Life Expectancy By Country

[frerottenextelway]

List by the United Nations (average for the 2005-2010 period)
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Rk Country Overall Male Female
World average 67.2 65.0 69.5
1 Japan 82.6 79.0 86.1
2 Hong Kong 82.2 79.4 85.1
3 Iceland 81.8 80.2 83.3
4 Switzerland 81.7 79.0 84.2
5 Australia 81.2 78.9 83.6
6 Spain 80.9 77.7 84.2
7 Sweden 80.9 78.7 83.0
8 Israel 80.7 78.5 82.8
9 Macau 80.7 78.5 82.8
10 France 80.7 77.1 84.1
11 Canada 80.7 78.3 82.9
22 United Kingdom 79.4 77.2 81.6
23 Germany 79.4 76.5 82.1
24 U.S. Virgin Is 79.4 75.5 83.3
30 Costa Rica 78.8 76.5 81.2
31 Puerto Rico 78.7 74.7 82.7
37 Cuba 78.3 76.2 80.4
38 United States 78.2 75.6 80.8
40 Slovenia 77.9 74.1 81.5
41 Kuwait 77.6 76.0 79.9
46 Albania 76.4 73.4 79.7
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Didn't list them all because that's too much to edit, but here's a snap shot. These are UN numbers, you'll find slightly different numbers (but still close) by looking at different sources.

[Northman]

Guess, i need to eat more rice and sushi.

[Rohirrim]

Right between Slovenia and Cuba. And Cuba is beating us out! Ha!

Not only that, but our system is the most expensive in the world.

[orinjkrush]

And where were Sparta and Troy??

[cutthemdown]

Meh Americans play hard, party hard, drive fast, die younger but a few yrs avg difference doesn't mean much to me.

A better indicator is what the survival rate is after being diagnosed with a severe illness.

Americans just don't take care of themselves that well. We party too much, do tons of drugs, have tons of traffic deaths, tons more violent deaths etc etc.

IMO there is nothing to that stat that is a reflection on our healthcare.

The numbers I see has Americans surviving Cancer, Aids, etc at a higher rate then many of those countries.

[cutthemdown]

Right between Slovenia and Cuba. And Cuba is beating us out! Ha!

Not only that, but our system is the most expensive in the world.

Of course Cubans live long. What can they do but sit around on the island and do what govt tells them to do? Not like they can eat bad they can't afford burgers and fries. Drive fast and die on freeway? forget about it they are stuck in homes with no electricity.

American live dangerous lives, many of us party hard, play hard, and look at life as something you just go for, no holds barred!!!

IMO I'd rather live like we do and live 4-5 less yrs then to be Cuban.

[Rohirrim]

Of course Cubans live long. What can they do but sit around on the island and do what govt tells them to do? Not like they can eat bad they can't afford burgers and fries. Drive fast and die on freeway? forget about it they are stuck in homes with no electricity.

American live dangerous lives, many of us party hard, play hard, and look at life as something you just go for, no holds barred!!!

IMO I'd rather live like we do and live 4-5 less yrs then to be Cuban.

Yeah, but they smoke cigars all day.

[gunns]

Meh Americans play hard, party hard, drive fast, die younger but a few yrs avg difference doesn't mean much to me.

A better indicator is what the survival rate is after being diagnosed with a severe illness.

Americans just don't take care of themselves that well. We party too much, do tons of drugs, have tons of traffic deaths, tons more violent deaths etc etc.

IMO there is nothing to that stat that is a reflection on our healthcare.

The numbers I see has Americans surviving Cancer, Aids, etc at a higher rate then many of those countries.

We don't eat properly and we have a higher stress level as we try to keep up with the Jones'. When we do relax, our vacations can be as stressful as everyday life.

I sincerely doubt that there are any records for "surviving" AIDS as there is no cure and it's tough to see a trend when looking at who is "living" with it as it depends on how many cases there are to begin with.

As far as cancer the US has one of the highest rates for survival, but when looking at the overall stats, white people in America have a very high rate of survival while it drops for other races which is directly related to health care. You can find that anywhere on the net.

[NYBronco]

Is there a list of murders per capita? We love to kill each other in this country.

[barryr]

What is interesting is many people in countries around the world come to the U.S. for healthcare, especially for major operations and care for serious illnesses. The U.S. drug use is quite high as well, which probably doesn't help in living long lives.

[Requiem]

Go Iceland!

[Spider]

Of course Cubans live long. What can they do but sit around on the island and do what govt tells them to do? Not like they can eat bad they can't afford burgers and fries. Drive fast and die on freeway? forget about it they are stuck in homes with no electricity.

