Today the US government released new figures on the life expectancy of Americans. It is currently 78. That is the highest in United States history. Women tend to live 5 years longer than men and most die of natural or age related issues.
Now compare that to the citizens of a country 9,000 miles away Men in Zimbabwe can expect to live to 37 years old, while women are struggling to make it to 33. At 33 many Americans are just beginning families, finishing medical school, changing careers for a 2nd time, traveling the world. As the food disappears from shelves, female sanitary products become rare, inflation continues to set awful records, and jobs are non-existent the age women hope to reach keeps slipping. Most deaths are caused by preventable diseases which are exacerbated by malnutrition and starvation.
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To read the article about the US government figures:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070912/ap_on_re_us/life_expectancy
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