Singaporeans 5th longest living people
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Wow.. din actually know Singapore has the 5th longest life expectancy in the world
How come? Clean air, good food, good healthcare? (...oh no, forgotten my human geography stuff 
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/09/12/life.expectancy.ap/index.html
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The life expectancy for Americans is nearly 78 years, the longest in U.S. history, according to new government figures from 2005 released Wednesday.
A drop in deaths from heart disease and stroke helped boost the U.S. life expectancy to almost 78 years in 2005.
That age, based on the latest data available, was still lower than the life span in more than three dozen other countries, however.
More bad news: The annual number of U.S. deaths rose from 2004 to 2005, a depressing uptick after the figure had dropped by 50,000 from 2003 to 2004. In 2005, the number of deaths increased by about that same amount.
U.S. life expectancy at birth inched up to 77.9 from the previous record, 77.8, recorded for 2004. The increase was more dramatic in contrast with 1995, when life expectancy was 75.8, and 1955, when it was 69.6.
The improvement was led by a drop in deaths from heart disease and stroke -- two of the nation's leading killers, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, which released the new life expectancy report Wednesday.
"If death rates from certain leading causes of death continue to decline, we should continue to see improvements in life expectancy," said Hsiang-Ching Kung, in a prepared statement. Kung is a survey statistician who co-authored the report.
The report also described a slight increase in the infant mortality rate, from 6.8 per 1,000 live births in 2004 to 6.9 in 2005. But researchers said the increase was not statistically significant.
The report is based on about 99 percent of the death records reported in all 50 states and the District of Columbia for 2005.
A final report will be released later, and the numbers may change a little. Last year, when releasing its preliminary death data for 2004, the government reported a 77.9 life expectancy. That figure later dropped to 77.8 in the final report.
In the 2005 preliminary report, researchers counted 2,447,910 deaths, up about 2 percent from the 2,397,615 in 2004.
The 2004 count had been a 2 percent drop from 2003 -- the biggest decline in nearly 70 years.
Researchers also noted continued differences by race and sex. Life expectancy for whites in 2005 was 78.3, the same as it was in 2004. Black life expectancy rose from 73.1 in 2004 to 73.2 in 2005, but it was still nearly five years lower than the white figure.
Life expectancy for women continues to be five years longer than for men, the report also found.
The age-adjusted death rate for heart disease dropped from 217 deaths per 100,000 in 2004 to about 210 in 2005, and actual deaths dropped from about 652,500 to about 649,000. The stroke rate dropped from 50 per 100,000 to about 46.5, and the number of stroke deaths dropped from about 150,000 to 143,500.
But the count of cancer deaths rose from about 554,000 to about 559,000, according to the report.
And there were 5 percent increases in the rates for Alzheimer's disease, the No. 7 leading cause of death, and for Parkinson's disease, which was No. 14.
The United States continues to lag behind at least 40 other nations. Andorra, a tiny country in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain, has the longest life expectancy, at 83.5 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Japan, Macau, San Marino and Singapore ranked second, third, fourth and fifth. -
live so long but in a f**ked up place for wat?
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Andorra, a tiny country in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain, has the longest life expectancy, at 83.5 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Japan, Macau, San Marino and Singapore ranked second, third, fourth and fifth.
Are you saying that life expectancy in Singapore is < 83.5 yrs old?
and considering the maths that 65 + 20 = 85, with 67 + 20 = 87 in the near future? -
The article did not state what your thread says. Where did you get the info, please prove?
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Originally posted by qlqq9:
Please read the last paragraph carefully.
The article did not state what your thread says.Where did you get the info, please prove?
Check the URL.. -
Why not put this in Speaker's Corner?
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haha, no wonder more n more smokers these days.....
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Life is still short.
Live it once, live it happily. -
Originally posted by FireIce:live so long but in a f**ked up place for wat?
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get annuityOriginally posted by FireIce:live so long but in a f**ked up place for wat? -
Agree. What's the point of longevity when we can't even enjoy it? :pOriginally posted by FireIce:live so long but in a f**ked up place for wat? -
tats y we're among the most unhappy citizens in the world?Originally posted by FireIce:live so long but in a f**ked up place for wat? -
I want to move to Andorra or the Spanish coast.
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it doesn't matter how long you lived your life, its how you lived it thats important..
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X2.Originally posted by 4getmenot:it doesn't matter how long you lived your life, its how you lived it thats important.. -
I saw the news about U.S. life expectancy in retuters but didn't read cos didn't noe got such things inside.Originally posted by qlqq9:The article did not state what your thread says. Where did you get the info, please prove?
But really, statistics aside, this is definitely not a good place to spend your last days! -
We have Perth.Originally posted by ^tamago^:I saw the news about U.S. life expectancy in retuters but didn't read cos didn't noe got such things inside.
But really, statistics aside, this is definitely not a good place to spend your last days!
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Maybe people will use this to raise age requirement to claim pensions
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Actually there are too many vehicles.Originally posted by FireIce:live so long but in a f**ked up place for wat?
Do you know we are sharing Singapore with cars, busses, lorries, motorcycles.
No matter where you live, there is a road nearby, that you must cross to get around.
And motorised vehicles are the greatest threat to the old. These old folks are being killed on pedestrian crossings!
Thats why when old, need to be cooped up, at home, or at a home. -
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
Number one is "Andorra, a tiny country. Maybe the reason could be that if you live in a a tiny country like Sgp, you live longer.
[b]The United States continues to lag behind at least 40 other nations. Andorra, a tiny country in the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain, has the longest life expectancy, at 83.5 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Japan, Macau, San Marino and Singapore ranked second, third, fourth and fifth.[/b]
Macau, another a tiny country. Never even heard of San Marino, must another a tiny country. Japan is not that big but for it not to be a tiny country and in the top five, that must be something. -
One swallow doesn't make a summer lah.........
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one swallow is as good as another... it is up to the reader what he wants to do with the swallow....
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Originally posted by FireIce:live so long but in a f**ked up place for wat?
shallow thinking -
the conclusion could have come after "all things considered" and if that is the case, then it is deep and not shallow.Originally posted by gigabyte14:
shallow thinking -
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAOriginally posted by mancha:Actually there are too many vehicles.
Do you know we are sharing Singapore with cars, busses, lorries, motorcycles.
No matter where you live, there is a road nearby, that you must cross to get around.
And motorised vehicles are the greatest threat to the old. These old folks are being killed on pedestrian crossings!
Thats why when old, need to be cooped up, at home, or at a home.
simi logic..................