>> Yes. I enjoy modern technology. I don't want to return to =

>> the 16th
>> century, with lifespans of 30 years.

> When was the last time you were outside the USA? That may =

> not necessarily
> be a time travel 400 years back :)

He didn't say it wasn't also a current occurrence (although =

at a country level it's not) but that he didn't want it ;-)

FWIW - those under 50 years at present from UN.
CIA world fact book results differ and have  alower =

minimum - still Swaziland - at about 32 years.

Only 4 of the below have a lower female than male life =

expectancy - from bottom up Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Sawziland and =

Afghanistan.

The top 8 female to male longevity ratios go to former =

Russian republics !!!!!!!!!!!!, followed by Thailand.

Men live to be oldest in Iceland, then HK Japan

      Singapore
     80
     78
     81.9

      New Zealand
     80.2
     78.2
     82.2

      Canada
     80.7
     78.3
     82.9

      Israel
     80.7
     78.5
     82.8

      Macau
     80.7
     78.5
     82.8

      Sweden
     80.9
     78.7
     83

      Australia
     81.2
     78.9
     83.6

      Switzerland
     81.7
     79
     84.2

      Japan
     82.6
     79
     86.1

      Hong Kong
     82.2
     79.4
     85.1

      Iceland
     81.8
     80.2
     83.3




Numbers are overall / male / female.

177  Burundi 49.6 48.1 51.0
178  South Africa 49.3 48.8 49.7
179  C=F4te d'Ivoire 48.3 47.5 49.3
180  Malawi 48.3 48.1 48.4
181  Somalia 48.2 46.9 49.4
182  Nigeria (30% below world average) 46.9 46.4 47.3
183  Democratic Republic of the Congo 46.5 45.2 47.7
184  Guinea-Bissau 46.4 44.9 47.9
185  Rwanda 46.2 44.6 47.8
186  Liberia 45.7 44.8 46.6
187  Central African Republic 44.7 43.3 46.1
188  Afghanistan 43.8 43.9 43.8
189  Zimbabwe 43.5 44.1 42.6
190  Angola 42.7 41.2 44.3
191  Lesotho 42.6 42.9 42.3
192  Sierra Leone 42.6 41.0 44.1
193  Zambia 42.4 42.1 42.5
194  Mozambique 42.1 41.7 42.4
195  Swaziland (40% below world average) 39.6 39.8 39.4


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