagging behind non-Anglophone high-income countries.Australians under 50 are seeing a decline in life expectancy, while older age groups are living longer, according to a new study. "We already knew that the US and UK suffer from this problem, but we didn't expect to see Australia in this group," Timonin said.
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