>Wait a second, who ever called Sweden, Britain or Germany "evil socialist >countries"????? Yes, they may be more socialized than the US, but aren't >their primary system of economics still considered capitalistic? (with the >possible exception of Sweden, whose system I don't know much about) > >Also, your facts surprise me, I must admit. Do you really have numbers that >say German, British, and Swedish citizens have more wealth per capita than >Americans? The life span figure surprises me as well. > >I don't usually ask for sources, but I'd like to see what you've got here.
Here's a pretty good life expectancy table: http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042000b.htm women men United States 77.1 76.1 United Kingdom 77.7 77.2 Germany 77.4 77.0 (OK I was incorrect here, but I suspect its due to the recent incorporation of East Germany) France 78.8 78.5 Sweden 79.6 79.2 Norway 78.7 78.2 Canada 79.4 79.2 >From Wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) The American life expectancy of 77.8 years at birth[159] is a year shorter than the overall figure in Western Europe, and three to four years lower than that of Norway and Switzerland.[160] Over the past two decades, the country's rank in life expectancy has dropped from 11th to 42nd place in the world.[161] The infant mortality rate of 6.37 per thousand likewise places the United States 42nd out of 221 countries, behind all of Western Europe.[162] Approximately one-third of the adult population is obese and an additional third is overweight;[163] the obesity rate, the highest in the industrialized world, has more than doubled in the last quarter-century.[164] Obesity-related type 2 diabetes is considered epidemic by healthcare professionals.[165] The U.S. adolescent pregnancy rate, 79.8 per 1,000 women, is nearly four times that of France and five times that of Germany.[166] Abortion, legal on demand, is a source of great political controversy. Many states ban public funding of the procedure and have laws to restrict late-term abortions, require parental notification for minors, and mandate a waiting period prior to treatment. Geographical access to abortion is limited: 87 percent of U.S. counties have no abortion provider.[167] Nonetheless, while the incidence of abortion is in decline, the U.S. abortion ratio of 241 per 1,000 live births and abortion rate of 15 per 1,000 women aged 15â44 remain higher than those of most Western nations.[168] The income data is more complex, with the US ranging from very low (Mississippi) to fairly high (New Jersey). I'll have to get back to you on that one. > >-- >It was dark all around >there was frost on the ground >when the Tigers broke free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243990 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
