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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Careful with a straight up comparison of life expectancy between Europeans and Americans. There are ethnic differences. For example, heart disease is more common among African Americans as is low birth weight. To get a more accurate comparison you need to compare like with like.....ie Danish Americans with Danes. Things look rather different when you make that comparison.

Another important thing to remember is that in European countries babies under a certain birth weight which have a high mortality rate are not defined as “live births”. In America they are so when inevitably a relatively high percentage of them die it drags down average life expectancy in America.

Then there is the matter of obesity. America is a bit ahead of most European countries on this unfortunate curve though the Europeans are catching up quickly.

Lifespan alone is a poor measure of how healthy the food is or how effective the medical system is.


22 posted on 05/31/2019 12:39:01 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

Ok...so yes, there are environmental/societal/lifestyle factors aplenty.

North Koreans have a lower life expectancy than South Koreans. That’s Just one example.


29 posted on 05/31/2019 1:13:01 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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