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To: TimF who wrote (353386)	10/3/2007 1:34:08 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574002

"We don't have the lowest rate in the world." Didn't claim we did. My claim is that our deaths due to car accidents isn't high enough to counter deaths due to suicide to make the difference in life expectancy in many of those countries with a higher life expectancy. Our higher homicide rate doesn't do it either. So, if only these three factors were taken into account, the US should have a higher life expectancy than the countries in question. We don't. Which is why when you look at life expectancy based on income, those with higher incomes in the US tend to be the same or higher than their counterparts in those other countries. The opposite is true when you go down the income scale. While there could be other factors at work, the obvious one is access to health care.