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"The residents of West Virginia have a lower life expectancy than the national average. In 2014 life expectancy for both sexes in the state was 76.0 years compared to 79.1 years for the United States as a whole. In 2014, males in West Virginia lived an average of 73.6 years compared to a national average of 76.7 years and females lived an average of 77.5 years compared to a national average of 81.5 years. Male life expectancy in West Virginia between 1980 and 2014 increased by 4.7 years, compared to a national average of a 6.7-year increase. Life expectancy for females in West Virginia between 1980 and 2014 increased by 1.7 years, compared to a national average of a 4.0-year increase. Life expectancy for both sexes is among the lowest of all states."<ref>{{URLwikipedia|West_Virginia|West Virginia}}</ref> | "The residents of West Virginia have a lower life expectancy than the national average. In 2014 life expectancy for both sexes in the state was 76.0 years compared to 79.1 years for the United States as a whole. In 2014, males in West Virginia lived an average of 73.6 years compared to a national average of 76.7 years and females lived an average of 77.5 years compared to a national average of 81.5 years. Male life expectancy in West Virginia between 1980 and 2014 increased by 4.7 years, compared to a national average of a 6.7-year increase. Life expectancy for females in West Virginia between 1980 and 2014 increased by 1.7 years, compared to a national average of a 4.0-year increase. Life expectancy for both sexes is among the lowest of all states."<ref>{{URLwikipedia|West_Virginia|West Virginia}}</ref> | ||
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<b>West Virginia</b> may have the poorest health care of any U.S. | <b>West Virginia</b> may have the poorest health care of any U.S. state. | ||
==Physicians== | ==Physicians== | ||
According to Wikipedia, 10 to 15 percent of physicians practicing in <b>West Virginia</b> are Doctors of Osteopathy (DO).<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Osteopathic_medicine_in_the_United_States|Osteopathic medicine in the United States}}</ref> | According to Wikipedia, 10 to 15 percent of physicians practicing in <b>West Virginia</b> are Doctors of Osteopathy (DO).<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Osteopathic_medicine_in_the_United_States|Osteopathic medicine in the United States}}</ref> | ||