First Slice 4-29-15: Buckhead residents have longer life spans than Vine City residents, report says

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The average Buckhead resident lives more than a decade longer than average residents of the city's western neighborhoods. Why does that happen? Income and education levels. "Your social circumstances help determine your life expectancy,” Karen Minyard, Georgia Health Policy Center director at Georgia State University, tells the New York Times.

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