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From: fred@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: gender differentiation of life spans
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Date: Thu, 25-Aug-83 17:45:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 25 17:45:19 1983
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	From: andrew@orca.UUCP

	A study was recently completed which offers strong evidence
	that the reason the average lifespan of women is longer
	than that of men is because many more men than women have
	long histories of tobacco abuse. . . .

		-- Andrew Klossner

Maybe, but there's one that's even more obvious. Taller people tend
to have shorter lifespans (possibly because of the greater strain
on their circulatory system due to the gravity gradient :-) ) than
shorter people, and the average adult male tends to be taller than
the average adult female.

						Fred Blonder
						harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!fred