On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:45:08 +0000, Dick Locke wrote:

On 22 Jan 2004 06:19:10 -0800, (Pat Norton)
wrote:


Interesting. I've lived in Japan and by US standards their health care
practice has some appalling aspects. I wonder though, to what extent
the low US life expectancy reflects the health care system and to what
extent it reflects a higher chance of dying young due to violence.
Does WHO have any stats, say, on the life expectancy of 40 yr olds in
various countries? That would reduce the violent-death factor.

Infant mortality which is I believe high in the US has a significant
contribution to these figures.

So does diet.