From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7511426.stm
Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed nation, according to a report from several US charities.
The report found that the US ranked 42nd in the world for life expectancy despite spending more on health care per person than any other country.
Overall, the American Human Development Report ranked the world's richest country 12th for human development.
The study looked at US government data on health, education and income.
The report was funded by Oxfam America, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Conrad Hilton Foundation.
The report combines measurements of health, education and income into one measurement - the human development index - based on that used by the United Nations.
Health insurance
The report, Measure of America, identifies significant progress in the US in the last 50 years.
Life expectancy - which averages 78 - has risen eight years since 1960.
Japan has the world's highest life expectancy - 82.1 years - according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The US report identifies obesity and the lack of health insurance for some 47 million Americans as the most significant factors in premature death.
It also provides a snapshot of the inequalities between the richest and the poorest Americans and between different ethnic groups.
"The Measure of America reveals huge gaps among some groups in our country to access opportunity and reach their potential," said the report's author, Sarah Burd-Sharps.
"Some Americans are living anywhere from 30 to 50 years behind others when it comes to issues we all care about: health, education and standard of living.
"For example, the state human development index shows that people in last-ranked Mississippi are living 30 years behind those in first-ranked Connecticut."
Rich north-east
Asian males in the US were found to have the highest human development index score and were expected to live 14 years longer than African-American males, who had the lowest human development index rating.
African-Americans had a shorter lifespan than the average American did in the late 1970s.
The report further breaks down its findings into the US's 436 Congressional districts.
The 20th district, around Fresno, California, was ranked last - with people earning one-third as much as residents of the top-ranked US district,- in Manhattan, New York.
The US north-east has the highest overall ranking because people there earn more, are more highly-educated and have the second highest life expectancy.
West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama are four of the five bottom states on the index. Mississippi is ranked lowest.
Among other findings:
Graphic of State by State breakdown (should be county by county. Can someone find that?)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/americas_enl_1216314500/html/1.stm
Wow , what a biased and untruthful article. I doubt that they took into account that the main factor dragging the US numbers down were the milliions of Illegals and anchor babies skewing the samples.
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cjheap: Wow , what a biased and untruthful article. I doubt that they took into account that the main factor dragging the US numbers down were the milliions of Illegals and anchor babies skewing the samples.
Evidence please.
Right of center organizations like the Rockefeller and Hilton Foundations are not known for a liberal bias.
More importantly, what justification or benefit would support these organizations biasing the data =against= their business goals?
Interesting statistics, but I wonder just how much is based on a lack of 'personal responsibility' in segments of our country? I'm sure we can do a better job of educating, but unless we forego personal liberties and permit 'big brother' to monitor and enforce policies on everything from fast food to healthcare, people will continue to stuff their faces with unhealthy foods, tobacco products, booze and illegal drugs ... while choosing not to place a higher priority on healthcare and exercise. If people would practice what they already know is 'healthy' ... we'll rise in the "development index."
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I have already debunked these claims many times on here. Look up my posts. And the Rokefellers are not conservative.
cjheap:I have already debunked these claims many times on here. Look up my posts. And the Rokefellers are not conservative.
You have yet to provide any evidence to debunk any part of these claims even once. No literature. No pointers to sites or cites. Nothing but saying "I do not believe it so it can not be true."
OTOH, I've submitted multiple posts from numerous sources like the BBC one based on 3 different studies, one in a nice book on the topic (I'll try and find you the cite again), one by the UN (specifically the WHO), and this one, in support of this POV.
The =Rockefellers= are basically moderates with conservative business, fiscal, foreign policy, and defense views.
The Rockefeller =Foundation= is a pro business, anti regulation, pro globalization philanthropic institution. That's as Conservative a description as possible for such an organization
Voltaire: cjheap:I have already debunked these claims many times on here. Look up my posts. And the Rokefellers are not conservative. You have yet to provide any evidence to debunk any part of these claims even once. No literature. No pointers to sites or cites. Nothing but saying "I do not believe it so it can not be true." OTOH, I've submitted multiple posts from numerous sources like the BBC one based on 3 different studies, one in a nice book on the topic (I'll try and find you the cite again), one by the UN (specifically the WHO), and this one, in support of this POV. The =Rockefellers= are basically moderates with conservative business, fiscal, foreign policy, and defense views. The Rockefeller =Foundation= is a pro business, anti regulation, pro globalization philanthropic institution. That's as Conservative a description as possible for such an organization
like I said, I have already debunked the sampling methods and statistical methods used and posted them in other threads. YOU look it up.
BTW, Your highlighted text even shows the bias of the sampling methods. here is a question for you, did they remove all data that was attributable to illegal aliens and children of illegal aliens? That group alone is pulling down the health, education and welfare of this country and thus should be excluded.
Any your opinion of what is conservatice and moderate means squat.