Costa Rican Natural History
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The exceptionally high life expectancy of Costa Rican nonagenarians.
Robust data from a voter registry show that Costa Rican nonagenarians have an exceptionally high live expectancy. Mortality at age 90 in Costa Rica is at least 14% lower than an average of 13 high-income countries. This advantage increases with age by 1% per year Males have an additional 12% advantage. Age-90 life expectancy for males is 4.4 years, one-half year more than any other country in t...
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