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In US, Hispanics outlive whites, blacks by years

ATLANTA -- U.S. Hispanics can expect to outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life expectancy in this country. A Hispanic born in 2006 could expect to live about 80 years and seven months, the government estimates.

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