[A. Pole]

The second -- and more important -- factor is our culture of individual freedom combined with our diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.

One example I gave - France is quite diverse too :(

And still it does not justify being in between Jordan and Albania!!! Not when you count how much money is being spent.

[Feldkurat_Katz]

There is more to medical care than the life expectancy. Take, for example, dermatology. Does it contribute to life expectancy?

[Alberta's Child]

France has very little violent crime, though. Those recent riots are a classic case in point. Several weeks of malcontents running around the suburbs of Paris, unfettered by any sense of law and order . . . and as far as I know there was only a single fatality attributed to the riots.

That kind of lawless environment in almost any city in the U.S. would result in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.