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We Live Longer Lives Than Most of Massachusetts
Americans are living longer than they were three decades ago, but there are widening disparities between counties. See how Middlesex County stacks up.

Susan has been involved with newspapers for the past 20 years, starting out as an obituary writer and working her way up the ladder. She's been a reporter, copy editor and newspaper editor for local dailies and weeklies. Selling her soul, she left the news behind as her full-time job for a few years to pursue public relations. However, she couldn't abandon her passion for community journalism, so she was lured to Patch as a regional editor by an old buddy and doesn't plan to look back!
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Americans are living longer than they were three decades ago, but there are widening disparities between counties. See how Middlesex County stacks up.

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Americans are living longer than they were three decades ago, but there are widening disparities between counties. See how Middlesex and Norfolk Counties stack up.
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