The Texas Tribune: On the Border, Long Lives Despite Dismal Statistics

Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 22:30 in Health & Medicine

Despite low incomes, lack of health insurance and poor rates of high school graduation, the residents of Hidalgo County live two years longer than the United States or Texas averages.

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