US Drops to 49th in the world for life expectancy; #s are really crappy for white Americans too

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by John Aravosis (DC) on 10/11/2010 04:10:00 PM



Were number 49!

There's a myth that all these "bad" US numbers for life expectancy and such are really the result of America being a "diverse culture" - meaning, "it's all those minorities who aren't doing so well, while we white folks must be riding pretty darn high in the

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Interesting. Good to know that we have the best health care syste in the world...oh, wait, no--it's maybe the 45th best health care system in the world. Maybe it's slightly better than Cuba's at least?