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Title: U.S. life expectancy hits record high
Post by: loco on March 17, 2011, 09:23:32 AM

Several causes resulted in Americans averaging more than 78 years of life for the first time.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110316/ap_on_he_me/us_med_us_life_expectancy



Just watch the retirement age in the US go up to 85. 

Title: Re: U.S. life expectancy hits record high
Post by: loco on March 17, 2011, 09:40:42 AM

"The influenza/pneumonia death rate dropped nearly 5 percent, even though 2009 was the year that the swine flu pandemic hit."

Now that's funny!  Remember all the panic over the swine flu pandemic?  I remember Dr. Ron Paul saying from the very beginning that it was no cause for alarm and that the government and the media were overreacting.

Title: Re: U.S. life expectancy hits record high
Post by: 240 is Back on March 17, 2011, 09:46:53 AM

Thanks, Obama!

(http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/images/2008/07/25/obamafamily_grandmohter_sarah_husse.jpg)

Title: Re: U.S. life expectancy hits record high
Post by: loco on March 17, 2011, 09:52:17 AM

Quote from: 240 is Back on March 17, 2011, 09:46:53 AM

Thanks, Obama!

(http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/images/2008/07/25/obamafamily_grandmohter_sarah_husse.jpg)

"But not everyone benefitted. While life expectancy for whites rose, it held steady for blacks. The infant mortality rate for black babies did not improve either.

As a result, the racial gap got a little wider. Whites already live about four years longer than blacks, and the margin grew by about two months."

Title: Re: U.S. life expectancy hits record high
Post by: Soul Crusher on March 17, 2011, 10:04:55 AM

 ;)