AIDS in Africa.

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Life expectancy is plunging in several African nations hit particularly hard by AIDS, according to a United Nations report issued in July. In the U.S., life expectancy is 77.2 years.

LIFE COUNTRY EXPECTANCY PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM 1990 Zimbabwe 33.9 years -40.1 Swaziland 35.7 -35.4 Lesotho 36.3 -32.3 Zambia 32.7 -31.0 Malawi 37.8...