American live dangerous lives, many of us party hard, play hard, and look at life as something you just go for, no holds barred!!!

IMO I'd rather live like we do and live 4-5 less yrs then to be Cuban.

So then we dont have a problem with Heroin, or other hard drugs ? after all we live hard , play hard ........ Meth should be legal ?
Drinking and driving is no big deal , after all we play hard ....... Yeah the Government here dont tell us what to do , we be free ............... FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DenverBrit]

Meh Americans play hard, party hard, drive fast, die younger but a few yrs avg difference doesn't mean much to me.

A better indicator is what the survival rate is after being diagnosed with a severe illness.

Americans just don't take care of themselves that well. We party too much, do tons of drugs, have tons of traffic deaths, tons more violent deaths etc etc.

IMO there is nothing to that stat that is a reflection on our healthcare.

The numbers I see has Americans surviving Cancer, Aids, etc at a higher rate then many of those countries.

Diet! Obesity is out of control.

Most countries with single payer healthcare emphasize prevention, the US diet and portion size is 'preventable.'

[Garcia Bronco]

LOL. You guys crack me up.

[cutthemdown]

Diet! Obesity is out of control.

Most countries with single payer healthcare emphasize prevention, the US diet and portion size is 'preventable.'

All good points which further illustrate its not the healthcare, but the way Americans choose to live.

We have great doctors and great hospitals.

I'm not saying we don't have a problem with some people not having access to it.

I will say though that life expectancy being 4-5 yrs more in some other countries means very little IMO. It does not reflect on our doctors and healthcare as much as it does how we live, party, work, and play so hard.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Is there a list of murders per capita? We love to kill each other in this country.I've posted it many times but the NRA crowd always tries to throw in disclaimers of some sort. Wiki shows the U.S. with 5.8 homicides per 100,000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate)
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Crime Statistics > Murders (per capita) (most recent) by country

Showing latest available data. (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita)
Rank Countries Amount
# 1 Colombia: 0.617847 per 1,000 people
# 2 South Africa: 0.496008 per 1,000 people
# 3 Jamaica: 0.324196 per 1,000 people
# 4 Venezuela: 0.316138 per 1,000 people
# 5 Russia: 0.201534 per 1,000 people
# 6 Mexico: 0.130213 per 1,000 people
# 7 Estonia: 0.107277 per 1,000 people
# 8 Latvia: 0.10393 per 1,000 people
# 9 Lithuania: 0.102863 per 1,000 people
# 10 Belarus: 0.0983495 per 1,000 people
# 11 Ukraine: 0.094006 per 1,000 people
# 12 Papua New Guinea: 0.0838593 per 1,000 people
# 13 Kyrgyzstan: 0.0802565 per 1,000 people
# 14 Thailand: 0.0800798 per 1,000 people
# 15 Moldova: 0.0781145 per 1,000 people
# 16 Zimbabwe: 0.0749938 per 1,000 people
# 17 Seychelles: 0.0739025 per 1,000 people
# 18 Zambia: 0.070769 per 1,000 people
# 19 Costa Rica: 0.061006 per 1,000 people
# 20 Poland: 0.0562789 per 1,000 people
# 21 Georgia: 0.0511011 per 1,000 people
# 22 Uruguay: 0.045082 per 1,000 people
# 23 Bulgaria: 0.0445638 per 1,000 people
# 24 United States: 0.042802 per 1,000 people
# 25 Armenia: 0.0425746 per 1,000 people
# 26 India: 0.0344083 per 1,000 people
# 27 Yemen: 0.0336276 per 1,000 people
# 28 Dominica: 0.0289733 per 1,000 people
# 29 Azerbaijan: 0.0285642 per 1,000 people
# 30 Finland: 0.0283362 per 1,000 people
# 31 Slovakia: 0.0263303 per 1,000 people
# 32 Romania: 0.0250784 per 1,000 people
# 33 Portugal: 0.0233769 per 1,000 people
# 34 Malaysia: 0.0230034 per 1,000 people
# 35 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 0.0229829 per 1,000 people
# 36 Mauritius: 0.021121 per 1,000 people
# 37 Hungary: 0.0204857 per 1,000 people
# 38 Korea, South: 0.0196336 per 1,000 people
# 39 Slovenia: 0.0179015 per 1,000 people
# 40 France: 0.0173272 per 1,000 people
# 41 Czech Republic: 0.0169905 per 1,000 people
# 42 Iceland: 0.0168499 per 1,000 people
# 43 Australia: 0.0150324 per 1,000 people
# 44 Canada: 0.0149063 per 1,000 people
# 45 Chile: 0.014705 per 1,000 people
# 46 United Kingdom: 0.0140633 per 1,000 people
# 47 Italy: 0.0128393 per 1,000 people
# 48 Spain: 0.0122456 per 1,000 people
# 49 Germany: 0.0116461 per 1,000 people
# 50 Tunisia: 0.0112159 per 1,000 people
# 51 Netherlands: 0.0111538 per 1,000 people
# 52 New Zealand: 0.0111524 per 1,000 people
# 53 Denmark: 0.0106775 per 1,000 people
# 54 Norway: 0.0106684 per 1,000 people
# 55 Ireland: 0.00946215 per 1,000 people
# 56 Switzerland: 0.00921351 per 1,000 people
# 57 Indonesia: 0.00910842 per 1,000 people
# 58 Greece: 0.0075928 per 1,000 people
# 59 Hong Kong: 0.00550804 per 1,000 people
# 60 Japan: 0.00499933 per 1,000 people
# 61 Saudi Arabia: 0.00397456 per 1,000 people
# 62 Qatar: 0.00115868 per 1,000 people
Weighted average: 0.1 per 1,000 people

