New Yorkers Live Longer Than The Rest of Us: Except Homophobics
Want to live longer? Move to New York City. But if you are homophobic you will cut your years by half(adamfoxie*figures). Because here we have Equal marriage and most of us dont need to hide. The ones that hide is because they live one or two decades behind. (figures extrap from adamfoxie’s life in NYC and other places, but mainly in NYC and NY State)
Dr. Tom Farley, the city's health commissioner, credited the administration's health-conscious policies for the longevity record.
It's one of Mayor Bloomberg's favorite lines and he got to use it again today when the city unveiled statistics showing that a newborn in New York City will live 80.6 years, compared to 78.2 years for the entire U.S.
"The fact in New York that you're living two and a half years -- something like that -- longer than the country as a whole, it is just astounding," the mayor said at a chart-filled press conference in the maternity ward of Lincoln Hospital in The Bronx.
"I don't think 10 years ago anyone would have remotely thought that was possible. But it's true."
"The fact that new York City's life expectancy is greater than the U.S. and rising faster than the U.S. means we're doing some thing or some things right," said Farley.
Both U.S. and New York longevity rates have been trending upwards for decades, but in 2000 -- before Bloomberg took office -- the city began to surpass the nation.
The statistics announced today cover 2009, the latest year available. In 2008, The NYC longevity rate was 80.2 years, compared to the national average of 78.1.
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