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America ranks 49th in life expectancy worldwide, putting it lower than a dozen other developed nations.
However, researchers determined that obesity, traffic accidents and a high murder rate may not be the main causes -- the U.S. didn't stand out as doing any worse in these areas than any of the other countries studied.