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To: Joe NYC who wrote (354559)	10/15/2007 2:53:47 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574005

I think one of the reasons for higher life expectancy in some countries is the fact that their populations are more homogeneous. Is there any country on the list that has a large third world population, many illegal, many lacking language skill to even tell someone there is something wrong with them, lacking ability to seek and receive advice? Do any of the countries ranked higher have an illiterate home-grown population, raised out of wedlock by similarly illiterate mothers? Mexico's life expectancy is very close to the US's. Are you suggesting that 12 million people can impact significantly the remaining 300 million in the US so that they can substantially reduce life expectancy down to the level of Mexico? I find that hard to believe. BTW just before I left LA, a study was done of Latinos and Anglos in LA. It was found that Latinos have much better diets, lower cholesterol, less obesity etc than Anglos.