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By Jeremia Kimelman and Nigel Chiwaya

In America, money and education can mean the difference between a long life and an early death, and these differences can play out street by street.

With a statewide average of 81.3 years, California’s 35-plus million residents enjoy the second-highest life expectancy in the United States (at an average 82 years, Hawaiians live the longest). In wealthy suburbs, though, lifespans stretch longer.

source: nbcnews.com