[cutthemdown]

Also stats like this often way off. Countries all have different reporting procedures, different ways of classifying deaths. Did you know some countries don't avg in the deaths of children who live less then a certain amount of time? Some countries leave out accidental deaths like auto accidents.

I mean cmon world so big, so many countries, so many things happen govt doesn't know about, things don't get reported, some countries outright lie etc etc etc. No one really naive enough to believe the stats or accurate......right? Cmon people be realistic.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Also stats like this often way off. Countries all have different reporting procedures, different ways of classifying deaths. Did you know some countries don't avg in the deaths of children who live less then a certain amount of time? Some countries leave out accidental deaths like auto accidents.

I mean cmon world so big, so many countries, so many things happen govt doesn't know about, things don't get reported, some countries outright lie etc etc etc. No one really naive enough to believe the stats or accurate......right? Cmon people be realistic.Of course you are right, anything showing the U.S. to be "bad" has just got to be inaccurate. :flush:

[Bob]

List by the United Nations (average for the 2005-2010 period)
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Rk Country Overall Male Female
World average 67.2 65.0 69.5
1 Japan 82.6 79.0 86.1
2 Hong Kong 82.2 79.4 85.1
3 Iceland 81.8 80.2 83.3
4 Switzerland 81.7 79.0 84.2
5 Australia 81.2 78.9 83.6
6 Spain 80.9 77.7 84.2
7 Sweden 80.9 78.7 83.0
8 Israel 80.7 78.5 82.8
9 Macau 80.7 78.5 82.8
10 France 80.7 77.1 84.1
11 Canada 80.7 78.3 82.9
22 United Kingdom 79.4 77.2 81.6
23 Germany 79.4 76.5 82.1
24 U.S. Virgin Is 79.4 75.5 83.3
30 Costa Rica 78.8 76.5 81.2
31 Puerto Rico 78.7 74.7 82.7
37 Cuba 78.3 76.2 80.4
38 United States 78.2 75.6 80.8
40 Slovenia 77.9 74.1 81.5
41 Kuwait 77.6 76.0 79.9
46 Albania 76.4 73.4 79.7
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Didn't list them all because that's too much to edit, but here's a snap shot. These are UN numbers, you'll find slightly different numbers (but still close) by looking at different sources.

Well, the solution of coarse is to regulate and reduce caloric intake. If we could find a way to get some money + raise taxes on fast food, that would be great. Also, can’t we enforce a fat tax of some type? I mean, if Big Brother is going to pay for it anyway shouldn’t they have a right to dictate the behavior of big people that add selfish cost to the collective? Fast food executives should be added to the black list -- they are murderering (through their greed) minorities at a disportionately high number. PETA could be called to throw some blood at folks in drive throughs?

Just trying to help out and position myself for any Czar job, after mine is destroyed on purpose.

[Garcia Bronco]

So we blow away the world average and are off the estimate for the top country by 1 basis point with ****ty diets. We better get the Government here on the double, because onlt that will make it better.

[Bob]

So we blow away the world average and are off the estimate for the top country by 1 basis point with ****ty diets. We better get the Government here on the double, because onlt that will make it better.

They estimate costs so well, I cant see how it woudl ever cost more if Big Brother takes over...

Its all about creating a framework right now in healthcare -- after that is setup they will add flesh, pound by pound.

Have you noticed how long the list seems to be getting of all the bad guys out there? Last year it was only big oil, now we have another 12 groups or so that all happen to be private industry) that are evil...