INDIA: Progress Report
From India's census takers last week came a progress report: the average Indian's life expectancy has gone up by five years since 1941, by ten years since 1931. Present life expectancy: about 32½ years for men (v. 66 for U.S. men), a little under 32 for women (v. 71½ for U.S. women).
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