The Truth About Record-Setting U.S. Life Expectancy

Christa

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Thu Aug-20-09 08:09 AM
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The Truth About Record-Setting U.S. Life Expectancy

Life expectancy in the United States rose to an all-time high, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. But that's only half the story.

The country is behind about 30 others on this measure.

Though the United States has by far the highest level of health care spending per capita in the world, we have one of the lowest life expectancies among developed nations - lower than Italy, Spain and Cuba and just a smidgeon ahead of Chile, Costa Rica and Slovenia, according to the United Nations. China does almost as well as we do. Japan tops the list at 83 years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090819/sc_livescience/thetruthaboutrecordsettinguslifeexpectancy

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quantass

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Thu Aug-20-09 08:17 AM
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1. CANADA is in the Top 5! Woohoo!

Funny that a meere few kilometers can have such a wide gap on people

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LynnTheDem

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Thu Aug-20-09 08:40 AM
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2. "one of the lowest life expectancies among developed nations"

Yep.

But no worries, rightwingnuts! You'll be happy and secure when your rightwingnut pundits tell you that's only coz America has "more people".

:rofl:

Rightwingnuts; truly the stupidest MFers on the planet.

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glitch

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Thu Aug-20-09 10:30 AM
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3. K & R This paragraph bodes ill

"In fact, U.S. life expectancy gains may be pretty much over, as some groups - particularly people in rural locations - are already stagnating or slipping, explains LiveScience columnist Christopher Wanjek. Meantime, soaring rates of obesity and diabetes among children and adults, owing mostly to lousy diets and lack of exercise, portend depressing mortality rates to come."

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