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

nobody wrote
Why then does a country such as Cuba have significantly
higher life expectancy ?

http://www.who.int/health-systems-pe...ce/whr2000.htm
Life expectancy (years)
81.9 Japan
81.2 Monaco
80.6 San Marino
80.6 Switzerland
80.4 Australia
80.4 Sweden
80.3 Andorra
80.1 Iceland
79.8 Canada
79.7 France
79.7 Italy
79.6 Singapore
79.6 Spain
79.4 Austria
79.4 Israel
79.1 Norway
78.9 New Zealand
78.8 Luxembourg
78.7 Germany
78.6 Netherlands
78.4 Belgium
78.4 Greece
78.2 Finland
78.2 United Kingdom
78.1 Malta
77.3 Cyprus
77.3 United States of America
77.2 Denmark
77.1 Costa Rica
77.1 Cuba


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.