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Unnatural Causes: Is

Inequality Making Us Sick?

Airs on PBS four Thursdays in a row starting March 27, 10 p.m. ET (check local listings); Larry Adelman, series creator and executive producer.

In Sickness and In Wealth is the riveting first hour of a four-part documentary series that explores why your bank account, race and ZIP code are more powerful predictors of healthiness and life expectancy than your medical coverage, habits and genes. Among some statistics revealed:

*The USA has the highest gross national product in the world, but Americans live shorter, often less-healthy lives than almost any other industrialized country despite spending $2 trillion a year (more than half the world's total) on health care.

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