Tuesday, April 10, 2012

U.S. ranks 50th in life expectancy, according to CIA

The following link is for Country Comparison :: Life expectancy at birth in the CIA on-line World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html

1 Monaco
89.68
2012 est.
2 Macau
84.43
2012 est.
3 Japan
83.91
2012 est.
4 Singapore
83.75
2012 est.

[...]

48 Denmark
78.78
2012 est.
49 Portugal
78.70
2012 est.
50 United States
78.49
2012 est.
..

1 comment:

rjs said...

hey, we're better than cuba!

compared to the rest of the OECD, we spend 141% more per capita than the average country, yet have lower than average life expectancy & higher than average infant mortality..

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/04/09/number-of-the-week-u-s-spends-141-more-on-health-care/?mod=WSJBlog

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