[cajungirl]

Comparing europe to the US is crazy. The populations are not randomly selected, they are not bogged down with a huge fat lower class. And I dot believe they live longer.

[GeronL]

I don’t think they live longer either.

[muawiyah]

Makes no difference. If you compare Americans to Europeans of the same localized ethnicity, that is Swedes with Swedes, Serbs with Serbs, Swiss Germans with Swiss Germans, Cornish with Cornish, the Americans have lifespans that are equal to or longer than their European counterparts.

If you compare Americans to Africans of the same localized ethnicity, that is Ga to Ga, Fulani to Fulani, Yoruba to Yoruba and the most numerous Ibo to Ibo, the Americans have lifespans equal to or longer than their African counterparts.

This same general characteristic is true when comparing American Arabs to Middle Eastern Arabs, and Armenians to Armenians.

In every level playing field comparison, being American comes out on top.

It's only the aggregate where there's a problem ~ that's when you fail to account for ALL the people in the Old World with people in America. For some reason the analysts just don't want to do that. I think they're trying to hide their cousins in India, rural China and New Guinea!